Murderer’s Creed Shadows marks the return of many options from earlier Murderer’s Creed video games. From a canon story mode to a remodeling of stealth mechanics, Shadow brings again fairly a number of staples. Seasons, which had been first launched in Murderer’s Creed III, are again in Shadows, however closely expanded.
Within the third sport, seasons had been decided by the present playable character and would usually alter how Connor might traverse via the setting. In Murderer’s Creed Shadows, seasons come and go based mostly on in-game time. Whereas an in-game tutorial covers some fundamentals, Murderer’s Creed Shadows’ seasons are much more intricate than offered.

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Why do you need to change the seasons?
Other than the aesthetic adjustments, you’ll need the seasons to vary for a number of causes. One, sure missions solely happen throughout sure seasons. Secondly, totally different seasons have an effect on gameplay in distinct methods. Larger grass in spring and summer time creates extra stealth alternatives. In the meantime, deep snow in winter slows down your working speeds.
The biggest affect, although, comes from numerous in-game mechanics. A season change opens up new quests, refreshes your scouts, clears your ‘Needed’ standing, and nets you valuables you tagged for assortment. Primarily, you need the season to vary if you wish to see all of the content material the sport has to supply.
Can I alter the season at will?
No. There may be, sadly, no method to change the season at will, neither is there any method to skip to no matter season you need. In the event you’re in winter and a mission’s requirement is that it may well solely be performed in the summertime, you’ll must play a set period of time to get to summer time.
You modify the season manually, however solely at sure intervals. When wanting on the World map, have a look at the highest proper compass. This compass tracks the development of the seasons. As soon as midway, you’ll get a mid-season refresh, which refreshes alerts, areas, and native factions. You’ll be able to manually change the season on the 50% and 100% mark, however not any time earlier than.
The seasons do change robotically as effectively, do you have to neglect to do it manually. A season change robotically triggers at 50% and 100% when quick touring or finishing a mission.
How lengthy is a season?
Sadly, that is one thing Murderer’s Creed Shadows doesn’t inform you. Nevertheless, by our estimate, seasons can take wherever between 2–3 hours to finish. Spring, summer time, and fall seem to complete in round 2 hours, however winter seems to take a bit extra time.
You’ll be able to all the time verify the development of the season within the World tab within the high proper. If half or the total circle is lit up, you’ll be able to change the season. Alternatively, beneath it, the ‘Change Season’ will probably be grayed out if altering the season isn’t obtainable.

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Murderer’s Creed Shadows
- Launched
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March 20, 2025
- ESRB
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Mature 17+ // Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Language