Leak Shadows of Assassin’s Creed Images have surfaced that appear to show a selection of free battle pass rewards for Ubisoft’s upcoming blockbuster.

Assassin’s Creed has never offered a battle pass before, and Ubisoft has yet to officially announce any details on how it will work.

Nonetheless, the datamined content seems to suggest that players will be able to complete daily missions from the game’s new Animus Hub to progress through a battle pass with 20 free levels and receive cosmetic items. Ubisoft now appears to be removing images from social media, including reddit.

Cosmetic items include the type of optional visual items that Assassin’s Creed has regularly offered for free and for sale in the past, including character costumes, weapon skins, and new looks for your mount.

Assassin’s Creed has also long offered daily and weekly missions. As with most Ubisoft games, these timed challenges and rewards can be found within the publisher’s Ubisoft Connect app.

Shadows looks set to streamline all of this within its Animus Hub, the new and still rather nebulous home of the series’ modern history that will also serve as the connective tissue between future Assassin’s Creed games.

Leaked artwork appears to show Shadows co-protagonist Yasuke standing in the Animus Hub, suggesting that players will be able to use character avatars to navigate there.

Eurogamer discussed the Project Animus Hub, also known in development as Assassin’s Creed Infinityback in 2022 with franchise boss Marc-Alexis Coté. “This will be the single entry point for our fans into the Assassin’s Creed franchise,” he said at the time.

At a BAFTA event Eurogamer attended in London earlier this month, Coté further explained how the series would handle its modern-day narrative moving forward, after admitting it’s been a “struggle” to stay consistent since the departure of the series’ original protagonist, Desmond.

“Our goal is to put story at the center of the player experience,” Coté said. “The modern narrative will serve to enhance, rather than overshadow, the historical journey. By drawing a meaningful contrast between the past and present, we aim to restore the balance that was once the hallmark of the franchise.

“The modern storyline will explore deeper themes of memory, identity and autonomy, how the past shapes who we are and how control of that past can impact our future These themes will allow us to reflect on contemporary issues: freedom versus control, the power of knowledge and the tension between individuality and conformity, all through the prism of history.

“The foundations of this new direction will take shape with Assassin’s Creed Shadows, which will lay the foundations for this narrative evolution that will develop in the years to come.”

To learn more about Coté, you can read Eurogamer’s reports on how Assassin’s Creed boss reacted to Assassin’s Creed Shadows creative backlashAnd Ubisoft’s decision to delay Shadows and restore confidence in its ability to release quality games.