Yo, what is up, chat! If you’ve been anywhere near Twitter or Reddit over the last 24 hours, you know the entire gaming community is absolutely losing its mind over Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced. My feed is literally nothing but Edward Kenway clips, and honestly? The hype is 100% real. I’ve been pulling straight up all-nighters grinding this release, and while Ubisoft definitely dropped the ball on some optimization quirks here and there, the revamped progression loop is pure, unadulterated dopamine.
The biggest game-changer this time around is the Trinket system. We are talking about insane passive buffs that completely warp how you play. Want to turn Edward into an invisible ghost? Done. Want to run a totally broken, overpowered build that just prints money while you walk? You can. I’ve mapped out every single one of these bad boys below so you can stop wandering around blindly and start breaking the game’s economy immediately.
The Only Trinkets You Actually Need to Care About (Top-Tier Picks)
Before we look at the full inventory dump, let’s talk about the absolute meta. You can slot two Talismans at the same time, and if you aren’t running these three specific setups, it is a pure skill issue:
- Magnet Stone: This thing is a total joke. It literally auto-loots every dead body and hidden container as you walk past. Run this through a massive settlement and you’ll passively vacuum up endless Reales for your ship upgrades.
- Exotic Shells: Doubling down on animal skins every time you skin wildlife is already great. But if you pair it with the Great Inagua fishing harbor upgrade, it stacks to a massive four skins per hunt. Absolutely god-tier for fast-tracking your crafting upgrades.
- Anchor Medallion: Keep this slotted the second you step foot on the Jackdaw. It spikes your loot rewards from salvaged wreckage and sunken ships.
Every Talisman Location: Rarity, Perks, and Map Grinds
Here is the complete breakdown for every Legendary, Rare, and Common trinket hidden across the map.
Magnet Stone
- Rarity: Rare
- The Broken Perk It Grants: Auto-loots nearby corpses and curiosities.
- Exactly Where to Find It: Get Great Inagua General Store to Tier II, then buy it for 7,000 Reales.
Yax-Tun Pendant
- Rarity: Legendary
- The Broken Perk It Grants: Mysteriously absorbs all incoming handgun shots.
- Exactly Where to Find It: Drop all 16 Mayan Stones into the slots to unlock the Maya Outfit.
Little Bones
- Rarity: Common
- The Broken Perk It Grants: Grants a burst of healing immediately after a successful assassination.
- Exactly Where to Find It: Nassau (597, 761) local event. You need to eavesdrop on two specific local conversations first.
Black Pearl
- Rarity: Legendary
- The Broken Perk It Grants: Lets you chain your heavy knockdowns onto an additional enemy.
- Exactly Where to Find It: Great Inagua Treasure Dealer. Costs 60 Wine, 40 Spices, 30 Tobacco, and 20 Aloe.
Jackdaw Totem
- Rarity: Rare
- The Broken Perk It Grants: Complete fall damage immunity for Edward.
- Exactly Where to Find It: Clear “A World Without Gold” questline, available in Sequence 11 after “Everything is Permitted”.
Templar Cross
- Rarity: Legendary
- The Broken Perk It Grants: Blunts incoming melee damage from enemies.
- Exactly Where to Find It: Unlocked at Great Inagua manor cage after completing all Templar Hunts.
Exotic Shells
- Rarity: Rare
- The Broken Perk It Grants: Double item yields when skinning wildlife.
- Exactly Where to Find It: Tucked away safely inside a chest at Havana (214, 568).
Guardian Beast Gem
- Rarity: Legendary
- The Broken Perk It Grants: Passively regenerates health out of combat.
- Exactly Where to Find It: Grab the Havana (225, 573) event map. Dive for two underwater chests at Dry Tortuga (356, 701).
Lock of Hair
- Rarity: Rare
- The Broken Perk It Grants: Lifesteal mechanics! Health back on perfect parries.
- Exactly Where to Find It: Complete the “Lost Souls” Rift Mission found on Great Inagua’s south coast (825, 429) in Sequence 4.
Obsidian Monolith
- Rarity: Legendary
- The Broken Perk It Grants: Massive frame-window increase for Perfect Dodges.
- Exactly Where to Find It: Tier 9 tracker reward for Animus “Eye in the Dark” project.
