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Wondering if Assassin’s Creed Shadows has auto ride? As gorgeous and well-realized as Ubisoft’s interpretation of Feudal Japan is, nothing quite saps the fun out of exploring than seeing a quest marker ping on the compass as 2556 meters away. You know your thumbs are in for a workout as you navigate your horse down windy mountains paths and through villagers that always seem to get in the way.
In previous Assassin’s Creed games you had the option to auto ride or ‘follow path’: select a destination and off your horse went without the need to guide it. It made traversing the series’ increasingly rangier maps significantly easier. Does Assassin’s Creed Shadows have auto ride? Unfortunately, the answer is no for reasons beyond us.
Can you auto ride in Assassin’s Creed Shadows?
No, the feature is not available in Ubisoft’s latest open world. You’ll need to manually guide your horse to reach anywhere on the map. There is, however, a sort of workaround that makes life marginally easier, but you still need to do most of the legwork.
Pause the game and tap Options. Captured by VideoGamer
Cycle to the Controls tab and turn on Auto-Movement. Captured by VideoGamer
Pause the game and navigate to Options, then cycle through to the Controls tab. In the options on the left, go down to Auto-Movement and tick the box to turn it on. What this will do is allow you to double tap X on PS5, A on Xbox, or Z on PC and your horse will move forward automatically in the direction the camera is facing.
However, you’ll still need to dictate the direction of travel using the camera (right thumbstick on PS5 and Xbox, mouse on PC). It does mean you won’t have to keep the left thumbstick pointed forward or the W key smashed down though. Better than nothing.
It’s not an ideal solution, but it’s the closest thing to auto ride Ubisoft has implemented in Assassin’s Creed Shadows. Hopefully, players make enough of a fuss that the feature is implemented in a future patch.
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