This page will provide a walkthrough for the side quest Art Lover in Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced, a new quest added in the remake that tasks you with scouring the Caribbean in search of Lady Catherine Ann Summers’ scattered collection. Naturally, this includes providing the location of every such art piece required to complete the quest!
Page Breakdown¶
During “This Old Cove” you’ll be asked by Bernard Woodhouse to recover Lady Summers’ art collection.
Starting Art Lover¶
Quite likely the first new quest you’ll stumble upon, to unlock the side quest Art Lover you need to advance the main questline until you reach the quest This Old Cove (Formerly Sequence 04: Memory 01). After following James Kidd around you’ll end up in the manor, surfacing from the caves Kidd led you through, where you’ll be bothered by one Bernard Woodhouse, butler to the late owner of the estate, Lady Catherine Ann Summers. This quest cannot be missed - it’ll begin as long as you advance the main questline far enough.
Finding the Art Pieces¶
This quest is somewhat piecemeal - you’ll be initially tasked with finding 15 art pieces, after which you’ll have to report back to Woodhouse, then you’ll need to get 25, and finally 30. The art Lady Summers collected was surprisingly varied, including paintings, indigenous relics (ethically sourced, no doubt), ship models, and more.
The means of obtaining all these are equally diverse: Some can be found in chests, obtained by looting warehouses, purchased from merchants, or, in the case of model ships, acquired automatically when you sink or capture a ship of the same description. This latter method covers a fair few of the art pieces you need to find - the first time you best a Cutter, Schooner, Brig, Frigate or Man-o-War you’ll get a model, with English and Spanish variants yielding unique art pieces. In addition you’ll need to advance the main questline as every famous ship you step foot on also seems to offer you a new ship model; in fact, The Revenge will probably be the first art piece you collect as part of progressing the main story, well before this side quest even starts.
Suffice to say, you’ll have to play a lot of the game to find enough art pieces to complete this quest, engage in a variety of activities (side quest, main quest and extraneous activities), so it’s not a quest you’ll just be able to focus on and complete in a single go. Below you’ll find a list of all the art pieces we’ve found and where we obtained them:
All Art Locations¶
| Art | Location | Map Marker |
|---|---|---|
| “An English Ship in Action with Barbary Vessels” | Raid the Warehouse at New Bone | Map Marker |
| Baroque Guitar | In a buried treasure in Jiguey. | Map Marker |
| Bat-Nosed Figurine | Purchase from a General Store | – |
| Beaver Pelt | In a chest in a cave on the isle of Santanillas | Map Marker |
| Bracelet | Found in a secret chest on Long Bay during or after the main quest The Observatory | Map Marker |
| Bust of a Water Deity | In a submerged chest off the west coast of Corozal | Map Marker |
| Cabinet | In a chest along the northern edge of Tulum | Map Marker |
| Chalice | Found in a chest at Great Inagua | Map Marker |
| Deity Figurine | Pickpocket a merchant in Nassau during the Local Event quest “Black Market Shopping” | Map Marker |
| Eagle Figurine | Purchase from a General Store | – |
| Earth Monster Relief | Buried Treasure on Abaco Island. Abaco Island Treasure Map required. | Map Marker |
| English Brig | Sink or Capture an English Brig | – |
| English Cutter | Sink or Capture an English Cutter | – |
| English Frigate | Sink or Capture an English Frigate | – |
| English Man o’ War | Sink or Capture an English Man o’ War | – |
| English Schooner | Sink or Capture an English Schooner | – |
| “Harbor Scene at Sunset” | Raid the Warehouse at Nassau | Map Marker |
| Jar with Ritual Scene | Purchase from a General Store | – |
| Maize Deity | Buried treasure at New Bone. Salt Lagoon Treasure Map required. | Map Marker |
| Map of the World | – | – |
| “Merry Company” | Raid the Warehouse at Matanzas | Map Marker |
| Nosso Senhor da Compreensao | Obtained automatically during Black Bart’s Gambit | – |
| “Nymphs By A Fountain” | Raid the southern Warehouse in Kingston | Map Marker |
| Pectoral Disc | Purchase from a General Store | – |
| Pedestal Bowl | Loot a chest in a tent in the middle of Cumberland Bay | – |
| Queen Anne’s Revenge | Obtained automatically during Devil’s Advocate | – |
| “Saint Jerome as Cardinal” | Raid the Warehouse at Havana | Map Marker |
| Seated Zemi Figure | Purchase from a General Store | – |
| Spanish Brig | Sink or Capture a Spanish Brig | – |
| Spanish Cutter | Sink or Capture a Spanish Cutter | – |
| Spanish Frigate | Sink or Capture a Spanish Frigate | – |
| Spanish Schooner | Sink or Capture a Spanish Schooner | – |
| “The Burning of the ‘Royal James’” | – | – |
| Taino Bust | Purchase from a General Store | – |
| The El Dorado | Automatically obtained by progressing the main questline | – |
| The Jackdaw | Automatically obtained by progressing the main questline | – |
| The Revenge | Automatically obtained by progressing the main questline | – |
| Tripod Vessel with Date Glyph | In a submerged chest off the northwest coast of Cayman Sound. | Map Marker |
| Triptych | In a chest in Kingston | Map Marker |
| Turkish Copper Field Flask | Complete the Local Event “A Moment of Freedom” in Nassau | Map Marker |
| Vanitas Still-Life | Raid the northern Warehouse in Kingston | Map Marker |
| Vulture Vessel | In a chest on New Bone | Map Marker |
| Yoke-Form Vessel | In a chest in Grand Cayman. Drink at the tavern five times and you’ll wake up on a ledge near the chest. | Map Marker |
You’ll get rewards when you turn in 15, 25 and 30 art pieces, starting out with Le Bourgeoys Baldes,
while ending with goodies like the Master Assassin Outfit.
Art Lover Rewards¶
You will need to collect a total of 30 art pieces throughout the Caribbean, but this quest’s rewards aren’t all back-loaded. When you get 15, 25 and 30 art pieces you’ll need to return to Bernard Woodhouse and talk to him, earning some new goodies each time. The rewards you’ll get are as follows:
All Art Lover Rewards¶
| Art Pieces | Rewards |
|---|---|
| 15 | Found Coin, Le Bourgeoys Blades |
| 25 | Aquila Figurehead, The Aquila’s Sails, The Aquila’s Wheel |
| 30 | 4,000 reales, Master Assassin Outfit, Obsidian Hull |
There are more than 30 art pieces to collect, so you don’t have to be perfect to finish this quest. As long as you raid each Warehouse once, loot chests in areas, and prevail in naval combat over a wide array of ships, you’ll complete Lady Summers’ collection well before the end of the game.
Nathan has been working at Gamer Guides since 2014 where he started as a contributor. He came on as an editor in 2020 where he continues to put his excellent knowledge of most things RPG to use. More about Nathan Garvin
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