There are two ways to increase your scout capacity in Assassin's Creed Shadows: Once you unlock your hideout at the end of the From Spark to Flame quest, you'll have just one scout available to you, which you'll likely have already used to track down your first target.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows will launch at midnight local time on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, but has multiple release times on Windows PC. And of course, it’s time change season, which makes conversions even more confusing than usual. At least you can preload Assassin’s Creed Shadows can be preloaded to get into the game as soon as possible.

Assassin's Creed Shadows, out Thursday, might be big enough to reverse Ubisoft's crumbling fortunes. But the game faces headwinds.