In *Assassin’s Creed Shadows*, once you unlock the Hideout, you have the exciting opportunity to personalize your space by adding pets and other animals for companionship. Here’s a detailed guide on how to bring these furry friends into your Hideout.

How to Unlock Animals in Assassin’s Creed Shadows

Unlocking animals for your Hideout is a delightful part of the game. Whenever Naoe or Yasuke interact with a new breed of cat or dog, that specific animal becomes available for your Hideout. This means you can encounter various dogs, puppies, cats, and kittens throughout your journey, including the stray from the pre-order DLC quest “Thrown to the Dogs.”

Yasuke has a unique way of unlocking smaller animals; by painting them. This method allows you to add rabbits, fox kits, tanukis, and monkeys to your collection after documenting them in the wild. Additionally, you can purchase farm animals such as oxen and goats from vendors across Japan using mon, adding a rustic charm to your space.

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How to Add Animals to the Hideout in Assassin’s Creed Shadows

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To add animals to your Hideout, head to the Hiroma and approach the bench to enter the customization menu. Once in build mode, navigate to the wolf icon located on the far right of the screen. This section lists all the animal types you've unlocked, categorized into dogs, cats, and “other.”

Choose the animal you wish to add, and you'll be taken to an overhead view of the Hideout. Here, you can select an open grid on the map to place your new companion. Keep in mind that once you return to game mode, animals will roam freely, so they won't always be in the same spot when you want to interact with them.

You can add multiple instances of the same animal, including the pup from “Thrown to the Dogs.” However, there's a limit to the total number of animals you can have in the Hideout. If you want to change things up, you can remove or replace animals at any time by using the build mode.

That’s the complete guide on how to add animals to your Hideout in *Assassin’s Creed Shadows*.

*Assassin’s Creed Shadows is available now on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S.*