Much like its predecessor, Assassin s Creed Odyssey has snared me with its marvellous camera. With it, I ve been exploring and snapping Greece, all the way from the Ionian Islands in the west to the Cyclades in the east. I know I should be worrying about wars and parents and magical spears, but that s all ancillary to the scenes and vignettes playing out on the paved streets and dirt paths that weave across the Hellenic world.

Greece is full of incredible views, epic monuments and, straight away, a huge statue of Zeus dominating the landscape, massive willy hanging out for the world to see. There s no dearth of things to climb and, more importantly, photograph, but my screenshot folder has even more snapshots of regular life, of people working and partying, or of little bits of striking architecture, especially of the ruined variety.

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For those looking to kick more people off cliffs and down holes, who somehow find themselves short of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey missions, Ubisoft today added a free new story to their open-world murder simulator. This is the first of seven planned storybits, named ‘The Lost Tales of Greece’, coming as part of Ubisoft’s free post-launch plans (paid expansions are coming too, obvs). Named ‘The Show Must Go On’, the new questline has a theatrical flair and… well, you’ll see.

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At a specific point in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, you’ll come across a group that call themselves the Cult of Kosmos. They’re nasty people whose collective goal is to bend the world to their whims by prolonging the Peloponnesian war, terrorising the local populace, and causing widespread chaos. They’re also very interested in your chosen character’s family, which encourages either Alexios or Kassandra to hunt them all down. Assassinating them all too soon becomes one of the main focuses of your odyssey. In order to work out who the major players are, you need to kill their subordinates, and this guide will reveal all the cultists identities and their locations.

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While Phobos is a lovely little horse, he is somewhat bland to look at. Thankfully, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey allows you to put skins on horses to make them look infinitely more interesting to look at. These include one of the most precious looking steeds in the land – the unicorn. This guide will take you through where to find each of the horse skins and how much drachmae they cost.

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Due to its colossal size, the Ancient Greek world of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey can be bit of a labyrinth to navigate. The next journey into the Animus is set during the conflict between Athens and Sparta. With a few returning features, like the ability to sail the ocean seas, it also retains a fair few of the the big changes that were brought with Assassin’s Creed Origins – namely the RPG tweaks. There’s a slew of new features too, such as romancing NPCs and meaningful dialogue choices. In this collection of guides, we will cover everything you need to know: from the basics of combat, which gameplay mode to choose, the multiple side quests, how to hunt the cultists, explain the new skills and how to deal with the mercenaries.

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It’s no real secret that Assassin’s Creed Odyssey has a huge map and is full of things to do. You could ignore the side quests completely, but there are some valuable rewards that can be obtained from pitching in; helping your fellow humans, even if they are hiding part of the truth. This guide will take you through each of the side quests in the game and show you how to complete them.

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Getting equipment in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is remarkably similar to how it was in Assassin’s Creed Origins. It takes a while before you start getting the good stuff, but before long you’ll be wielding some of the most powerful weapons and armour found in all of Ancient Greece. Legendary weapons and armour are the most highly coveted equipment to get, making a massive difference in how much damage you’re doing and how much you’re taking. Each equipment has very different perks and buffs you need to be aware of, so in this guide, we will explain how the inventory works and how to get the legendary armour and the best weapons.

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Isolated towards the southern-most point, Kythera Island is deceptively small as it has a fair number of side quests to complete. Some include ousting a cult member, while others lead to a conflict with one of the mythical monsters of legend. This guide will go over all the side quests for the region and how to complete them.

Kythera Island side quests guide

If you want to explore a different region, head back to our [cms-block] guide for a full list of the different regions. Alternatively, there is also the [cms-block] for everything else this massive game has to throw at you.

Purple Rain

A man will be interrogating another about the murder of his son. He asks you to investigate the scene of the crime. The warehouse is just along the beach, so go there and find the proof: A bracelet in the warehouse, the blood on the floor, and the murder weapon caked with dry blood.

Return to the father to rely what you found. You can accuse whomever, but the real murderer is the Leader of Kythera. He ll then ask you to kill the leader to avenge his son. Do so to complete the quest.

