Shady Business is Assassin Contract #8 in Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag Resynced, tied to the Salt Key Bank area. It is a short kill order with one optional condition attached: take out the target while you are inside a stalking zone to bank an extra 500 Reales on top of the base payout.
Quick answer: Accept Shady Business from the pigeon coop in Salt Key Bank, sail to Cape Bonavista, slip into a stalking zone near the man standing in the center, then assassinate him from that cover to trigger the 500 Reales bonus and complete the contract.
Unlock requirements before the contract appears
Assassin Contracts only start showing on the map after you reach Sequence 05 – Mission 01: The Forts. Until you hit that point in the story, the skull icons that mark these targets will not be available.
Each contract is revealed once you synchronize the viewpoints in its region, so climb the Salt Key Bank viewpoint first to surface Shady Business on your map. None of the 30 Assassin Contracts are missable, and you can still return to complete every one of them after finishing the main story.
Tip: On the map, press Square (PS5) or X (Xbox) to filter specifically for Assassin Contracts, or hover over an island to check whether it has one waiting.
How to complete Shady Business with the stalking zone bonus
Rewards and how to confirm the contract is done
Once the target is dead, the contract completes automatically and pays out its money reward. If you satisfied the stalking zone condition, the additional 500 Reales is added to that payout.
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Contract number | #8 – Shady Business |
| Accept from | Salt Key Bank pigeon coop |
| Target location | Cape Bonavista, standing in the center |
| Bonus condition | Kill from a stalking zone |
| Bonus reward | +500 Reales |
You will know it worked when the target drops and the contract clears from your active objectives with the reward applied. If the bonus does not register, you most likely stepped out of the stalking zone before the assassination connected, so retry the approach and keep the kill entirely within cover.
Shady Business is one of the more forgiving contracts to optimize because the target holds a fixed spot in the center of Cape Bonavista. Set up your stalking zone kill on the first attempt and you walk away with the full reward and one more of the 30 contracts checked off.
