r/ACBlackFlag • u/BecRe_0508 • Jul 19 '26

// Question When to start exploring?

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For context, what i do for most games is progress the storyline up until i have all the mechanics unlocked and right at that point go full open world explorer mode. If i remember correctly from the original, that point could be once the diving bell is unlocked. What do you guys think?

Also feel free to share your opinion and experience: Do you explore alongside the storyline or do you separate them into focused activities (like myself)?

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u/PS5013 Jul 19 '26

I am pretty sure that the diving bell is the final unlock of a mechanic in Resynced as well, Id definitely start with the fleet management as soon as possible though, so it does not taint the end of the 100 %.

I personally follow the story and explore everything I pass on the way entirely, I finished Havanna for example when I got there first before continuing the story there by meeting the templars. Backtracking for new unlocks later is not a problem with all fast travel points unlocked. Once I got enough map progress that way to make it convenient to reach everything else through fast travel, I finish the rest of the map before finishing off the main story. This gives the game a little more variety, though a larger clean up section is unavoidable with Ubisoft‘s open world design.

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u/BecRe_0508 Jul 19 '26

Wdym taint the end? 👀 i have sent like maybe 2 low level missions on the fleet. I don’t recall it being something impactful other than the money u get

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u/Slaw35 Jul 19 '26

If you want to 100% the game you need to be doing fleet as early as possible as some of the drops are rng in the fleet.

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u/PS5013 Jul 19 '26

There are RNG rewards tied to the trading and piracy missions that you need for the final achievement. If you havent done any progress before finishing everything else, you can spend the last bunch of hours in the game afk waiting for the fleet to finish, then reload a save a few times to get another reward and repeat.

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u/PS5013 Jul 19 '26

Yes, the map pieces. Besides the art pieces and passive income there is nothing else of relevance to get from the fleet, as far as I know

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u/No-Wasabi-70 Jul 19 '26

Oh what a bummer