What Is Max Level/Rank in Assassin’s Creed Shadows? Level Cap Explained

In Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Knowledge Rank is a major update to the franchise’s progression. This system is separate from the title’s XP leveling. Knowledge Ranks are progressed by earning Knowledge Points through various open-world activities within the game, centered around mindfulness and training. As a player progresses through the knowledge ranks, new skills will be available to Naoe and Yasuke. However, players will still need to unlock and spend Mastery Points on these skills to actually unlock them.

In order to have every skill available to unlock, players will need to reach Knowledge Rank 6. However, this is not the conclusion of the Knowledge Rank progression. Rather, Naoe and Yasuke will unlock another new Knowledge tree after reaching this rank, with several passive skills available to refine a build around the player’s preferred play style.

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Is There a Cap for Mastery in Assassin’s Creed Shadows?

The third major aspect of progression in Assassin’s Creed Shadows is Mastery. Mastery is essentially the game’s equivalent to skill points and must be spent to unlock new skills within the various Mastery trees. However, some skills require more Mastery to be spent to unlock than others.

There are a vast amount of skills to unlock in Assassin’s Creed Shadows, with six Mastery trees for each playable protagonist. Thankfully, Mastery Points can be earned through an abundance and variety of activities, so players will have plenty of chances to earn enough to get the skills they seek. While players could theoretically hit a limit of Mastery Points, this will require extensive activity completion, and the Claws of Awaji expansion will almost certainly add new ways to earn Mastery when it launches later in 2025.

Does Assassin’s Creed Shadows Have Level Scaling?

In Assassin’s Creed Shadows, each province of Japan has a level associated with it. The highest level requirement you’ll see at the start of your game is for Kii, which has a requirement of Level 35. As you progress through the game and improve your level with XP, the level of some of these regions will rise to meet you.

However, there is a late-game floor to how high the levels for enemies and overall province difficulty will scale from Level 40 and beyond. From Level 42 and beyond, the recommended for each province seems to stay at two levels below your current XP level. This is a great way to ensure the game still affords some challenge and combat retains a proper pace in the endgame, while still rewarding players who invest dozens of hours into the game.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows is available now on PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S.