Assasin's Creed 4 Legendary Ships Guide

In the game there is a total of 4 legendary ships which can be found at each corner of the map. They're level 75 and are hard to defeat. They won't spawn again after you sink them but you do get a large amount of Reales (20000 each) and once you defeat all ships, you'll unlock a special ability for your ship to speed up and increase ram strength, which is very useful against close by enemies and quick sinks.

Info you should know you before you start hunting Legendary Ships

• You won't be able to defeat legendary ships easily without upgrades, try to upgrade your ship as much as you can before going in battle. Elite shots, Elite mortar, Elite Ram are recommended. *For more how to find their upgrade plans, See: Buried Treasures Guide - AC4.
• Try to keep a distance from them, if you get to close they'll use their side cannons against you, which will result in loss of lots of hp. 
• Use every attack powers you have (front, side, back cannons and swivels) when in combat with these ships to lower their HP faster.
• Try to Brace (Dodge) everytime the legendary ship fires at you, so you lose less HP. 
• Legendary ship rams cost you a lot of HP, they'll most likely sink you in one hit so when you see them coming towards you, drop your fire barrels infront of them to avoid getting hit.
• You will need to take over the fort closest to each corner on map to reveal the legendary ships.

#1st Ship -El Impoluto

Reward: 20,000 Reales

Location: Upper left corner

How to defeat: Start the fight by firing mortars on to the ship..this ship will mostly like try to ram you so avoid getting rammed or you could lose a lot of hp, even it comes towards the Jackdaw, shoot fire barrels to divert it from ramming your ship.

Keep hitting it with mortar and broadside cannons until it sinks.

#2nd Ship - HMS Fearless and Royal Soverign

Reward: 10,000 Reales each ship.

Location: North-east corner.

How to defeat: When you sink one of the two ships, the remaining ship becomes more hostile and will sink you down quickly by ramming you and heavy shotting you, so it's because to lower both the ships hp and then finish them together. Use mortar shots when the two ships get together (which usually happens) to damage the two ships together and when the ship sails away from you, just keep hitting it and it'll slow down.

" If you want to gain fast money, you can sink one of the ships and die after collecting the Reales, you'll keep the money and you'll be able to do it again. This way you can earn a lot of money easily. "

#3rd Ship - HMS Prince

Reward: 20,000 Reales.

Location: South-west corner.
How to defeat: Even though you'll be fighting in fog, this is the most easiest ship to defeat since you'll just have to position the Jackdaw behind the ship and shoot it to reveal weakspots and then swivel, etc. 
Just keep hitting the ship's backside and you're good.

#4th Ship - La Dama Negra

Reward: 20,000 Reales.

Location: South-east corner.
How to defeat: Fighting this ship will be similar to fighting with the HMS Prince legendary ship, the only difference will be is that you won't know where it's mortar attacks will land so keep changing your ships direction or stop the ship when it fires mortars to avoid damage. The best way to defeat this ship and avoid mortars is to be close to the ship everytime, just don't let the ship turn it's broadside cannons to you or you could lose large amount of hp fast when it fires.


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Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag - Review

I finally finished the game today after a month, the ending made me totally speechless. I was skeptical about buying this game at first as AC3 was quite a dissappointment for most the AC3 fans, including me as it introduced new characters and well, the ending wasn't good either. Looking at AC4 trailers, I thought this game would be the same as AC3 kinda, but I was wrong to judge..after playing this game for a couple of hours, I was addicted and spent nearly 6 hours a day playing this game. I thought to myself, it was totally worth buying this game. When you will play this game you'll realize this contradicts with the main AC storyline a bit. Just incase you didn't know, Edward is Haytham's father (Templar Grandmaster in AC3 and father of Connor) and younger version of Haytham appears in the storyline as well. 

The main character of the game is Edward Kenway, a pirate who left his girlfriend to sail out to the oceans in search of vast treasures. Kenway has no relations with the Assassins but he helps them, in exchange for money. At one point of the game, Kenway realizes he has made a big mistake and money is not the answer to happiness, he tends to make things right.

Unlike AC3, you get access to new weapons such as the blowpipe which can paralyze a enemy for maximum of 20 seconds and a beserk dart which can turn a enemy into killing his allies besides him. You also get a rope dart after 10th sequence. You won't have advantages of bows, arrows or throwing darts which were nice weapons to use for stealth in AC4 but you'll be able to pick up temporary daggers from enemy and throw them. You may think AC3 is a more bigger game than AC4 but that's a big no. AC4 consists mainly of naval missions and freeroaming the seas. You'll come in contact with enemy fortresses which you can capture to reveal parts of the map, sharks, whales, ships and more. Unlike AC3, you won't be restricted to using stealth only, it's completely upto you how you complete your mission. Stealth or without stealth.

Naval is the most important part of the game. While cruising around the oceans, you'll be able to listen to Shanties, which will give you a realistic experience. Also, you'll be able to upgrade and customize your ship fully. Few upgrades would require you to unlock " Upgrade Plans " which can be obtained from looting buried treasure chests or progressing storyline and completing abstergo achievements. You will need to collect metal, wood and cloth to upgrade your ship which can be obtained from plundering enemy ships, you'll be able to check how many resources the enemy ship has with your spyglass. You'll also be able to loot these resources from Warehouses which can be found on islands. After progressing the storyline, you'll unlock the diving bell which will allow you to swim under the oceans for treasure, which sounds pretty awesome.

