Black Flag Resynced launch status

Verified today

Verified: as checked on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, Ubisoft's latest broad public launch-status change is still the August 2026 refresh to the developer-pinned Known Issues thread, posted a few hours after the August 3 Title Update 1.0.6 patch-note article. That keeps 1.0.6 as the latest named patch, but the public source set now also includes Ubisoft bug-reporter issue pages for fast travel or Principe access failing as Edward, Journey Synchronization progress failing to credit completed quests, Raise The Black Flag progress stalling at 0/70 metal, Kingston becoming inaccessible after "Imagine My Surprise," and borderless display mode causing incorrect aspect ratio, letterboxing, or a reduced viewport on some displays.

• Verified: Ubisoft's August 3 patch notes still list 1.0.6 patch sizes at 15.2 GB on Xbox Series X|S, 5.03 GB on PlayStation 5, 3.7 GB on PC, and 1.8 GB on Steam.
• Verified: Ubisoft's August 4 Known Issues refresh now lists five active PC problems: keyboard-input freezes on hard-disk installs, failure to boot after changing graphics settings, 'Checking for Memory Add-Ons' problems, Linux or SteamOS Proton launch failures, and low performance on high-end PCs.
• Verified: the same August 4 Known Issues refresh keeps the Patch Notes menu music-stop issue open, so players should not read 1.0.6 as a clean all-clear.
• Verified: Ubisoft's public bug-reporter issue ACBFR-2019 tracks players who cannot fast travel or cannot go to Principe with the Jackdaw as Edward, even though 1.0.6 already claimed a narrower Havana fast-travel fix.
• Reported: Ubisoft's public bug-reporter issue ACBFR-482 says some players complete all missions but still see Everything Is Permitted or similar Journey tasks left incomplete in Synchronization progress.
• Verified: Ubisoft's public bug-reporter issue ACBFR-393 tracks players whose Raise The Black Flag objective stays at 0/70 metal even after they gather the required resource, which can block mission progress.
• Verified plus limited: Ubisoft's public comment on ACBFR-393 says preliminary investigations have shown the behaviour can be caused by third-party mods, so mod users should disable those before further troubleshooting. Missing: Ubisoft has not published a broader no-mod fix or a standalone Help article for the issue.
• Verified: Ubisoft's public bug-reporter issue ACBFR-1439, last updated on Wednesday, August 12, 2026, tracks players who cannot re-enter Kingston after completing "Imagine My Surprise," with an Animus wall, disabled fast travel, and flashing while sailing.
• Verified plus limited: the ACBFR-1439 issue page carries a Ubisoft-verified workaround note that one player regained access by continuing the main story and then completing "To Suffer Without Dying." Missing: Ubisoft has not published a broader guaranteed fix or a standalone Help article for the Kingston lockout.
• Verified: Ubisoft's public bug-reporter issue ACBFR-3472 tracks borderless mode causing incorrect aspect ratio, letterboxing, or a reduced viewport on some displays.
• Verified: the earlier public bug-reporter issue ACBFR-118 shows a related 1280x720-with-no-fullscreen complaint, which keeps the display-mode family on Ubisoft's public issue tracker instead of only in community threads.
• Disputed: Ubisoft's August 3 patch notes say 1.0.6 increases autosaves from 5 to 10, but Ubisoft's public save-management Help article still lists 5 autosave slots as of Thursday, August 13, 2026.
• Verified: Ubisoft still points players to the official Bug Reporter and Ubisoft support if the new patch does not solve their issue after the August 4 rollout.

What 1.0.6 officially covers

Verified: Ubisoft's August 3 patch-note article still matters because it names the fixes and additions Ubisoft intended to ship in 1.0.6. The practical change on August 4 is that players can now compare those patch-note promises against a new official open-issues list instead of relying only on forum guesses.

• Verified: Ubisoft says 1.0.6 adds a Hide Gear toggle so players can hide Edward's blow pipe from the outfit menu.
• Verified: Ubisoft says 1.0.6 includes a narrower PC fix for cutscenes that could stay locked at 30 FPS when graphics settings were set to Custom from a Low preset, plus an RT-to-sprint remap parkour fix and a missing Throw Money tutorial.
• Verified: Ubisoft says 1.0.6 also updates the Simplified Chinese font for better readability, fixes Arabic alignment issues, and corrects several Simplified Chinese localization or audio items.
• Verified: Ubisoft says 1.0.6 fixes minor crashes that could happen during ground and naval fights, plus several quest and traversal edge cases such as Havana fast travel, Kingston parkour traps, and a missing warning when fast traveling to a captured fort.
• Verified: Ubisoft says 1.0.6 fixes the Black Island availability issue for Morgan's Treasures and Midnight Moonshine, which means that older launch-status warnings about those activities should be treated as patch-targeted rather than evergreen.

Current official issue list after 1.0.6

Verified: Ubisoft's pinned Known Issues thread was edited on Tuesday, August 4, 2026 and is still the broad official open-issue list players should cite after 1.0.6. It also marks several earlier quest items as resolved, which is useful when older launch-week warnings are still circulating, but it does not yet absorb every public bug-reporter issue page.

