The new A World Without Gold questline is one of the biggest additions in Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, packing eight quests into a late-game story arc built around your new Naval Officers and a villain named Maynard. The problem is that it doesn't just hand itself to you. There are unlock conditions scattered across the questline that can stall your progress if you don't know what to look for, and the payoff, including a major Jackdaw upgrade tied to the Master Gunner officer, makes it worth pushing through efficiently.
How do you start the A World Without Gold questline?
The entry requirement is straightforward but places this questline firmly in the back half of the game. You need to complete Sequence 11: Everything Is Permitted before the first quest, That Bastard Maynard, becomes available. There's no shortcut around this. If you're still working through earlier sequences, the questline simply won't appear.
Once Sequence 11 is done, head to the quest marker for That Bastard Maynard and the chain begins. The early quests follow a clean linear path, but things get more complicated once you hit the fourth quest.
Unlock new A quest marker
Every quest in the A World Without Gold questline
The full chain runs eight quests. Most unlock automatically after finishing the previous one, but the fourth entry requires completing two separate Naval Officer quests alongside the main chain. Check the table below for every unlock condition.
Unlock new A Master Gunner
What happens after "It's A Start"?
The questline splits after It's A Start. Both I Just Want To Talk and Not Our Natural Allies unlock simultaneously, so you can tackle them in either order. You need both finished before A Cockalorum opens up. Think of it as a brief fork in the road rather than a true branching narrative.
After completing A Cockalorum, the final quest, A World Without Gold, becomes available and wraps up the Maynard storyline.
Unlock new A Jackdaw upgrade
Why should you bother with this questline?
Beyond the story, the Master Gunner Naval Officer is tied directly to this chain, and he brings a new Secondary Fire Mode to the Jackdaw. That's a meaningful combat upgrade for anyone who spends serious time in naval battles. Three new Naval Officers were added to Black Flag Resynced in total, and the Master Gunner is the one most directly gated behind questline progress.
The narrative itself puts gold versus loyalty at the center of Edward's late-game choices, which fits naturally into where the original story leaves things after Sequence 11. After testing the questline from start to finish, the Maynard arc holds up as a genuine addition rather than filler content.
What else is new in Black Flag Resynced?
The A World Without Gold questline is just one piece of the new content. For a full breakdown of every mechanic and system change, the complete guide to all Black Flag Resynced changes covers everything from reworked combat to revamped tailing missions. If you're also chasing 100% completion, the full trophy and achievement list details all 49 unlockables so you can plan your playthrough around them.
For a broader look at what to expect before and after you finish this chain, the full Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced guide collection has everything organized in one place.