Edward Gear Route
This guide covers Edward’s outfits, swords, pistols and every personal crafting upgrade. It separates free in-game unlocks from online-store items, highlights efficient weapon pickups, and gives the exact animal materials needed to reach maximum health and ammo capacity.
Outfits earned in the base game
| Outfit | Unlock method | When / where |
|---|---|---|
| Duncan Walpole’s Robes | Story | Sequence 1 prologue. |
| Edward Kenway’s Robes | Story | Automatic early-story unlock. |
| Foreign Diplomat Disguise | Story | Sequence 12, A Governor No Longer. |
| Edward the Legend | Quest | Complete Former Glories at Great Inagua (821, 445), then speak to Bernard. |
| Templar Armor | Templar Hunts | Use all five keys in the Great Inagua manor. |
| Stealth Outfit | Assassin Contracts | Complete 15 of the 30 contracts. |
| Brown Cloak | World chest | Havana (204, 573). |
| Captain Drake’s Outfit | World chest | Sacrifice Island (23, 552). |
| Captain Morgan’s Redingote | World chest | Black Island (915, 618). |
| Stede Bonnet’s Attire | World chest | Mystery Island (913, 123). |
| Officer’s Outfit | World chest | Princรญpe (116, 11), revisit-able after Sequence 9, Mission 2. |
| Crimson Cloak | Treasure map | Havana Warehouse map; dig at Anotto Bay. |
| Governor’s Outfit | Treasure map | Nassau Warehouse map; dig at Isla Providencia. |
| Pirate Captain Outfit | Treasure map | Corozal map; dig at Ambergris Key. |
| Shade and Shadow Robes | Restored map | Complete the Restored Preserved Map. |
| Hunter Outfit | Restored map | Complete the Restored Digested Map. |
| Mayan Outfit | Mayan stones | Collect all 16 and open the Tulum chamber. |
| Haytham Kenway’s Overcoat | Portraits | Hang all 11 portraits in the manor. |
| Pirate Cloak | Store | Any General Store, 600 Reales. |
| Politician’s Outfit | Store | Great Inagua General Store level 2, 3,000 Reales. |
| Privateer Outfit | Store | Great Inagua General Store level 2, 3,000 Reales. |
| Merchant Outfit | Store | Great Inagua General Store level 2, 3,000 Reales. |
| Feline Pelt Outfit | Treasure Dealer | Build his Great Inagua shop for 5,000 Reales. |
| Whaler Outfit | Treasure Dealer | Build his Great Inagua shop for 5,000 Reales. |
| Shark-Hunter Outfit | Treasure Dealer | Build his Great Inagua shop for 5,000 Reales. |
Animus and optional store outfits
The current Resynced inventory also includes free-store, Animus Exchange, Animus Project, preorder and paid-DLC outfits. These include Nomad’s Bronze Ensemble; Altaรฏr, Connor and Ezio robes; Dark Animus Corsair Robes; Naoe’s Robes; Yasuke’s Yoroi; Blackbeard’s Crimson Outfit; Master Assassin variants; Dragonscale Armor; Hellion Armor; and Stormfury Shroud. Availability depends on edition, project rotation or store ownership, so they are not part of the free completion route above.
Swords: the practical 18-weapon route
| Source | Weapons to prioritize | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Automatic | Officer’s Smallswords; British Cutlasses | Starting weapon and Sequence 2 story reward. |
| Easy world pickups | Spanish Cup-hilt Rapiers; Captain Drake’s Swords; Espada Ancha | Havana chest (205, 607); Sacrifice Island chest (15, 550); Black Trench shipwreck chest. |
| Treasure rewards | Scottish Broadswords; The Fortune; Persian Scimitars | Isla Providencia treasure map; reward map after hanging 11 portraits; Restored Weathered Map. |
| Any / secret store | French Dress Swords; Ferraro’s Rapiers | 1,200 Reales at any store; Ferraro’s costs 16,000 at the unmarked Gibara shop (550, 638). |
| Great Inagua store level 2 | Pirate Scimitars; Officer’s Rapiers; Standard Pistol Swords; British Colonial Cutlasses; French Court Swords | Buy after upgrading the settlement store. Combined cost: 39,000 Reales. |
| Great Inagua store level 3 | Dual Cleavers; Blades of Toledo; Order of Gold | 19,000; 24,000; and 29,000 Reales. |
| Treasure Dealer | Matched Golden Swords; Masterwork Blades | 8 Deer Hide + 12 Crocodile Leather + 20 Sugar; and 6 Wild Pig Hide + 4 Rabbit Pelt + 30 Aloe. |
You only need 18 display swords, so skip the most expensive purchases if your world, treasure or optional Animus weapons already fill the rack.
