Damn Fine Gear is an optional side quest in Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced that hands Edward Kenway the Templar Armor once he collects five Templar Keys and returns them to the manor in Great Inagua. The keys are tied directly to the game’s four Templar Hunts, so finishing every hunt is what closes out the quest.
Quick answer: Pick up the first key from Julien du Casse during Sequence 4, then complete all four Templar Hunts (Rhona Dinsmore, the Travers brothers, Anto, and Opia Apito) to earn the remaining four keys. Return to Great Inagua and open the locked chamber to receive the Templar Armor.
How Damn Fine Gear starts
The quest unlocks only after you push past Sequence 4: This Old Cove. During that sequence, assassinating Julien du Casse drops the first Templar Key automatically.
When you later visit the manor with James Kidd, you use that key to break the first seal on the Templar Armor. That single action officially begins Damn Fine Gear. From there, four more keys stand between you and the armor, and each one sits on a specific Templar spread across the map.
All five Templar Key locations
Four keys come from finishing the game’s four Templar Hunts. Each hunt is a short chain of missions that ends with an assassination target who is carrying a key. The table below lines up every key with the Templar who holds it and where the hunt begins.
| Key | Target | Where to start |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Julien du Casse | Sequence 4: This Old Cove |
| 2nd | Hilary Flint | Havana — Rhona Dinsmore |
| 3rd | Jing Lang (Queen of Pirates) | Nassau — Travers brothers |
| 4th | Kenneth Abraham | Kingston — Anto |
| 5th | Lucia Marquez | Cayman Sound — Opia Apito |
Second key: Hilary Flint (Havana)
Travel to Havana and head to the Assassin Bureau, then speak with Rhona Dinsmore to open her Templar Hunt. Work through the chain in order: Bureau Under Attack, A Thief in the Market, Arms Race, and Flint’s End. Assassinating Hilary Flint at the end of Flint’s End awards the second key automatically.
Third key: Jing Lang, Queen of Pirates (Nassau)
Go to Nassau and find the Assassin Bureau, where the Travers brothers ask for help settling a dispute over a treasure map and the mysterious Queen of Pirates. Complete Oh Brother…, The Other Brother, Upton’s Sorrow, and Queen of Pirates, King of Fools. Ending this hunt puts the third key in your hands.
Fourth key: Kenneth Abraham (Kingston)
This hunt has a gate. It only becomes available after you finish the main quest A Governor No Longer. Once that is done, sail to Kingston and meet Anto, then run through The Maroon Assassin, Recruiting Maroons, Under Attack, and The Commander’s Ruse. Killing Kenneth Abraham grants the fourth key.
Fifth key: Lucia Marquez (Cayman Sound)
Head to Cayman Sound and speak with Opia Apito to pick up the final Templar Hunt. Finish The Taino Assassin, Templar Ships, Right-Hand Man, and The Trail of Lucia Marquez. Assassinating Lucia Marquez delivers the fifth and last key.
Claim the Templar Armor at Great Inagua
With all five keys collected, return to your manor in Great Inagua and open the locked chamber. That opens the last seal on the Templar Armor and completes Damn Fine Gear. You will see the quest close out and the armor added to your gear once the chamber is unlocked.
Alongside the armor, finishing the quest pays out extra rewards:
- Templar Cross trinket
- 10,000 Reales
- 45 Bones
If the chamber will not open, the cause is almost always a hunt you have not finished. Because the fourth key is locked behind A Governor No Longer, players often reach Great Inagua with only four keys and cannot progress until that main quest is done. Confirm all four Templar Hunts are marked complete, and the door will open.
