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Assassin’s Creed Odyssey cultists - all the Cult of Kosmos locationsHow to find and slay the cultist sages

How to find and slay the cultist sages

Assassinating them all becomes one of Alexios or Kassandra’s main focuses of their odyssey. To work out who the major players are and where to find them, you need to kill their subordinates and gather clues that lead you to the sages, and their leader.

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ThisAssassin’s Creed Odyssey cultists guidewill show you all of the locations for the Cult of Kosmos. With so many members in their collective fold, it’s going to be hard to track all the cultists down without prior knowledge of how to be an effective assassin.

If you’re looking for more advice on the basics of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, then head over to ourAssassin’s Creed Odyssey guidefor more information to get you up to speed.

An undiscovered cultist in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey with a hint displaying the clue to finding their identity.

Every Cult of Kosmos location in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

Oh and I’ve not included the name of the Ghost of the Cult as that would be a major spoiler for the story.

An undiscovered cultist sage in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey with some clues unlocked.

Hunting the Cult of Kosmos

Once found, you’ll be able to piece together their identities, so that you can hunt them down, potentially gathering more clues to more senior members of the sect. Some will be revealed during the story missions, but others require a bit more detective work.

Most of the members will have no portrait since you won’t know anything about them. However, there are a few that have a slightly grey border with their mask. This is an indication that you are aware of them from a conversation or a clue picked up from another cultist, but you need more information to fully reveal who it is.

If their portrait is shimming with a white ring around it, you can uncover their identity, their location, and their difficulty rank. This is everything you need to go out there and take them down.

Getting new leads on cultist identities

For some, it’s looking in chests, while others may require you to buy items from merchants.You’ll need the relevant documentation to uncover the cultist’s identity, so it’s worth spending money on these items or hunting down the treasure chest with the clue inside. Some require you to complete a series of side quests in order to establish their identity, more on that in ourAssassin’s Creed Odyssey side questsguide.

Once you’ve done so, it’s then time to hunt them down. You’ll be able to track them one at a time from the same screen, which in turn will make their medusa-like icon appear on the map (more on how the map works in ourAssassin’s Creed Odyssey mapguide). At this point, it’s a simple task of killing them and confirming the kill.

Some cultists are born warriors that can fend for themselves, while others are weaklings that have an armed guard. For combat tips on how to fight the more well-armed cultists, go to ourAssassin’s Creed Odyssey combatguide. There may also be occasions where the cultist is on board a ship, so you may need to look at ourAssassin’s Creed Odyssey sailingguide for details on how to upgrade your ship to take these cultists out. It’s worth taking them out, not just because it furthers your progress into the story, but as ourAssassin’s Creed Odyssey inventoryguide shows, they also have plenty of legendary equipment for you to rip from their cold dead hands.

Uncovering the Cult of Kosmos’s sages

Members of the inner circle hold the secret to the Ghost of the Cult’s identity. These cultists, or sages as they are known within the cult, all need to be slain. Each have their own lieutenants that need to be slain to uncover their identity.Once you’ve finally got all five, you’ll be able to unmask that sage and hunt them down directly.

They tend to be a fair bit tougher than their cohorts, some reaching the maximum level of 50 and they usually come equipped with skills not unlike your own such as poison attacks. Make sure you’re prepared before taking them down. Head to ourAssassin’s Creed Odyssey skillsguide for which skills you should have. It is entirely possible to run into them accidentally as you progress through the game’s story; I ran into the Eyes of Kosmos sage during a story mission, though the game never told me this was the case.

Those are the basics for hunting the cult down, but there’s plenty more to do within Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. For more information on side quests, check out our extensiveAssassin’s Creed Odyssey side questsguide. If those pesky Mercenaries are also giving you hassle, go to ourAssassin’s Creed Odyssey mercenariesto learn how to deal with them.