AC Black Flag Resynced Mission List — 12 Sequences, 51 Quests

⚠️ LAUNCH BUG WARNING: an unfinished Templar Hunt can conflict with a main mission in the same region and force a rollback to an earlier save. Until Ubisoft confirms a fix, make a manual save and finish each Templar Hunt chain before resuming the regional story. The issue was first documented by Stephen Totilo at Game File; see our known-issues tracker before relying on any workaround.

Black Flag Resynced has 43 core story memories across 12 sequences. The new A World Without Gold chapter adds another eight quests after Sequence 11, while Blackbeard, Stede Bonnet, and officer stories remain separate questlines.

Quick answer: there are 12 main story sequences and 43 core missions. Counting the eight missions in the separate A World Without Gold chapter gives 51 listed story quests, but that chapter is not Sequence 13.

All Main Missions by Sequence

Sequence	Main memories
1	Edward Kenway
2	Lively Havana; ...And My Sugar; Mister Walpole, I Presume; A Man They Call the Sage; Claiming What's Due; The Treasure Fleet
3	This Tyro Captain; Now Hiring; Prizes and Plunder; Raise the Black Flag; Sugarcane and Its Yields; Proper Defenses; A Single Madman
4	This Old Cove; Nothing is True...; The Sage's Buried Secret; Overrun and Outnumbered
5	The Forts; Traveling Salesman; Unmanned
6	Diving for Medicines; Devil's Advocate; The Siege of Charles-Towne
7	We Demand a Parley; The Gunpowder Plot; Commodore Eighty-Sixed; The Fireship
8	Do Not Go Gently...; Vainglorious Bastards; Marooned
9	Imagine My Surprise; Trust is Earned
10	Black Bart's Gambit; Murder and Mayhem; The Observatory
11	To Suffer Without Dying; Delirium; ...Everything is Permitted
12	A Governor No Longer; Royal Misfortune; Tainted Blood; Ever a Splinter

The core checklist contains 43 memories. Resynced removes the original playable Abstergo interludes, so they are not counted as missions here.

Important Unlock Points

• Sequence 3 — Sugarcane and Its Yields: unlocks the Rope Dart much earlier than the original release.
• Sequence 6 — Diving for Medicines: introduces the Diving Bell and opens underwater shipwreck exploration.
• Sequence 8 — Do Not Go Gently...: opens Blackbeard's Treasure content.
• Sequence 8 — Marooned: clears the story gate for Stede Bonnet's epilogue quest.
• Sequence 11 — ...Everything is Permitted: unlocks A World Without Gold at Great Inagua.
• Sequence 12 — A Governor No Longer: clears the story gate for the Woodes Rogers character portrait.

New Content Exclusive to Resynced

"A World Without Gold" — New Endgame Chapter

A new set of 8 additional missions focused on Edward's pursuit of Robert Maynard. It unlocks after Sequence 11, Memory 3: ...Everything is Permitted. Travel to Great Inagua and meet Anne Bonny at the tavern to begin.

#	Quest	Main location or purpose
1	That Bastard Maynard	Meet Anne at Great Inagua
2	Not Even a Real Captain	Search for Maynard in Kingston
3	What the Devil!	Locate the HMS Demolition in Eleuthera
4	It's a Start	Recruit Tobias "Deadman" Smith; unlock Extra Salvo
5	Not Our Natural Allies	Meet the Padre at Santanillas
6	I Just Want to Talk	Hunt Maynard's treasurer in Nassau
7	A Cockalorum	Infiltrate Maynard's villa in Tortuga
8	A World Without Gold	Final Port Royal and HMS Ipswich confrontation

This chapter is not Sequence 13. It becomes available between Sequences 11 and 12, and you can finish it immediately or return later.

Officer Recruitment Quests

Three new officers with dedicated questlines:

Lucy Baldwin — "The Shipwright"

• Location: Salt Key Bank (imprisoned aboard a Man-o-War)
• Mission: Sneak aboard the Man-o-War and free her
• Perk: Perfect Brace

The Padre — "The Priest"

• Location: Punta del Caracol
• Mission: Aid a holy man with a checkered past, convince him to return to piracy
• Perk: Ram Dash + joins boarding parties

Tobias "Deadman" Smith — "The Gunner"

• Recruited through the "A World Without Gold" questline
• Perk: Double broadside volley

New Treasure Quest — Blackbeard's Hunt

Starting in Sequence 8, Blackbeard sends Edward on a treasure hunt to cement his reputation as a builder of a free society. Includes a narrative twist.