Takes Drachmae to Make Drachmae

A vendor will be trying to drum up business for his adventure. You ll need 1000 drachmae to start this quest, so pay up and head to the eastern archipelago of Kythera. It soon becomes clear that the chest is empty, so return to the vendor s original location. He will run off, so feel free to kill him and get your money back, as well as a tidy bonus.

I, Diona

You may see this woman being attacked, so help her out before talking to her. She ll ask you to escort her to the city to tell you information about the Cult of Kosmos. You will be attacked along the way, so kill any enemies you find. She ll be reluctant to talk about the cult, but she ll mention her sister who has been kidnapped.

All Bonds Will Break

Towards the east of the island near the dock, you ll find the harbourmaster. Talk to him and he ll ask you to rescue some people from the nearby warehouse. The fort is visible from where you speak to him, so head over there and rescue them.

Atoll Order

Once you ve rescued all three, return to him and he ll ask you to kill people on an island south of Kythera. They re close to the shipwreck so swim from the southern most point of Kythera and kill the Captain to complete the quest. Your character will notice something amiss.

Pick Your Poison

In the ruins towards the centre of the island, you ll see a satchel of poison hidden within, towards the highest building. It will be guarded by bandits, but they shouldn’t be much of a problem at this stage. Grab it and return to Diona for your reward.

The Handmaiden s Story

Towards the north of the island, you ll find a priestess who will tell you about a traitor in their midst. A handmaiden hasn t returned from a spying mission. Head to the east of Pilgrim Hill to the farm to find some cultists standing over the handmaiden s corpse. Kill them and retrieve the note for the priestess.

By the Fates

After completing all three of the previous quests, you ll be asked to meet a handmaiden in a villa. Go there and talk to her to have Diona come to you. You may choose to seduce her at this point. It turns out that once she s done, she ll have some cultist soldiers attack you. Interrogate the handmaiden. Head to her sister by the altar to the north. Sadly, they re identical twins, so you ll need to decide which one is the real Diona. To save you some time, the one on the right is Diona, so choose her and kill her. Talk to the Priestess to finish the quest. If you kill the priestess by mistake, you ll need to manually hunt down Diona, so be sure to get it right. She ll also reveal some intel about a man called Melite.

Idiot Hunt

A civilian wants you to look for her husband who went hunting for Lynx. Head to the cave near the centre of the island where you ll find a few Lynx. Hunt them down and enter the cave. Carry the man out of the cave and back to his wife for your reward.

A God Among Men

A peasant will ask for your help with the local priestesses harassing him. If you agree, the priestesses will threaten you, but leave you to it. Head the the fort towards the docks and liberate him. Return to him to find the civilian dead and the priestess standing over his corpse.

Left to Dye

Empedokles will ask you to find a disk a thief stole from him, he will be very close by, so defeat him and his guards. Return the disk and Empedokles will then address his people. This will unlock the quest Stairway to Olympos, which you can find out more about in our [cms-block] guide.

That’s all the side quests that we have so far for the region of Lakonia, but there are plenty of other regions that will need your help. Head on back to our [cms-block] guide for more information about another quest-line or another region’s set of side quests.

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is a massive game, no doubt about that. In fact, you can’t zoom out all the way to see just how big it really is. Encompassing Ancient Greece into a game is no small feat, so when you first visit the map on the pause screen, you may feel overwhelmed. I know I did when I first looked at it. But for those who want to have a handy reference, this guide will simply go over how big the map is, and what the icons mean.

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Due to its colossal size, the Ancient Greek world of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey can be bit of a labyrinth to navigate. The next journey into the Animus is set during the conflict between Athens and Sparta. With a few returning features, like the ability to sail the ocean seas, it also retains a fair few of the the big changes that were brought with Assassin’s Creed Origins – namely the RPG tweaks. There’s a slew of new features too, such as romancing NPCs and meaningful dialogue choices. In this collection of guides, we will cover everything you need to know: from the basics of combat, which gameplay mode to choose, the multiple side quests, how to hunt the cultists, explain the new skills and how to deal with the mercenaries.

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