{"id":4365,"date":"2026-04-14T23:02:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T23:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2126411"},"modified":"2026-04-14T23:02:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T23:02:17","slug":"assassins-creed-valhalla-keeps-sending-players-to-assassinate-training-dummies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/assassins-creed-valhalla-keeps-sending-players-to-assassinate-training-dummies\/","title":{"rendered":"Assassin’s Creed Valhalla keeps sending players to assassinate training dummies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this week, mid-way through one of my Valhalla sessions, I got a bit of a shock when one of my daily assassination targets popped up right next to me in Ravensthorpe. My blood ran cold. A dangerous thief in the settlement? Right here, next to the frolicking children? Things could be about to get messy. <\/p>\n

I peeked out of the longhouse – expecting an armoured contingent of soldiers to be wreaking havoc – and instead spied a lone figure, which the game told me was the Duke of Burgundy. I summoned all my powers of stealth, and shot the target down from a distance. <\/p>\n

It was at this point I realised my assassination target was actually a training dummy. <\/p>\n

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Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, for those a little confused by all this, features a daily contracts system that allows players to earn opals: a form of currency that can be used to obtain rare items and cosmetics. When you accept a contract from one of the Thousand Eyes merchants, the game marks a nearby NPC for you to either rescue or murder, and this is likely the cause of this particular bug. Using Odin Sight in Ravensthorpe shows that the game marks training dummies as “enemies”, and therefore a suitable target for an assassination contract. Easiest five opals I’ve ever made. <\/p>\n

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