Among the many side missions you can complete in Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, you'll find Officer Side Missions. These missions allow you to recruit new officers for the Jackdaw's crew, as well as earn other special rewards. Officers give you access to unique abilities that can be used while sailing, such as almost completely negating incoming damage by bracing at just the right moment. Bear in mind that there are only three officers you need to recruit, although there are actually five in total. The other two join during the story, so we won't mention them here to avoid spoilers.
Unless otherwise stated, all these missions will become available by Sequence 6 of the story at the latest.
Lucy Baldwin is the first officer you can recruit. She gives you the Perfect Brace ability, which negates almost all incoming damage if you brace at the last possible moment.
This mission becomes available in Salt Key Bank, in the southeastern part of Dry Tortuga. It will begin once you enter the settlement.
Completing this mission will unlock Lucy Baldwin's recruitment mission.
This mission becomes available after completing the previous one. You'll need to meet Lucy on Great Inagua, in southeastern Gibara, and help her deal with her problems.
After progressing with Lucy and before heading out to complete the mission objective, you'll unlock Lucy as an officer. Lucy helps reduce the damage taken by the Jackdaw if you use Perfect Brace—the crouch button—just before the ship is hit. The mission will then continue, taking you to Black Island in northeastern Gibara. Once there, you'll need to sink a small enemy fleet. You can then sail to the island, watch a cutscene and raid the Baldwin manor. You're looking for a note on a table upstairs. You can enter through a window at the front of the manor. There's also a note on a table on the ground floor, opposite the sofa.
After that, follow Lucy until the mission ends as you leave Black Island.
This new Lucy mission becomes available after completing the previous one. You can start it at your Great Inagua hideout once you have rebuilt the tavern. Approach the marked spot and use the Wait prompt to meet her and trigger a cutscene. Walk with her for a while, then speak to her on the manor's terrace.
This Lucy mission becomes available after completing the previous one. The marker can be found in northern Havana, where you can use the Wait prompt to make her appear and begin the side mission.
You'll need to take out several enemies on a beach. Once they're dealt with, use the Focus option—L2 on PS5—to look for the green marker indicating the buried treasure. With the shore behind you, look ahead and slightly to the left to find it.
The mission will end after the cutscene.
The Padre is the second officer you can recruit. He gives you the Ram Dash ability, allowing the Jackdaw to surge forward at full speed and smash its ram into any ship in its path. In most cases, this will leave the enemy vessel ready to be boarded.
This mission becomes available in Caracol, in northeastern Punta Guarico, the central region along the eastern edge of the map.
As soon as you disembark, the Padre's marker will appear. Approach him to begin the mission. You'll need to travel from marker to marker around the area, speaking to the locals and lending them a hand.
This is the Padre's second mission. It becomes available after completing the previous one, and you'll need to travel to Cumberland Bay in western Punta Guarico to begin it.
Once ashore, head to the enemy camp and read the letter on top of the barrel. You'll then need to return to Caracol. You won't be able to fast travel directly there, so travel to a nearby location and sail the rest of the way. After the cutscene, the Padre will join your crew and you'll be able to use Ram Dash against enemy ships.
This mission becomes available at Cape Bonavista, southwest of Dry Tortuga, after completing the previous one.
You'll need to eliminate a group of enemies, both before and after speaking to the Padre. Once the cave is clear, examine the three objects marked in green. You can easily spot them using Eagle Vision and Focus.
This mission becomes available after completing the previous one. You'll need to find the Padre in Kingston, west of Navassa.
After speaking to him, head to the search area and use Focus to find a note on a wall, then listen to the conversation between the women at the harbor. You can then find an NPC east of the women carrying a letter you need to pickpocket. Once you have it, return to the Padre to continue the mission.
The rest of the mission is a straightforward assault and elimination.
Before you can begin the final officer's missions, you'll need to recruit Tobias Smith. To do so, complete the A World Without Gold missions, an endgame questline. Tobias adds an Extra Salvo to the Jackdaw's cannon fire.
This is Tobias's first mission after he joins your crew, and it begins on Great Inagua.
You'll need to travel to Petite Caverne, a cave filled with pirates. Interact with the waiting point to trigger a cutscene, then head inside and kill the commander.
This mission becomes available after completing the previous one and sends you to Crooked Island (780,514).
When you arrive, you'll need to rescue the villagers by eliminating the British soldiers and interacting with the prisoners. After that, follow Deadman and interact with the grave.
This mission becomes available after completing the previous one. Head to Great Inagua and speak to Deadman again to begin the mission. You'll receive Deadman's Cohort Mortar for the Jackdaw, then put it to use by sinking several British ships.
