Advanced Parkour is an optional movement setting in Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced that hands Edward Kenway his full traversal skillset instead of a guided one. With it active, you control where and how he ejects off ledges, jumps, and climbs, rather than letting the game pick the “safe” route for you.
Quick answer: Open the movement/traversal options and switch Advanced Parkour on. It is a toggle, so you can turn it off again at any time if you want the more guided, automatic climbing behavior back.
Turn on Advanced Parkour
Advanced Parkour is off by default in favor of the more guided traversal, so you enable it yourself through the settings menu. The feature is designed as a preference switch, not a story unlock, which means it is available to flip from early in the game.
You will know it is working the moment you can leap off a rooftop toward empty air with no target highlighted, or fire off a back eject that the guided system would normally block. If Edward still auto-routes to the nearest safe surface, the toggle is off, and the guided mode is still active.
What Advanced Parkour changes
The mode returns from the original Black Flag, rebuilt on the Anvil engine technology that reintroduced advanced traversal in a major update for Assassin’s Creed Shadows. The result is finer control over your lines across places like Havana’s rooftops, Kingston’s balconies, and Nassau’s rigging networks. Directional inputs also carry more meaning under this system.
| Input | Result with Advanced Parkour on |
|---|---|
| Parkour up | Prioritizes height gain and upward momentum |
| Parkour down | Triggers more precise side-eject behavior |
| Side eject / back eject | Possible from virtually any height, even without a target |
| Non-targeted jump | Allowed into open space rather than snapping to a surface |
These options sit on top of Resynced’s reworked core movement. Edward recovers faster from drops, launches into jumps more quickly, and can roll on landing to keep a sprint going, which is useful during chase missions. Cities also carry returning tools like the corner swing and lifts, plus new ziplines that carry you from high to low ground faster and over longer distances.
When to leave it off
Advanced Parkour trades safety for freedom. Because ejects and jumps fire in the direction you push, an imprecise input can send Edward off a building or into a gap you did not intend. If you would rather the game handle routing and keep you on ledges automatically, turn the setting off and the guided approach takes over.
Tip: The toggle is not permanent, so there is no penalty for experimenting. Enable it for open climbing and traversal challenges, then switch back to guided movement for sections where a single misstep would cost you a fall.
