5 Useful Assassin’s Creed Nexus VR Tips and Tricks On The Oculus Quest 2 and 3

Having a little trouble sneaking, assassinating, and fighting your way through Assassin’s Creed Nexus VR on the Oculus Quest 2 or 3?

Well good thing you found your way here, because this article is packed with useful tips and tricks to help you complete the 12 lengthy missions with each of the 3 Assassin’s Creed characters with as little trouble as possible in this fantastic VR game.

Assassin’s Creed Nexus is the only Assassin’s Creed game to come to the Meta Quest and so it’s a very unique experience for this franchise. You’ll have to master skills that might seem easy on the flatscreen, but will require more coordination, movement, and forethought in Virtual Reality.

With that in mind let’s dive right into these 5 Useful Assassin’s Creed Nexus VR Tips and Tricks on the Oculus Quest 3 and 2.

Assassin’s Creed Nexus VR Tips and Tricks - Climb High To Stay Unseen

It’s no secret that Assassin’s Creed Nexus VR has one of the best movement and parkour systems in all of Virtual Reality gaming.

The ability to run, vault, and climb like an Assassin’s Creed character with your actual hands using the Oculus Quest 3 or 2’s touch controllers is absolutely fantastic, and immerses you into the feeling of being an elite assassin like never before. Of course this ability, as awesome as it is, also comes with new challenges and opportunities.

It’s even sort of physically tiring to pull yourself up over ledges and swing from rooftop to rooftop if you do it for long enough, but it’s always worth it when you can.

Climbing on top of a market stall in revolutionary era Boston

Mastering the ways that you can traverse the world in Assassin’s Creed Nexus VR is vital because you get a lot of advantages by being up high instead of on the ground. While it can be tempting to sneak around where your enemies are, staying up high whenever you can is almost always a great idea.

Most guards will be on the ground floor, and they won’t be able to see you if you’re up above them, their eyes will stay on ground level. So climbing on top of a building will make you practically invisible to most of the enemies patrolling and looking for you, and you’ll find a lot more easy opportunities to ambush or sneak past your opponents.

When you’re above the guards they can’t see you

Assassin’s Creed Nexus VR Tips and Tricks - If You’re Losing A Fight You Can Just Run

Though if the alarm is raised you won’t be quite so invisible to guards, and might find yourself in a fight.

The combat in Assassin’s Creed Nexus VR is pretty easy to learn, but despite the skills of the three different playable assassins in this VR game, you’re far from invincible.

In fact you’re actually kind of fragile, even on normal difficulty, and a few hits can take you to the game over screen and force you to restart from a checkpoint. This, of course, isn’t ideal.

Running is often a great option, and sometimes your only option

Remember though, you’re an assassin. Speed, skill, and stealth are your greatest assets, and there’s no reason not to use them. If a fight isn’t going your way then you can always run. This is an especially good idea if you’re wounded or heavily outnumbered.

Using your parkour is also a good idea here. So getting up high is a great way to break their line of sight to you and run away to get some distance before coming back when the alarm has died down.

Breaking off from the fight and letting things cool off for a bit is a great way to give yourself more opportunities to ambush your enemies from stealth.

Running away and coming back means more opportunities for sneak attacks.

There’s also plenty of other Assassin’s Creed tactics that appear in Assassin’s Creed Nexus as well, like the ability to hide inside of bushes or stacks of hay. If nobody sees you go into it then just be patient until they go away.

This is a useful skill to have because there will also be times that you’re forced to flee, like after each Assassination mission.

Generally you can run whenever you want, but sometimes you will be forced to fight without the ability to flee, you generally can if things aren’t going your way. Luckily there are plenty of tools in your arsenal to help with that as well.

Assassin’s Creed Nexus VR Tips and Tricks - Don’t Forget Your Ranged Weapons

Whether you’re stealthing around or found yourself in an unfavorable brawl, you’ve got some useful weapons other than your sword and hidden blade that you can use to even the odds.

While you’ll have limited ammunition for them, using your limited resources is generally preferable to losing, so don’t forget these tools and use them when you need them. Oh, and if you don’t have some of these yet then don’t worry, you’ll unlock them as you progress through the missions.

The throwing knives are a great way to easily take down an enemy and even the numbers of a fight when they aren’t ready for it. While some enemies that are ready for the knife can block it out of the way, plenty of them won’t see it coming and will be brought down by a single knife.