Pistols: the practical 12-weapon route
| Source | Pistols | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Automatic | Common Flintlock Pistols | Starting set. |
| World pickups | Captain’s Wheellock; Cannon-Barrel; Captain Morgan’s Pistols | Great Inagua (823, 448); locked underwater Jiguey chest (535, 511); Black Island underwater chest (917, 616). |
| Treasure / quest | Gargoyle’s Breath; Baldwin’s Golden Pistols | Restored Weathered Map; Lucy’s third officer quest, Plantain!. |
| Stores | Standard Wheellock; Spanish Officer; Pirate Blunderbusses; Golden Flintlock; Captain Drake’s Flintlocks | Any store; Great Inagua levels 2/3; secret Gibara shop (550, 638). |
| Treasure Dealer | Peaceful Means | 3 Capuchin Monkey Pelts + 4 Iguana Leather + 20 Rum Barrels. |
That list provides the 12 required display sets without paid DLC. Free or owned Animus weapons can replace an expensive store purchase.
All personal crafting upgrades
| Upgrade | Materials | Earliest useful source |
|---|---|---|
| Smoke Bomb Pouch I | 2 Iguana Leather | Abaco Island (582, 808). |
| Smoke Bomb Pouch II | 2 Hutia Hide | Jiguey (535, 511). |
| Pistol Holster II | 2 Ocelot Pelts | Crafted automatically during the story. |
| Pistol Holster III | 2 Rabbit Pelts | Nassau (597, 760). |
| Pistol Holster IV | 4 Bull Shark Skins | Bull Shark harpooning spots in Dry Tortuga and Gibara. |
| Pistol Ammo Pouch I | 2 Wild Pig Hide | Cape Bonavista (155, 591). |
| Pistol Ammo Pouch II | 2 Capuchin Monkey Pelts | Misteriosa (269, 173). |
| Sleep Dart I | 2 Crocodile Leather | Nassau (597, 760). |
| Sleep Dart II | 4 Killer Whale Skin | Harpooning spots in Cruz and Conttoyor. |
| Health I | 2 Iguana Leather | Abaco Island (582, 808). |
| Health II | 4 Hammerhead Shark Bones | Harpooning spots in Gibara and Eleuthera. |
| Health III | 4 Jaguar Pelts | Cape Bonavista (155, 591). |
| Health IV | 4 Great White Shark Bones | Harpooning spots in Cruz and Serranilla. |
| Berserk Dart I | 2 Deer Hide | Salt Lagoon (721, 604). |
| Berserk Dart II | 4 Humpback Whale Skin | Harpooning spots in Castillo de Jagua and Navassa. |
| Dart Pouch I | 2 Howler Monkey Skins | Cape Bonavista (155, 591). |
| Dart Pouch II | 2 Red Howler Monkey Skins | Isla Providencia (487, 23). |
Total materials for all personal upgrades
4 Bull Shark Skins, 2 Capuchin Monkey Pelts, 2 Crocodile Leather, 2 Deer Hide, 4 Great White Shark Bones, 4 Hammerhead Shark Bones, 4 Humpback Whale Skins, 2 Howler Monkey Skins, 4 Iguana Leather, 4 Jaguar Pelts, 4 Killer Whale Skins, 2 Hutia Hide, 2 Ocelot Pelts, 2 Rabbit Pelts, 2 Red Howler Monkey Skins and 2 Wild Pig Hide.
Current Resynced unlock methods, weapon totals and crafting requirements were cross-checked against PowerPyx’s outfit, sword, pistol and crafting references. This consolidation is independently structured and written; no third-party screenshots are reproduced.
