In a flurry of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla announcements last night, Ubisoft confirmed a number of returning features for long-term fans of the series.
In short, the one-hit Hidden Blade is back, as is social stealth. Original series composer Jesper Kyd is also returning, along with some friends. Odyssey’s armour appearance system (basically transmog) was also confirmed. And we got our first look at the Valhalla’s game-changing new settlement location.
Speaking to Kotaku, creative director Ashraf Ismail confirmed that main character Eivor would once again be able to use their hidden blade to take “virtually anybody” down with one hit.
“Eivor receives the hidden blade quite early on,” Ismail said. “We continue with the idea that Eivor is not a trained assassin. Eivor is a Viking who receives this badass weapon and has to learn very quickly. Early in the experience, Eivor will learn a technique that, with the right timing… can one-shot-kill virtually anybody.”