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Assassin's Creed - Odyssey

Canonical playthroughs, story order, and DLC guides for Assassin's Creed.

Story order · PS5 · DLC · Start here · 2018 · PlayStation 5

Play Odyssey as three overlapping base-game stories, then the two paid expansions, then Korfu. That is the intended narrative order. Kassandra is the canon Eagle Bearer in later Assassin’s Creed games; choose her on a first playthrough if you want the line that continues into Valhalla.

Do not start Those Who Are Treasured (Korfu) early. The quest can appear after Chapter 1, but it spoils the Fate of Atlantis ending and is written as the close of Kassandra’s Greek years.

Start here: The Family Odyssey (Chapters 1–9) . All six series chapters are written.

Play this series in order

  1. The Family Odyssey (Chapters 1–9) — spare the family, reach the Sparta dinner.
  2. Hunting the Cult of Kosmos — all 44 figures, seven branches, the Ghost.
  3. Mythical Beasts and the Gates of Atlantis — Sphinx, Cyclops, Minotaur, Medusa, then seal Thera.
  4. Legacy of the First Blade — Darius, the Order of the Ancients, Elpidios.
  5. The Fate of Atlantis — Elysium, Hades, and the fall of Atlantis.
  6. Korfu: Those Who Are Treasured — the true close of the Greek saga.

Lost Tales of Greece, conquest battles, and ship hunting can run in the gaps. They should not jump the queue ahead of Korfu if you care about story.

Phase 1: Base game — three pillars

Keep these in motion together. The family chapters are the spine. The Cult menu unlocks in Phokis. The Atlantis beast hunts unlock after you find Pythagoras on Thera, which happens during the family story (after United Front / A Family’s Legacy).

  1. Family arc (Chapters 1–9). Kephallonia → Megaris → Phokis → Attika → the hunt for Myrrine → Naxos → Sparta → the war with Kleon → Mount Taygetos. Six specific choices decide whether Nikolaos, Stentor, Myrrine, and Deimos all sit down to dinner in Sparta.
  2. Cult of Kosmos. Forty-two members in seven branches, plus Deimos and the Ghost of Kosmos (44 figures on the investigation board). Clear the five adepts in a branch to expose its Sage. Finish Deimos through the family ending, then A Fresh Start for the Ghost under the Temple of Apollo in Phokis.
  3. Gates of Atlantis. Defeat the Sphinx (Boeotia), Cyclops (Forgotten Isle, via Kythera), Minotaur (Messara), and Medusa (Lesbos). Return the four Precursor artifacts to Thera and seal the city. That seal is the on-ramp for the Fate of Atlantis DLC.

Recommended rhythm: push the family chapters first, pick off Cultists as you enter their regions, and save the four beasts for when you are closer to the level cap. They are endgame fights, not Chapter 4 errands.

Phase 2: Legacy of the First Blade

Play this after the family dinner, before Fate of Atlantis. It is a mortal, political story about the Order of the Ancients and the first Hidden Blade. Dropping it in the middle of Elysium breaks the tone and the timeline.

  • Episode 1 — Hunted (Makedonia): Meet Darius. Dismantle the Order of Hunters. Kill the Huntsman.
  • Episode 2 — Shadow Heritage (Achaia): Break the Tempest’s blockade. Settle in Dyme. Elpidios is born.
  • Episode 3 — Bloodline (Messenia): The Order of Dominion and Amorges. The household is destroyed. Darius leaves Greece with Elpidios — the bloodline that later reaches Aya in Origins.
  • Epilogue: Give Our Respects, The Favor, then No More Wine at the grave in Dyme.

Phase 3: The Fate of Atlantis

Start only after the gates are sealed. Aletheia uses the Staff of Hermes Trismegistus to throw the Eagle Bearer into three Isu simulations. This is where the mercenary becomes the immortal Keeper.

  • Episode 1 — Fields of Elysium: Persephone’s paradise and the Adonis rebellion. Isu ability upgrades begin here.
  • Episode 2 — Torment of Hades: The Underworld, lost souls, and Hades himself.
  • Episode 3 — Judgment of Atlantis: Serve as Dikastes under Poseidon until the city falls. The Staff’s burden is made explicit.

Phase 4: Korfu

When the family, Cult, beasts, Legacy, and Atlantis threads are done, sail back to Sami on Kephallonia and start A Great Escape. That opens Those Who Are Treasured. Barnabas and Herodotos push you into a last voyage. The Spear of Leonidas goes quiet. The Eagle Bearer leaves the crew and walks into the centuries that end with Layla at the Staff.

That is the canonical last beat of Odyssey. Everything else is leftover Greece.

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The Assassin’s Creed Odyssey playlist is the full channel dump — family beats, Cult hunts, beast fights, Lost Tales, and trophies. Chapter pages below pick the matching videos. Fate of Atlantis has its own episode playlists on Part 5 .

Assassin's Creed Odyssey: Canonical Playthrough

Start here: Assassin's Creed Odyssey: The Family Odyssey (Chapters 1–9) Then: Assassin's Creed Odyssey: Hunting the Cult of Kosmos

  1. Assassin's Creed Odyssey: The Family Odyssey (Chapters 1–9)

    The family story is nine chapters long and is the only arc with a true "best ending." Spare Nikolaos, save Deimos, and sit down to dinner in Sparta before you …

  2. Assassin's Creed Odyssey: Hunting the Cult of Kosmos

    The Cult is 44 figures, not a side activity. Unlock the board in Phokis, burn each branch from adept to Sage, resolve Deimos in the family ending, then unmask …

  3. Assassin's Creed Odyssey: Mythical Beasts and the Gates of Atlantis

    Pythagoras opens Atlantis under Thera after United Front. Hunt the Sphinx, Cyclops, Minotaur, and Medusa for their artifacts, then seal the city. That seal is …

  4. Assassin's Creed Odyssey: Legacy of the First Blade

    Play Legacy after the family dinner and before Fate of Atlantis. Three episodes in Makedonia, Achaia, and Messenia turn the Eagle Bearer into a parent, …

  5. Assassin's Creed Odyssey: The Fate of Atlantis

    After the gates are sealed and Legacy is finished, Aletheia pulls you into three Isu simulations. Persephone, Hades, and Poseidon are the last teachers. Then …

  6. Assassin's Creed Odyssey: Korfu — Those Who Are Treasured

    After every other thread is done, start A Great Escape in Sami on Kephallonia. Those Who Are Treasured is Odyssey's real ending — the Spear goes quiet, the crew …