🔗 Share this article AC Shadows Unveils Surprising AoT Event for Holiday Season In a unexpected crossover event that defies conventional predictions, the game developer has unveiled an in-game collaboration between Assassin's Creed Shadows and the renowned anime series Attack on Titan. The unusual Thanksgiving event operates from November 25 through December 22, offering complimentary bonus story content for Shadows players. Peculiar Questline Uncovered According to the authorized release, "A strange meeting leads protagonists Naoe and Yasuke into a original quest, where hints of prohibited rituals and monstrous transformations resonate through the darkness." The storyline presents a "oddly dressed woman named Ada" who assigns the pair with journeying into the Crystalline Cavern—a important location from Attack on Titan—to save her ally from a clandestine sect. The mission centers on "strange experiments and a terrifying adversary" and is available to all players who have acquired the Yasuke character. Familiar Places and Metamorphoses The teaser showcases the Hidden Temple from Attack on Titan redesigned as the Crystal Cave. This significant location was earlier where the Reiss royal family transmitted the Founding Titan ability through ages. The teaser concludes with a powerful sequence showing a character, probably the captive, morphing into a Titan that looms over Naoe and Yasuke. Exclusive Rewards and Bonus Material Players who finish the mission will obtain an exclusive katana together with multiple items hidden throughout the area in secret chests. The update also contains premium Attack on Titan item packs, featuring: Titan-inspired outfit for Yasuke Mikasa outfit for Naoe Unique arms Survey Corps steed Newest Free Story Content This release also introduces the game's latest complimentary story content, titled "A Puzzlement." This humorous quest partners Naoe and Yasuke as they trade distinctive techniques: Naoe debuts a dramatic variation of Yasuke's war kick, while Yasuke acquires non-fatal stealth takedowns. Faithful to its name, "A Puzzlement" also includes a original environmental puzzle that may finally explain some lingering questions from the main storyline. Past Anime Partnerships This represents hardly the initial time the Assassin's Creed franchise has collaborated with well-known anime series. The series earlier featured a 2020 crossover story uniting Assassin's Creed: Valhalla with Makoto Yukimura's Vinland Saga. Furthermore, Valhalla subtly contained a quest that clearly nodded to the popular series One-Punch Man.