The combat system hasn't changed much except you can dual wield guns and carry more ammo, along with rope darts which you'll find useful in tackling crowds. You'll still be able to hunt on land and also on sea. (sharks, whales etc) and use their skin to craft uniform or upgrades for your character.

My rating: 9.3/10

 " Gives you a whole wide amount of things to do, although you might get bored quickly as there a lot of repetitiveness but other than that the game's great, has a lot of features and a nice storyline. "

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Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag Buried Treasure Chest Locations

There are a total of 19 buried treasure chests you can find in single player mode and a additional 3 chest maps can be obtained from " Kenway's Fleet " missions, which requires you to have a internet connection.

Before you're able to dig any of the treasures, you must have the treasure map with you or else the dig option won't show. The chests contain upgrade plans and also money. 

The following are the treasure locations a long with their rewards and where you can find the corresponding treasure maps.

Tip: When you're near a treasure chest, you will get a notification about it on the bottom screen.

Chest #1

Rewards: Plans for Elite Heavy Shot Storage and 3000 Reales.

Map Location: Cayman Sound (327, 334)

Treasure Location: Petite Caverne (901, 263) - South-west corner of Smuggler's den.

Chest #2

Rewards: Plans for Elite Harpoon and 3000 Reales.

Map Location: Mariguana Island (880, 544)

Treasure's Location: Small island on the southern part of Andreas Island (579, 720)

Chest #3

Rewards: Plans for Aquila Wheel's and 3000 Reales.

Map Location: Cumberland Bay (679, 381)

Treasure's Location: Left of the temple on Pinos Isle (335, 469)

Chest #4

Rewards: Plans for Elite Fire Barrel Strength and 3000 Reales.

Map Location: Santanillas (217, 250)

Treasure's Location: San Juan (479, 487)

Chest #5

Rewards: 4000 Reales.

Map Location: Salt Lagoon (749, 625)

Treasure's Location: Eastern part of New Bone (442, 118) close to a windmill.

Chest #6

Rewards: 4000 Reales.

Map Location: Andreas Island (579, 720)

Treasure's Location: Located besides the shipwreck at Abaco Island (606, 835)

Chest #7

Rewards: 4000 Reales.

Map Location: Ille a Vache (843, 140)

Treasure's Location: Buried underneath the shadows of a palm tree in Jiguey (565, 539)

Chest #8

Rewards: 4000 Reales.

Map Location: Corozal (42, 269) located on a smaller island just outside the coast.

Treasure's Location: Ambergris Key (55, 178), located in a tunnel at the sandy area to the south.

Chest #9

Rewards: Plans for Serpent Figurehead and 3000 Reales. 

Map Location: Abaco Island (606, 835)

Treasure's Location: North-west of Salt Lagoon (749, 625)

Chest #10

Rewards: Plans for Elite Mortar Storage and 3000 Reales.

Map Location: Tortuga (882, 370) 

Treasure's Location: East side Mantanzas (333, 650) next to a Mayan Stellar.

Chest #11

Rewards: 4000 Reales.

Map Location: Pinos Isle (335, 469)

Treasure's Location: North-east of Cayman Sound island (327, 334).

Chest #12

Rewards: Blackwood Wheel and 3000 Reales.

Map Location: Misteriosa (307, 195) 

Treasure's Location: Eastern Shore of Kingston (623, 172)

Chest #13

Rewards: 3000 Reales.

Map Location: Anotto Bay (621, 277) in a cavern reached by underwater maze tunnel.

Treasure's Location: Top of a fort at Principe (992, 422) 

Chest #14

Rewards: Plans for Elite Heavy Shot and 3000 Reales.

Map Location: Ambergris Key (55, 178) 

Treasure's Location: North-west of viewpoint at Misteriosa (307, 195)

Chest #15

Rewards: 3000 Reales.

Map Location: Petite Caverne.

Treasure's Location: Close to viewpoint in southern area at Tulum (70, 405)

Chest #16

Rewards: 1500 Reales.

Map Location: Beach on the eastern side of Cape Bonavista (179, 593)

Treasure's Location: Chest is located in the same island, look for a cave and go all the way to the dead end to find the treasure.

Chest #17

Rewards: 4000 Reales.

Map Location: North-west of Island Providencia (502, 44) in a swampy area.

Treasure's Location: Near East view point at Long Bay (525, 253)

Chest #18

Rewards: Plans for Grey Sails and 3000 Reales.

Map Location: North-west corner of Great Iguana (845, 468)

Treasure's Location: On a cliff, behind a mansion at Nassau (633, 784)

Chest #19

Rewards: Plans for Queen Anne's Figurehead and 3000 Reales.

Map Location: Close to a general store in the northern area of Havana. (240, 607) 

Treasure's Location: On the beach at Southern part of Havana.

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