After unlocking the Hideout in *Assassin’s Creed Shadows*, players can personalize their space by adding pets and other animals for companionship. Here's a detailed guide on how to unlock and add these animals to your Hideout.
How to Unlock Animals in Assassin’s Creed Shadows
In *Assassin’s Creed Shadows*, you can unlock a variety of animals by interacting with them. Each time Naoe or Yasuke pets a cat or dog of a new breed, that animal becomes available for your Hideout. You can encounter multiple breeds of dogs, puppies, cats, and kittens, including the stray from the pre-order DLC quest "Thrown to the Dogs."
Yasuke can also unlock smaller animals like rabbits, fox kits, tanukis, and monkeys by painting them. These creatures can be found and documented in the wild, and once painted, they can be added to your Hideout.
For those interested in farm animals, various vendors across Japan offer oxen and goats for purchase with in-game currency, mon.
How to Add Animals to the Hideout in Assassin’s Creed Shadows
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To add animals to your Hideout, enter the Hiroma and approach the bench to access the customization menu. Switch to build mode and navigate to the wolf icon on the far right. This section will display all the animal types you've unlocked, categorized into dogs, cats, and "other."
Choose the animal you wish to add, and you'll be taken to an overhead view of the Hideout. Select an open grid on the map to place your animal. Remember, animals will roam freely once you're back in game mode, so they won't always be in the same spot when you want to interact with them.
You can add multiple instances of the same animal, except for the "Thrown to the Dogs" pup, but there's a limit to the total number of animals you can have. You can also remove or replace animals at any time through build mode.
That's everything you need to know about adding animals to your Hideout in *Assassin’s Creed Shadows*.
*Assassin’s Creed Shadows is available now on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S.*
