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Here I thought the Borderlands games were the only ones throwing cool loot at you when you hit clumps of dirt and rocks, but it turns out Assassin’s Creed Valhalla has something to hide in its rock piles as well. Over the weekend, players in Valhalla managed to find a secret Isu bow by repeatedly hitting a rather modest pile of stones – however, that’s definitely not the way you’re supposed to find it.
In this video, YouTuber “JorRaptor” explains how it all works (thanks, Kotaku). First off, you’ll need Eivor to travel north to Eurvicswax and find the special stone pile near a lake.
These kinds of rock piles usually shatter when you hit them, dropping iron ore. The weird thing about this one though, is that it doesn’t break. Keep beating it, save and reload, then hit it some more, and eventually the Mythic Arc, Noden’s Arc, will appear in your inventory.
It is a weapon made by Isu, an ancient civilization in the lore of Assassin’s Creed that predates humans. They were basically gods, and also kind of aliens, so that’s cool. The arc is all pretty and shiny, here’s a nice screenshot taken by Reddit user “inxcognito”:
Unfortunately, finding this weapon by beating rocks seems like a bug rather than a feature.
“It’s a clever brute force hack, not the ‘right’ way to get this arc,” Valhalla narrative director Darby McDevitt tweeted. “There is a way ‘in the world’ to do this. But I guess it works for an Any% Speedrun. “
He adds that the legitimate way to get the bow “involves a few steps that I haven’t seen people attempting yet,” but he doesn’t say exactly what those steps are. It’s nice to hear that the game still has some unsolved mysteries a few months after its release, it makes me want to dive back in and do some detective work (however, it also makes me want to catch the bow. rock-whacking before it gets fixed).
Speaking of the ancient civilization, players in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla recently managed to translate the fictional language Isu as well. I wonder what other weird and wonderful secrets these divine aliens have been hiding.