Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Best Ship Upgrades

Sailing the Caribbean as Edward Kenway sounds fun until a Spanish soldier starts blasting holes in your ship. The Jackdaw is your home, your weapon, and your escape plan all in one, so how you upgrade it matters a lot. With limited resources and materials, you can't buy everything at once, so you really need to pick the best ship upgrades for it. Here are the 5 best Jackdaw ship upgrades worth prioritizing in Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced.

1. Armored Hull

Your hull is basically your health bar, so this should be one of your first stops at the Harbourmaster. Every level you put into the Armored Hull adds more max HP to the Jackdaw. At max level, you are looking at a huge jump in total health.

This matters because you will get hit, of course, and many times. Cannon fire, reef collisions, surprise attacks from enemy ships, it all adds up fast if your hull is weak. A tankier ship means fewer trips back to port for repairs and more time actually hunting treasure and forts.

These are the available upgrades:

2. Broadside Cannons

If Armored Hull keeps you alive, Broadside Cannons are what let you win. This upgrade adds more cannons firing from the sides of your ship, which is your main damage source in almost every naval fight. This upgrade will definitely help enemy ships go down faster. Early tiers already make a noticeable difference, so don't put this off.

3. Mortar

The Mortar is one of the most valuable upgrades for the Jackdaw. It lets you bombard enemy ships and forts from long range, allowing you to deal heavy damage before they can fire back. Against forts especially, you can slowly wear down their defenses from a safe distance instead of sailing straight into their cannon fire, making these battles much easier.

These are the available upgrades:

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4. Ammo Storage (Heavy Shot and Mortar)

Powerful weapons are useless if you run out of ammo mid-fight, and that's exactly what happens if you skip Storage upgrades. Both Heavy Shot and Mortar rounds are limited by default, and nothing feels worse than lining up the perfect shot with an empty chamber. Ammo might be the cheapest and one of the best ship upgrades you can make.

These upgrades are cheap compared to the others on this list, so they're an easy win. Grabbing them early means you can fight longer without sailing back to restock, which matters a lot during longer voyages or Fort assaults.

Therse are the upgrades available:

5. Officer Unlocks

This one is easy to miss since officers aren't tied to the Harbourmaster menu. They come from Officer quests instead. But characters like Tobias Church, who lets you fire double broadside volleys, can boost your damage output more than some ship upgrades themselves.

Other officers add useful combat tricks too, like ignoring incoming damage with the right timing or gaining extra options in boarding fights. If you're chasing max efficiency for your Jackdaw, hunting down these officer side quests is just as important as spending your reales at port.

So those are all the best ship upgrades you should do in Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced. Upgrading the Jackdaw isn't about grabbing everything at once, it's about knowing what actually helps you survive and win fights faster. Get these five sorted and your ship will feel like a completely different beast out on the water.

If you want more information about the game, you can check out our Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Wiki.

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