Ubisoft hides $500K treasure in Caribbean for Black Flag hunt

Ubisoft and Unsolved Hunts announced Gold & Crystal — The Lost Treasure of Edward Kenway, a real-world puzzle hunt that includes a physical prize chest buried at an undisclosed location in the Caribbean. The companies value the chest’s contents at $500,000.

Confirmed items in the chest include a replica crystal skull and golden doubloons engraved with the game’s logo. The first person to identify the chest’s exact location will be flown to the Caribbean and given a shovel to dig it up.

Entry to the hunt costs $35 and can be completed remotely. Registration is open at goldandcrystal.eu. The full puzzle set launches on November 9, 2026; Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced is scheduled to release on July 9, 2026. Early registrants receive a preview puzzle and early access to the first clue.

Participants must work through 15 puzzles that include decoding a message in a bottle, studying a Caribbean treasure map and examining letters and archives linked to the Assassin’s Creed universe. Solving all puzzles narrows the search to a single physical location; the first person to name that location wins the buried chest.

Ubisoft and Unsolved Hunts estimate the hunt may last between two and five years. The organizers note that no prior knowledge of Black Flag is required, though the clues contain references to Edward Kenway and other franchise elements.