Assassins Creed Black Flag Resynced Pets Guide

Assassins Creed Black Flag Resynced pets are cosmetic animal companions that roam the Jackdaw and the Great Inagua manor, unlocked by finishing local events, completing Animus Projects, redeeming web codes, or buying naval bundles.

What Are Pets in Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced?

Ship pets are purely decorative companions that accompany Edward Kenway on his pirate adventures across the Caribbean. According to the Steam store page, the remake expands customization by adding cats and monkeys alongside fresh ship skins and narrative additions.

Once you assign a companion in your menus, the animal perches near the ship's wheel while Edward sails out of combat, appears inside the captain's cabin on a drawer beside the desk, and roams around the Great Inagua hideout. Pets do not alter ship combat statistics or grant traversal buffs, though their animations react dynamically during turbulent sea storms or boarding battles.

The iconic solo pirate adventure returns. Sail the Caribbean as Edward Kenway during the Golden Age of Piracy in this faithfully enhanced remake featuring stunning visuals, upgraded gameplay, and new content. — the official Steam store page

How Do You Equip Ship Pets?

Equipping an animal companion is handled through the primary character menu after you obtain one:

1. Open Edward's pause menu and navigate to the Inventory tab.
2. Select the Pets slot located in the bottom-right corner.
3. Choose the unlocked cat or monkey you wish to make active.

You can equip only one active animal companion at a time, but you may swap between your available companions whenever you visit your inventory.

Which Free Pets Can You Unlock in the Caribbean?

Free pets are animal companions obtainable entirely through in-game activities or promotional distributions without buying separate DLC packs.

Soot the Cat

Soot is a domestic black cat found in your pirate hideout after finishing the main storyline mission Sequence 04: This Old Cove. Travel to Great Inagua town at coordinates (819, 441) to trigger the local event named Cat Distribution System. Climb onto the house rooftop where the cat sits surrounded by hunted mice, and press the interaction button to pet Soot and recruit him permanently.

Albert the Monkey

Albert is a captive monkey encountered in the southeastern waters of Havana at coordinates (225, 568). Near the docks, an overheard conversation reveals that enemy sailors have detained a loyal monkey after slaying his master. Board the marked Spanish vessel, eliminate every hostile crew member during the Monkey Business local event, and interact with Albert beside the corpse to welcome him aboard your vessel.

Dark Animus Familiar

The Dark Animus Familiar is an Animus-themed monkey unlocked through the project progression system. Open the Animus section from the main menu, set "Eye in the Dark" as your active assignment, and collect 600 Data Fragments across the open sea. You acquire Data Fragments by tackling Anomaly naval missions, which respawn daily on your navigation chart. Sinking or boarding corrupted convoy targets yields hundreds of fragments per encounter. Once you hit the 600 milestone, claim the familiar under the Projects Rewards interface.

Shipmate Monkey

The Shipmate Monkey is a free promotional pet distributed through Ubisoft Connect account redemption. Players redeem the code ASC-BFR-PMK-000 on the official Ubisoft redemption portal while signed into the account linked to their game copy. The next time you launch the title, the monkey is added to your pet selection screen.

Cheetah Claw Cat

The Cheetah Claw Cat is a promotional cosmetic distributed through Twitch Drops campaigns. Unlocking this feline required linking a Ubisoft Connect account to Twitch and watching four hours of drop-enabled streams for the game prior to the initial event cutoff on August 2, 2026, after which it transferred directly to player inventories via the Twitch drops inventory page.

Which Pets Require DLC and Store Bundles?

Premium companions are packaged into standalone naval packs or included within specialized retail editions of the game.

While setting sail with these cosmetic mascots, players can further build out their vessel's operational combat power by tracking down jackdaw upgrades and recruiting all officers across the West Indies.

How Do You Unlock the Friend to All Achievement?

The Friend to All achievement is an interaction trophy that requires players to feed or pet friendly creatures found in towns, beaches, and wilderness zones. As detailed in the official Title Update 1.0.7 patch notes, developers continue refining wildlife interaction animations across the Caribbean archipelago.

Domestic and wild fauna behave under distinct interaction categories:

• Petting Targets: Cats, dogs, and cows accept petting prompts.
• Feeding Targets: Chickens, pigs, and turtles trigger feeding prompts without requiring consumable bait items in Edward's bag.

A reliable route to find every necessary species includes:

1. Chicken: Roams the ground plazas and market alleys around Havana, including coordinates (217, 584).
2. Caged Parrot: Located in central Havana next to the market tavern and weapons merchant at coordinates (215, 579).
3. Turtle: Found resting on coastal shorelines, such as Cape Bonavista at coordinates (148, 578) or the southern beach of Abaco Island.
4. Dog: Wanders the harbor docks and coastal street avenues in Kingston near coordinates (609, 163).
5. Pig: Kept inside a wooden shoreline pen in Kingston at coordinates (621, 164).
6. Cow: Located in a fenced pasture behind a shed on the right outskirts of Kingston near coordinates (627, 166).
7. Cat: Roams the Kingston market stalls, the streets of Cat Island, or inside your own ship cabin.
8. Equipped Monkey: Interacting with Albert the Monkey or the Shipmate Monkey inside the Jackdaw's cabin satisfies the monkey requirement for the trophy tally.

Securing these wildlife interactions while gathering all outfits and discovering hidden treasure maps ensures you complete every leisure collectible milestone available throughout the Golden Age of Piracy.