• Verified: the August 4 Known Issues refresh moves 'A Second Chance,' 'Commodore Eighty-Sixed,' the Black Island availability issue, and the Double Assassination prompt issue into the resolved section.
• Verified: Ubisoft still keeps the pinned Steam language-pack recovery thread live for missing installed languages.
• Verified: Ubisoft's July 22 1.0.5 Steam notice is still the last official public post focused specifically on PC stutter mitigation.
• Reported: public Steam fast-travel complaints still mix two different situations, because some players hit a real tracked failure while others are still asking whether chapter or mission state is the intended reason travel is locked.
• Reported: Ubisoft's public bug-reporter issue ACBFR-482 and public Steam threads show a separate Journey Synchronization family where completed quests such as Unmanned, Other Cheek, Edward Kenway, Thorn in My Side, or Everything Is Permitted may fail to register, leaving some players stuck around 95 percent.
• Verified: Ubisoft's public bug-reporter issue ACBFR-2019 adds a fast-travel and Principe-access blocker outside the pinned Known Issues post, which is why the site now also carries a dedicated /fast-travel-unavailable/ support-status page.
• Verified: Ubisoft's public bug-reporter issue ACBFR-393 adds a second progression blocker outside the pinned Known Issues post, where Raise The Black Flag can stay stuck at 0/70 metal despite collected materials.
• Verified: Ubisoft's public bug-reporter issue ACBFR-1439 adds a third progression blocker outside the pinned Known Issues post, where Kingston can become inaccessible after "Imagine My Surprise" and fast travel can stop working.
• Verified: Ubisoft's public bug-reporter issues ACBFR-3472 and ACBFR-118 add a tracked display-mode family outside the pinned Known Issues post, covering borderless letterboxing, reduced viewport, and 1280x720 fullscreen complaints.
• Verified: the August 4 Known Issues refresh and the August 3 patch notes both still send unresolved cases to the official Black Flag Resynced Bug Reporter or Ubisoft support.

Missing or unverified

Missing: Ubisoft still has not published a new official state for DX12 crash or launcher-handoff complaints, and it has not turned public workaround posts into safe-fix guidance.

• Missing: no public Ubisoft post yet says the broader DX12 crash cluster is fixed.
• Missing: no public Ubisoft post yet says launcher handoff failures on Steam or Ubisoft Connect are fixed.
• Missing: Ubisoft has not yet published a standalone Help article or general fix note for ACBFR-2019, so the site cannot promise when a fast-travel or Principe blocker is meant to be story gating versus a live tracked bug.
• Missing: Ubisoft has not yet added the Journey Synchronization 95 percent family to the pinned Known Issues thread or published a public fix path for ACBFR-482.
• Missing: Ubisoft has not yet added ACBFR-393 to the pinned Known Issues thread or published a general public fix path beyond the issue-page note about checking for third-party mods.
• Missing: Ubisoft has not yet added ACBFR-1439 to the pinned Known Issues thread or published a broader public fix path beyond the limited workaround note on the issue page.
• Missing: Ubisoft has not yet published a standalone Help article or patch-note fix for the ACBFR-3472 and ACBFR-118 display-mode family.
• Unverified: community workaround recipes for crashes, stutter, or shader rebuilds remain outside the site's publishable source bar.
• Unverified: community suggestions such as Alt+Enter retries or third-party borderless tools are not published here as verified fixes for the display-mode issue family.
• Missing: Ubisoft has not yet published a separate live confirmation post for the autosave increase beyond the August 3 patch notes, and the public save-management Help article still trails that claim as checked on Thursday, August 13, 2026.
• Missing: the August 3 patch notes and the August 4 Known Issues refresh do not add multiplayer, a Freedom Cry remake plan, or a dated New Game+ release window.

Best next steps

If fast travel stays unavailable or you still cannot sail to Principe after the mission state should have cleared, use /fast-travel-unavailable/ first so you can separate story-gated travel from Ubisoft's public ACBFR-2019 bug tracker before filing a report. If Kingston is locked behind an Animus wall after "Imagine My Surprise," cite ACBFR-1439 when you report it and treat Ubisoft's note about continuing the main story and then completing "To Suffer Without Dying" as a limited workaround rather than a guaranteed fix. If your main blocker is low performance, a graphics-settings boot loop, 'Checking for Memory Add-Ons,' or Linux or SteamOS launching after 1.0.6, treat Ubisoft's August 4 Known Issues refresh as the current official acknowledgment and report your exact setup through the Bug Reporter. If your blocker is Journey Synchronization staying at 95 percent or not crediting finished quests, cite the public ACBFR-482 issue page when you report it and avoid treating forum guesses as a verified fix. If your blocker is Raise The Black Flag staying at 0/70 metal, cite ACBFR-393 when you report it and disable third-party mods first if you use them, because Ubisoft says that can trigger the issue in at least some cases. If your blocker is borderless black bars, reduced viewport, or a 1280x720 window with no fullscreen path, cite ACBFR-3472 and treat community Alt+Enter or third-party borderless-tool advice as reported-only until Ubisoft publishes a proper fix note. If you care about the blow pipe visibility or the named quest fixes, update to the newest build and retest on your own save. If you are checking save safety, keep the 10-autosave line in patch-state territory until Ubisoft's public save-management documentation matches the patch notes. If a missing installed language pack is your issue, use the pinned recovery instructions. If you are still hitting DX12 crashes or launcher failures, treat community fixes as unverified until Ubisoft publishes them.