Stede Bonnet's Epilogue

A new mission giving the gentleman pirate a proper conclusion. Receive a letter from Stede asking Edward to meet on Mystery Island. Unlocks at Sequence 9.

Main Story Structure

The core story uses 12 sequences with rebuilt mission layouts, plus the separate eight-quest endgame chapter:

Sequence	Highlights
1-2	Introduction, Havana, joining the Assassins
3	Rope Dart unlocked (new earlier unlock!)
4	Great Inagua Hideout, Kenway's Fleet
5-7	Nassau, pirate alliances, naval expansion
8	Blackbeard's treasure quest (new!)
9	Stede Bonnet epilogue (new!)
10-11	Observatory fallout and Edward's turn toward the Assassins
After 11	"A World Without Gold" becomes available (new, optional timing)
12	Final Templar confrontations and story ending

Mission Design Changes

Tailing & Eavesdropping Missions

No longer cause desynchronization on failure. Instead:

• If caught, objectives dynamically shift
• May need to fight a captain for a note
• Or chase down the target and eliminate them
• Or investigate a different location

This gives multiple paths rather than forced restart.

Assassination Missions — Expanded

Many assassination targets now have:

• Optional objectives for extra rewards
• Hidden rooms with backstory (e.g., one mid-game target has a room found by eavesdropping on soldiers)
• More approach paths using crouch and parkour

Parkour Paths Updated

All missions rebuilt from scratch to match modern parkour mechanics. Directors played the original, noted confusing sections, and reworked layouts. Cities follow the same general layout but details are refreshed.

Side Activities

Templar Hunts

Reworked for modern parkour. Five keys still unlock the gate in the Hideout for the Templar Armor. Updated narratives to fit the remade experience.

Assassin Contracts

Pick up at pigeon coops in major settlements. Remixed for better map distribution, with expanded character dialogue and motivations. Rewards include new items not in the original.

Naval Contracts

Available from Milo van der Graaff at the Hideout (now a physical character you meet, not just letters) and his agents across the Caribbean. Mix of naval combat and assassination missions.

Animus Rifts

Four optional rifts tied to key characters (Edward, Blackbeard, James Kidd). Collect them all for a special conclusion.

Fort Assaults

Each region has one Fort. New dynamic morale system — the commander fights you directly instead of surrendering. Capturing a fort unlocks:

• Points of interest in that region
• New Kenway's Fleet missions

Hideout Progression

Great Inagua can now be upgraded. Ten buildings with up to 3 levels each, visibly changing as you invest:

Building	Benefit
General Store (3 levels)	Rare and legendary weapons, outfits
Tavern	3 minigames; tip jar increases Royal Convoy spawns
Harbormaster (3 levels)	More Jackdaw upgrade tiers
Brothel	Free dancers; combat and sailing buffs
Campfire	Free drunk pirates; +2 fleet slots
Fisherman's Wharf (new)	Passive income; double skinning effectiveness
Treasure Dealer (new)	Exclusive items; fleet trading profit boost
Mansion / Tower / Guesthouse	Max passive income; fleet slots

New character Bernard Woodhouse (the butler) provides narrative for collection quests. Collect paintings of Edward's friends and enemies across the world.

Difficulty Settings

Four independent sliders you can change anytime:

• Combat: Enemy aggression, attack frequency, Edward's damage
• Stealth: Detection distance, search duration, alert states
• Naval Combat: Jackdaw damage dealt/taken, bracing, enemy cooldowns
• Activities: Diving creature damage/spawn rate, harpoon mechanics

Each slider: Forgiving → Intended → Hard

---

Sources

• VULKK — Black Flag Resynced Story Walkthrough
• Game8 — A World Without Gold Quest List
• IGN — Black Flag Resynced Walkthrough

Related: Treasure Map Locations · Character Portrait Locations · Beginner's Guide · Tips & Tricks · Fort Assaults · Collectibles