Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced: Fast Travel Guide and Requirements

In Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced, cruising around the Jackdaw gives you plenty to do—raiding other vessels for cargo, tracking wild animals, and smashing forts along the coastline. The downside is that getting across the world map can take a while, so fast travel becomes one of the biggest quality-of-life tools in the game. Just keep in mind that the system has rules and limits, and it’s also a good prompt to make sure you do something at every new stop you make.

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The article’s context is tied to the game’s launch on July 9, when the writer revisited the broader series before diving into Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced.

I replayed all 14 mainline Assassin’s Creed entries ahead of Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced hitting on July 9, and I’m sharing how I’d line them up from worst to best.

How to fast travel in Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced

For fast travel, bring up the map and select any synchronization landmark you’ve already visited and “synced” with. You’ll know a point is synced because its icon shows up in yellow instead of white.

After that, all you have to do is press and hold Triangle (PlayStation) or Y (Xbox) to confirm you want to fast travel there. You don’t have to be close to the destination—once you’ve synchronized with that point, you can jump to it from anywhere on the map.

As you progress, you’ll earn access to additional fast travel options. For instance, forts you’ve captured can be used as direct fast travel targets.

Fast traveling back to the Jackdaw

If you’re on an island and need to get back to your ship quickly, you have two routes. First, you can open the map again, pick the Jackdaw’s icon, and press and hold Triangle or Y. Second, if you’re near a small rowboat sitting on an island shoreline, you can interact with that boat in the open world; after a brief loading screen, the game takes you back to the ship.

During my playthrough, trying to use the rowboats as a return method didn’t seem to work as intended. The game appeared to stall on a loading screen for roughly 30 seconds, then dumped me back into the open world right beside the rowboat. This could be something that gets corrected in a later update, or it might have been isolated to my experience—but either way, the map-based method seems safer if you want to avoid interruptions.

One more important restriction: you can’t fast travel to just any specific place you’ve been in Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced. Your jumps have to start from synchronization points. From there, you’ll still need to make your way to the exact location you’re trying to reach.

Because of how the map expands, I’d recommend syncing with every point you’re near anyway. It doesn’t just unlock travel—it also adds more icons to your map for nearby activities, including shanty music sheets and hidden treasure chests.

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