Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is turning one this month, and, as part of its birthday celebrations, Ubisoft is giving players a chance to have another crack at all previous epic ship and mercenary encounters, polishing off any they might have missed first time around.
Ubisoft’s murderous anniversary event will run from today, 1st October, until 4th November, with a different epic encounter scheduled each day. These will alternate between mercenary and ship battles on a weekly basis, and Ubisoft is increasing Orichalcum payouts for the duration of the event, with each defeated ship or mercenary rewarding 15 Orichalcum. That means it’ll be possible to accrue 105 Orichalcum a week instead of the usual 40.
Here’s how the next five weeks of epic encounters breaks down:
Week 1
1st October – Abia the Shaded2nd October – Occylos the Successor3rd October – Polycaste the Jilted4th October – Edonos the Charging Bull5th October – Shapur the Unforgiving6th October – Perdix the Wayfarer7th October – Okaleia the Lotus Eater
Week 2
8th October – Delos9th October – Palaityros10th October – Old Neurus11th October – Piraeus12th October – Keta’s Wrath13th October – Lakedaimonia14th October – Salaminia
Week 3
15th October – Ariathate the Winner16th October – Astarte the Swamp17th October – Aretos the Aid18th October – Harpina the Heavy-Hitter19th October – Testiklos the Nut20th October – Hygieia the Sword21st October – Laches the Eternal
Week 4
22nd October – Black Wind23rd October – The Tyrant24th October – Shadowed Nymph25th October – Hekate’s Grace26th October – Glory of the Law27th October – Fly Ikaros28th October – Lakonia
Week 5
29th October – Iaeira the Overcomer30th October – Narkissos the Babbler31st October – Nanno the Abacus1st November – Nester the Great2nd November – Thaleia the Talon-Hand3rd November – Auxesia the Spawn of Chaos4th November – Damais the Not-So-Indifferent
As part of its anniversary musings, Ubisoft has also shared a number of eye-opening statistics regarding players’ first year in the game. For instance, the combined might of Odyssey’s player base has managed to accrue over 645 million hours of playtime, sending over 20 billion enemies to their doom and taking more than 48 million photos along the way.