Assassin's Creed Shadows Update 1.1.11 Adds Black Tides & Domains
Assassin’s Creed Shadows Title Update 1.1.11 adds a free story quest, a new endgame activity, crossover projects, an additional Animus Rift, balance changes, quality-of-life work, and bug fixes. Ubisoft scheduled the update for June 16, 2026, with Nintendo Switch 2 following on June 19. The two headline additions are “Black Tides,” which has specific story prerequisites, and “Domains,” a level-30 endgame feature with five simulations across ten challenge levels. Ubisoft also describes this as the game’s final major update, making the unlock conditions and platform timing especially relevant.
News summary
Title Update 1.1.11 is much larger than its version number suggests. “Black Tides” introduces a new free story quest involving two elite Templars known as the Black Cross. “Domains” adds five gameplay simulations spread across ten challenge levels, with modifiers that push players to rethink builds and an exclusive progression and reward loop. Ubisoft also adds the Riptides and Undertow crossover Projects, a new Horizon Animus Rift, menu and HUB changes, combat and perk balancing, quest fixes, and platform-specific work.
Update overview
Black Tides is not available to a fresh save. Players must complete Naoe and Yasuke’s main story plus the post-launch quests “A Critical Encounter” and “A Puzzlement.” Domains unlock at level 30 and are designed as repeatable build-crafting challenges, with higher levels applying more modifiers. Ubisoft says Domain rewards include new and remixed outfits, weapons, trinkets, engravings, an exclusive shop, in-game currency, and a progression tree. The Riptides and Undertow crossover Projects are accessed through the Animus HUB and progress through Anomalies.
Player notes
Platform timing and download size vary. Ubisoft lists June 16 for the main release and June 19 for Nintendo Switch 2. Published patch sizes are 26.1 GB on Xbox Series X|S, 10.01 GB on PlayStation 5, 9.5 GB on Nintendo Switch 2, 21.69 GB on PC, 10 GB on Steam, and 9 GB on Mac. The Riptides and Undertow crossover Projects are not available on Nintendo Switch 2 because they contain crossover content with Black Flag Resynced, which Ubisoft says is not releasing for that platform.
Key details
Domains contain five simulations and ten challenge levels and require level 30. Black Tides requires completion of both protagonists’ main story plus two named post-launch quests. The new Horizon Animus Rift requires the previous two Rifts. Ubisoft also changed perk behavior, increased some damage values, adjusted boss armor interactions, raised the number of Corrupted Castles available per season to six, improved persistence for pins and world markers, and added Nintendo Switch 2 handheld GPU performance improvements. These are substantive progression and build changes, not only cosmetic additions.
Trailer, screenshots, and media
Ubisoft’s official Shadows media shows Naoe and Yasuke’s combat styles, world traversal, and the presentation of post-launch content. For Update 1.1.11, the release notes are more useful than trailers because unlock prerequisites, Domain rules, patch sizes, and Switch 2 exceptions are all text-specific details. Players deciding whether to return should focus first on whether their save meets the Black Tides and Domains conditions.
Source timeline
Ubisoft published the Title Update 1.1.11 notes with a June 16 rollout and later specified June 19 for Nintendo Switch 2. A separate Ubisoft news post frames the release as the final major update. Because the patch contains many live-system and balance changes, players should still verify their installed version and platform-specific notes before assuming every feature is available.
Official sources
Ubisoft’s Title Update 1.1.11 release notes are the primary source for quest prerequisites, Domains, crossover Projects, patch sizes, balance changes, and platform exceptions. Ubisoft’s separate final-update article provides the broader lifecycle context.