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"Assassin’s Creed Shadows: Guide to Adding Animals to Your Hideout"

Author:Kristen Update:May 21,2025

After unlocking the Hideout in *Assassin’s Creed Shadows*, players can enhance their space by adding pets and other animals for companionship. Here’s a detailed guide on how to add animals to the Hideout in *Assassin’s Creed Shadows*.

How to Unlock Animals in Assassin’s Creed Shadows

In *Assassin’s Creed Shadows*, unlocking animals for your Hideout is both fun and rewarding. Each time Naoe or Yasuke interacts with a new breed of cat or dog, you’ll unlock that specific animal for your Hideout. The game features a variety of dogs, puppies, cats, and kittens, including the stray you can avenge in the pre-order DLC quest “Thrown to the Dogs.”

Yasuke has a unique way to unlock smaller animals by painting them. You can encounter and document rabbits, fox kits, tanukis, and monkeys in the wild. These critters can also be added to your Hideout, adding to the diversity of your animal companions.

For those looking to add farm animals to their Hideout, various vendors throughout Japan offer oxen and goats for purchase, available at different prices in mon.

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How to Add Animals to the Hideout in Assassin’s Creed Shadows

Hideout build menu in Assassin's Creed Shadows(Ubisoft) To add animals to your Hideout, enter the Hiroma and approach the bench to access the customization menu. Once in build mode, navigate to the wolf icon on the far right, which will display all the animal types you’ve unlocked, categorized into dogs, cats, and “other.”

Select the animal you wish to add to your Hideout. This action will shift you to an overhead view of the Hideout, allowing you to choose an open grid on the map where you can place the animal. Remember, animals will roam freely once you exit build mode, so they might not always be in the same spot when you return for a cuddle.

You can add multiple instances of the same animal, including the “Thrown to the Dogs” pup. However, there’s a limit to the total number of animals you can have in the Hideout. You also have the flexibility to remove or replace animals at any time by erasing them in build mode and adding new ones.

That’s the complete guide on how to add animals to the Hideout in *Assassin’s Creed Shadows*.

*Assassin’s Creed Shadows is available now on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S.*