Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced has no shortage of ways to spend your time, between naval battles, Templar hunts, and building out your hideout. But if Edward Kenway's gear upgrades keep stalling out, there's a good chance Crocodile Leather is the bottleneck. Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced brings back the original game's hunting system in full, and crocodiles are one of the land animals you'll need to track down specifically for crafting.
Why crocodile leather matters for gear progression
Hunting in Black Flag Resynced isn't just a side activity you can ignore. Every gear upgrade for Edward pulls from the crafting menu in your inventory, and those upgrades require specific animal materials. Health upgrades, expanded weapon holsters, and increased equipment capacity all sit behind a wall of pelts and hides. Crocodile Leather sits mid-tier in that chain: not the first material you'll need, but absolutely required as you push into later upgrades.
Here's the thing: the game doesn't spell out exactly where each animal spawns. You have to read the map carefully.
Where crocodiles actually spawn on the map
Crocodiles are land animals, so harpooning won't help here. You'll find them on specific islands rather than roaming every landmass. To locate them without wandering blind, open your map and hover over island icons. Each region summary lists the animals available there, and some islands even let you zoom in to see precise spawn locations.
Crocodile spawns appear on several of the larger islands scattered across the Caribbean map. The key here is checking that regional hover tooltip before you sail anywhere, since smaller islands tend to have limited fauna and crocodiles won't show up on every landmass.
When you arrive on an island with crocodile spawns, they tend to appear near water's edge or in marshy terrain. Approach carefully: they can take a hit or two before going down, and a clean kill matters if you want the leather to drop reliably.
The full land hunting table
Crocodiles are one of 13 huntable land animals in Black Flag Resynced. Here's the complete breakdown of what each drops:
Each animal drops exactly one type of material, so there's no shortcut or substitute for Crocodile Leather. You need to hunt crocodiles specifically.
Harpooning is a separate system
Worth clarifying for players new to the original: harpooning applies only to ocean creatures like sharks and whales. Crocodiles are strictly a land hunt. The two systems don't overlap, and upgrading your harpooning gear at a Harbourmaster won't affect your land hunting efficiency at all.
For sea creature materials, you'll scan the ocean portions of your map for harpoon icons and engage those targets separately. Perfect Shots become important for high-health targets like Humpback Whales, requiring you to time your throw as the targeting reticle pulses. But for crocodiles, standard hunting mechanics apply.
Getting the most out of every hunting run
If you're planning a dedicated resource run, it's worth combining your crocodile hunts with other island objectives. Check the AC Black Flag Resynced guides hub for a full breakdown of what else each island holds, including Data Files and collectibles that can be grabbed in the same visit.
Prioritizing your hideout upgrades alongside Edward's gear upgrades will give you a clearer picture of which materials to stockpile first, so you're not making multiple return trips to the same islands for different resource runs.