Shark Teeth
- Rarity: Legendary
- The Broken Perk It Grants: Heavy Brutes cannot block your combo knockdowns.
- Exactly Where to Find It: Max out Great Inagua General Store to Tier III, then buy it for 25k Reales.
Sigil of the Hidden
- Rarity: Legendary
- The Broken Perk It Grants: Drastically slows enemy detection speed while crouching.
- Exactly Where to Find It: Earned as a guild reward for completing 15 Assassin Contracts.
Wooden Eye
- Rarity: Legendary
- The Broken Perk It Grants: Snap-aim reflex shots instantly kill heavy Brutes.
- Exactly Where to Find It: Reconstruct the map from Great Inagua merchant. Dig at Isla de Sacrificios (14, 554).
Bloody Spanish Medal
- Rarity: Rare
- The Broken Perk It Grants: Takes less overall damage from Spanish forces.
- Exactly Where to Find It: Tucked inside a cabinet at Laurens Prins’ estate in Kingston (594, 175).
Folded Hand
- Rarity: Rare
- The Broken Perk It Grants: Generates free Reales out of thin air after every knockdown.
- Exactly Where to Find It: Hit the Havana docks (225, 589) event. Pickpocket or murder the specific soldier carrying it.
Cross Pendant
- Rarity: Rare
- The Broken Perk It Grants: Takes less overall damage from British Redcoats.
- Exactly Where to Find It: Spot the local event at Kingston (616, 178). Rob or kill the British civilian holding it.
Narwhal Horn
- Rarity: Rare
- The Broken Perk It Grants: Melee attacks smash straight through enemy guards instantly.
- Exactly Where to Find It: Resting on top of a cabinet at the southern Cat Island mansion (706, 664).
Found Coin
- Rarity: Rare
- The Broken Perk It Grants: Increases your overall baseline currency payouts.
- Exactly Where to Find It: Turn in 15 art objects for the “Art Lover” quest to Bernard Woodhouse in the Great Inagua garden.
Hunter Amulet
- Rarity: Rare
- The Broken Perk It Grants: Tames animal detection radius so they don’t spook easily.
- Exactly Where to Find It: Decipher the digested map bought from Great Inagua merchant. Dig at Santanillas (188, 215).
Stormrunner Pendant
- Rarity: Rare
- The Broken Perk It Grants: Boosts healing values gained from food, grog, and remedies.
- Exactly Where to Find It: Sitting down on the seabed coral reefs off the East Nassau coast (615, 767).
Anchor Medallion
- Rarity: Rare
- The Broken Perk It Grants: Increases floating cargo sea junk payouts.
- Exactly Where to Find It: Locked inside an isolated loot chest over at Isla de Sacrificios (16, 544).
Small Chalice
- Rarity: Rare
- The Broken Perk It Grants: Increases health regen metrics across all food and tonics.
- Exactly Where to Find It: Questline completion reward for Padre Able Galvao.
Gold Earring
- Rarity: Common
- The Broken Perk It Grants: Keeps your piracy notoriety tracker cool.
- Exactly Where to Find It: Snag it from an underwater chest at Salt Key Bank (465, 602).
Diamond Trinket
- Rarity: Common
- The Broken Perk It Grants: Noticeably drops your underwater oxygen consumption rates.
- Exactly Where to Find It: Grab from the underwater shipwreck chest at Cape Bonavista (151, 586).
Rabbit’s Foot
- Rarity: Common
- The Broken Perk It Grants: High proc chance to stagger an enemy right after a parry.
- Exactly Where to Find It: Mission 1 reward for Opia Apito’s Templar Hunt at Cayman Sound (304, 311).
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Cash-Shop & Deluxe Edition Exclusives
If you splurged extra cash on the special editions or feel like tossing microtransactions at the store, there’s some extra items you can grab:
- Brass Bird Gem (Legendary): Drops your rope dart cooldown parameters to zero. (Deluxe/Collector’s Edition unlock).
- Lucky Circle Talisman (Legendary): Perfect dodges grant instant, brief invincibility frames. (Ingame Premium Shop).
- Demon-Forged Pendant (Legendary): Berserk darts now instantly set targets on fire. (Ingame Premium Shop).
- Abyss Pendant (Legendary): Slap a health siphon onto every single kill you secure. (Ingame Premium Shop).
