Assassin's Creed Shadows walkthrough: How to complete Teach a Dog New Kicks quest

Teach a Dog New Kicks is a new quest in Assassin's Creed Shadows that can be accessed after completing the A Puzzlement quest. This storyline was added after the Title Update 1.1.6's release. Your main objective in the new quest is to train Kinu and Kane to fight. Naoe will also learn a new move from Yasuke in this quest.

Here are the details on how to complete the Teach a Dog New Kicks quest in Assassin's Creed Shadows.

Teach a Dog New Kicks quest in Assassin's Creed Shadows: Location

Teach a Dog New Kicks quest's starting location (Image via Ubisoft)

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After finishing the A Puzzlement quest in AC Shadows, you can immediately access the Teach a Dog New Kicks quest. It is located near the newly found Glyph Door spot in the Wakasa region.

When at the location, talk to Kinu and Kane and select the prompt "I'm ready" to start the main part of the quest.

Teach a Dog New Kicks quest in Assassin's Creed Shadows: Walkthrough

Learn the Dropkick ability for Naoe

Use the Dropkick ability thrice during practice (Image via Ubisoft)

As the Teach a Dog New Kicks quest starts, Yasuke teaches Kinu and Kane some fighting strategies. Following that, he kicks one of them to test their endurance.

Next, Naoe automatically obtains a new ability, "Dropkick." To test that, press the respective Ability button depending on your Control settings. However, you must try the Dropkick ability three times in order to succeed. Wait for its cooldown to reset before trying to use it again.

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Follow Yasuke and test the ability

Use the Dropkick ability in front of the barrels (Image via Ubisoft)

After that, follow Yasuke to the nearby location, where you have to test the Dropkick ability again. When Kinu and Kane are in front of the barrels, use the ability on both of them separately.

In the end, Kinu and Kane will reward you with some riddle scrolls to track down the Glyphs.

This marks the end of the Teach a Dog New Kicks quest in Assassin's Creed Shadows. You can then access the next quest in the story, Headucation, where Yasuke will learn a new ability.

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Edited by Debayan Saha