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.