Assassin's Creed Shadows All Castle Locations

Assassin’s Creed Shadows has 38 Castle locations. They are big fortresses or castles that require you to defeat strong samurai and loot a legendary chest.

On the map they are indicated by white  castle icons when going near them. They reward you with a large amount of XP (usually 3000+ XP), a legendary gear piece that scales to your level, and various other items. You will also find lots of materials and gear chests within the castles. Be careful not to cause an alarm as this will make you “Wanted” within the region and spawns powerful guardian enemies to hunt you down. If you have the “Wanted” status it will cool off when the season changes (every 90 minutes).

The samurai that you must kill will have a special samurai helmet icon over their heads. When you scroll over the castle icon on the map it will show a tracker how many of them you killed within the castle. It doesn’t matter if you do this with Naoe or Yasuke. You can hold L2/LT to scan for the samurai and mark them, they also drop gear and money. The legendary chest will get marked on the map, you can put a marker on it.

All of them are still obtainable after the story in free-roam, nothing is missable. Castles also often contain other quest items:  Kamon Crests,  Kano Paintings,  Valuable Objects.

Izumi Settsu

Castle #1: Osaka Castle

Sub-Region: Osaka

Castle #2: Katano Castle

Sub-Region: Katano

Castle #3: Takatsuki Castle

Sub-Region: Takatsuki

Castle #4: Amagasaki Castle

Sub-Region: Amagasaki

Yamashiro

Castle #5: Yamazaki Castle

Sub-Region: Yamazaki

Castle #6: Shoryuji Castle

Sub-Region: Shoryuji

Castle #7: Nijo Palace

Sub-Region: Kyoto

Castle #8: Hanazono Castle

Sub-Region: Genbu Highlands

Omi

Castle #9: Azuchi Castle

Sub-Region: Azuchi

Castle #10: Kashiwabara Fortress

Sub-Region: Ibu Highlands

Castle #11: Nagahama Castle

Sub-Region: Nagahama

Castle #12: Ominzo Castle

Sub-Region: Ado River Valley

Castle #13: Sakamoto Castle

Sub-Region: Sakamoto

Iga

Castle #14: Mibuno Castle

Sub-Region: Mibuno Vale

Castle #15: Kunimiyama Fort

Sub-Region: Mibuno Vale

Castle #16: Hijiyama Fort

Sub-Region: Hijiyama

Castle #17: Kashiwara Fort

Sub-Region: Nabari Wilds

Harima

Castle #18: Hiraiyama Fort

Sub-Region: The Warfields

Castle #19: Miki Castle

Sub-Region: Miki

Castle #20: Miyanoue Fort

Sub-Region: Miki

Castle #21: Takagi Otsuka Fort

Sub-Region: Kanki Burned Fields

Castle #22: Kanki Castle

Sub-Region: Kanki Burned Fields

Castle #23: Himeji Castle

Sub-Region: Himeji

Castle #24: Inariyama Garrison

Sub-Region: Mount Kasagata

Yamato

Castle #25: Koriyama Castle

Sub-Region: Koriyama

Castle #26: Uda Matsuyama Castle

Sub-Region: Uda Matsuyama

Wakasa

Castle #27: Nochiseyama Castle

Sub-Region: Obama

Castle #28: Tsuruga Castle

Sub-Region: Sotomo Gate

Castle #29: Kanegasaki Castle

Sub-Region: Sotomo Gate

Castle #30: Genbao Fort

Sub-Region: Mount Uchinakao

Kii

Castle #31: Tsuchibashi Fort

Sub-Region: Wakanoura Bay

Castle #32: Saika Castle

Sub-Region: Saika

Castle #33: Akagi Fort

Sub-Region: Iseji Trails

Tamba

Castle #34: Takeda Castle

Sub-Region: Takeda

Castle #35: Fukuchiyama Castle

Sub-Region: Fukuchiyama

Castle #36: Miyazu Castle

Sub-Region: Miyazu Bay

Castle #37: Yakami Fort

Sub-Region: Yakami

Castle #38: Kameyama Castle

Sub-Region: Kameyama

For all other collectibles check out the Assassin’s Creed Shadows Collectible Guide.