A throwing knife is a great way to quickly take out a nearby enemy

Even tougher officer enemies will take a good bit of damage from them if you hit them when they aren’t prepared for it. Throwing knives can silently take down enemies, but they’re also easy to use in the heat of combat in Assassin’s Creed Nexus VR.

Your bow is more cumbersome to use, but has greater range and deadlier accuracy. Especially in the case of Ezio’s Crossbow.

This is an especially good weapon to use from stealth, or when you get a little height and distance from your enemies so that you’ve got the time to use it.

Bows and the crossbow are very accurate and deadly

The best use of the bow is on enemies that are looking down from high places like rooftops or walls. They should always be your first targets for stealthy takedowns, and it’s generally easier to just shoot them from afar than try to make your way over to them and use your hidden blade.

While you can’t just easily shoot down all of your enemies from far away using your ranged weapons due to your limited ammo, they’re a great way to remove guards that are especially troublesome without having to get up close and personal.

Though if you have to get up close and get spotted you can always use your smoke bombs to help you escape. They’re very powerful, even in the linear sections of the game where you don’t really have anywhere to run to.

A smoke bomb is a great way to quickly get the drop on opponents, this is seconds before taking this guy out with the hidden blade

Smoke Bombs will stun your enemies and also give you a window to run through the smoke and take them down with your hidden blade before they even knew what hit them.

While it can be easy to forget these tools, or it may seem like too much trouble to access them while you’re fighting for your life, use them whenever you’re in a tough spot.

Assassin’s Creed Nexus VR Tips and Tricks - Stealth Is Vital

Knowing how to properly utilize stealth in Assassin’s Creed Nexus is vital to being a good assassin.

Even if you’re a more combat oriented player, which is a completely valid playstyle in many cases, it’s still great to even the odds before jumping into combat by getting a few ambush kills with your hidden blade. You might even be able to eavesdrop on a conversation and get some helpful information on what to do next.

Marking your opponents means you will always be able to see where they are

Speaking of the hidden blade, it’s a great way to take out enemies quickly, even if they just noticed you, but before they become alerted. If you don’t have the patience for stealth then running between a few enemies that haven’t noticed you and taking them out with the hidden blade is a great way to thin them out.

Though you’ll find that it’s a lot of fun, and a great way to feel like a true Assassin’s Creed assassin, to take out guards in trickier positions by attracting them with noise. Sometimes running up to a guard will get you surrounded, or just shooting them with the bow might alert other guards nearby.

You can always attract a few guards away from the pack if they’re close together by throwing an object into a quiet corner or whistling to get their attention.

Why pickpocket when you can lockpick?

Even ignoring guards completely can be a good move at times, and some levels are laid out in a way where doing so is actually much easier than fighting your way out. So be sure to give stealth a try before you pull out your sword and rush into combat.

Even guards with keys to pickpocket can sometimes be ignored, since you can just lockpick the door or chest they have a key to instead of getting it off of them.

If you’re having trouble staying undetected, just remember to get up high when you can, and avoid guards by just looking at them for a bit so they’re marked and you’ll always know where they are, even through walls.

Assassin’s Creed Nexus VR Tips and Tricks - Explore

This is possibly less a tip to make you better at Assassin’s Creed Nexus, and more one to enhance your enjoyment of it.

I highly recommend that you take some time in between mission objectives to explore the cities you’ll find yourself in. This VR game has some of the best looking cities for you to explore, and with the parkour system, a very fun way to explore them.

These cities are beautiful

There’s really no experience like Assassin’s Creed Nexus VR for exploring these historical cities in immersive Virtual Reality.

Take a little time, climb around. You’ll get a lot better with the parkour, and with other aspects of the game like your bow, if you do some of the challenges sprinkled around the map.

The challenges are a lot of fun too

While you can ignore most of the massive open worlds of Assassin’s Creed Nexus and just go straight for your objectives, these cities really are magical to explore in VR. So explore a bit, especially if you’re very new to the game, and you’ll find yourself getting much better at parkour and enjoying the sights and sounds of history.

Well that’s all the Assassin’s Creed Nexus VR Tips and Tricks I’ve got for you. You’ll have a better time in the Animus if you keep these tips and tricks in mind, because a good assassin is a smart one. Enjoy yourself out there in Assassin’s Creed Nexus!