"Quick XP Gains and Leveling in Assassin’s Creed Shadows"

*Assassin’s Creed Shadows* offers a variety of skills for players to unlock and master. To level up your Samurai and Shinobi efficiently, you'll need to maximize your XP gains. Here's a comprehensive guide on how to do just that.

What Awards XP in Assassin’s Creed Shadows?

In *Assassin’s Creed Shadows*, XP can be earned through a multitude of actions and activities. From eliminating enemies and assassinating targets to completing quests and engaging in side content, every action contributes to your XP total. However, the XP rewards can vary significantly, so it's crucial to focus on the most rewarding activities. To see the XP potential of a quest or activity, simply hover over it in the map or objectives tab. The most lucrative XP sources are castles and optional assassinations.

How to Get Fast XP from Castles in Assassin’s Creed Shadows

Throughout Japan in *Assassin’s Creed Shadows*, you'll find numerous castles, each heavily guarded by basic and elite enemies, as well as Samurai Daisho. Completing a castle challenge by killing the required number of Daisho not only grants you a few thousand XP but also access to high-tier loot from the castle's chest.

Castles are a goldmine for XP. Beyond the main reward, you can earn XP by taking down each enemy, with elites and Samurai Daisho providing significant bonuses, often around 250 XP each. Additionally, synchronizing at the castle's high point not only awards XP but also serves as a fast travel point, facilitating character swaps.

However, castles can be challenging. To maximize your XP gains, consider these strategies:

• Choose your protagonist wisely. Naoe's Eagle’s Vision ability helps quickly locate and tag Samurai Daisho, allowing for swift, stealthy assassinations. Enhance Naoe's assassination damage through mastery and engravings to ensure one-hit kills on Daisho.
• At lower to medium levels, Yasuke is ideal for a more aggressive approach. Intentionally get detected, engage enemies in open combat, and trigger the alarm bell to draw out most of the castle's guards for efficient XP farming.

With these tactics, you can potentially earn up to 4,000 XP or more in just a few minutes.

Assassinating Targets Nets Large XP Bonuses in Assassin’s Creed Shadows

In addition to the main quest assassinations, *Assassin’s Creed Shadows* features numerous optional assassination targets. You can uncover these targets by conversing with specific NPCs and using scouts to track their locations. Utilizing fast travel points like Kakurega, you can quickly reach a target's vicinity, mount up, and execute the assassination swiftly.

Each assassination not only rewards you with a quest completion XP bonus, typically between 2,000 and 3,000 XP, but also additional XP for the kill itself, similar to that of elite enemies. Completing an entire assassination chain and reporting back to the quest giver yields a substantial XP bonus, often around 5,000 XP.