How To Recruit Gennojo (Allies) in Assassin’s Creed Shadows

There are six allies which can assist you in Assassin’s Creed Shadows. Here is how you can recruit Gennojo in Assassin’s Creed Shadows.

All the allies in Assassin’s Creed Shadows can be helpful additions to your cause. They provide you with invaluable support in combat or stealth segments. One of these allies is Gennojo.

This thief helps complete stealth sections with his distractions. You will want him on your side for any stealth missions you want to attempt in the future. Read on to learn more about how to unlock Gennojo in Assassin’s Creed Shadows.

Where Do You First Meet Gennojo in Assassin’s Creed Shadows

Gennojo first appears in the Missing Missive mission of the Shinbakufu questline. You will find him within the Bamboo Grove in Arashiyama (use the Observe feature when This will initiate a small fight against him at first, so be ready for the same. You should consider performing an assassination to chip away some of his health if he proves to be too big of a challenge.

After you defeat him, a short dialogue will be initiated where you will acquire the letter you need. Complete the remainder of the questline, and defeat Ise Sadaoki in the Lost Honor mission. You will encounter Gennojo again, and you can pick the dialogues with the heart symbol for a possible romance route later on.

Read More: Assassin’s Creed Shadows: Lost Honor Main Quest Walkthrough

How To Recruit Gennojo in Assassin’s Creed Shadows

The possibility to recruit him to your cause will unlock in the Sake and Swords quest. This objective will unlock automatically after completing Lost Honor. You can track the mission using the Obective Board under the League subsection for Gennojo. This will be a Naoe exclusive mission.

You will meet Gennojo by going south-west of the Byodoin Temple in Yamashiro. Go there and talk with him to begin this quest. Throughout this mission, there will be various dialogue options presented to you, some of which will lead to the romance route. Select the heart marked dialogue for the romance route in the future.

Gennojo’s Quests

Following Sake and Swords, there will be three quests which unlock one after the other. These are:

• Honor Among Thieves
• Stolen Hearts
• The Godless Harvest

Each quest gets unlocked after finishing the previous one, and the most important of these will be the final one—the Godless Harvest. During this quest, you must make two important decisions that will decide Gennojo’s fate.

The first choice will pop up when Gennojo is getting ready to burn the rice supply. The two correct options will be to ‘Soothe Gennojo‘ or ‘Stop Gennojo‘. Although the second one does make him angry at Naoe, he still joins you as an ally.

If you select the above dialogue choices, then another option will pop up where you need to select ‘We make a good team‘ and he should join your cause. That was the complete guide on how to recruit Gennojo in Assassin’s Creed Shadows.

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