Which sea is central to the exploration in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag?

The Caribbean Sea is central to exploration in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.

The game follows the Welsh pirate and Assassin Edward Kenway during the Golden Age of Piracy in the early eighteenth century. Its open world covers a large part of the Caribbean, including islands and coastal settlements associated with Cuba, Jamaica and the Bahamas. Edward travels aboard the Jackdaw, which can be sailed between locations.

Naval travel and combat are the game's defining features. Players can attack ships, board them, gather resources and upgrade the Jackdaw. The story also features historical pirates such as Blackbeard, Benjamin Hornigold, Mary Read and Anne Bonny, placing fictional Assassin-Templar events alongside real maritime history.

The Mediterranean Sea is important in several other Assassin's Creed games, especially those set around Renaissance Italy and the eastern Mediterranean. Black Flag was released in 2013 and is chronologically a prequel to the earliest games in the broader historical storyline, even though it was published later.