How to Get Tattoos in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla

Being a tattooed Viking in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is pretty cool, but from the start, it’s not overly clear how to get tattoos in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, as well as hair designs.

Getting your first tattoo

It’s really important to get the tattoo you want, as well as a hairstyle straight away, if you don’t, you may end up going some time without being able to customize your looks, much like I had to.

Svend’s Tattoo Shop in Fornburg becomes available to you pretty early on in the game, personally I was in such a rush to get to England, I didn’t bother updating my appearance.

If you make that same mistake, you will find when you land on the shores of England, you won’t have Svend’s shop to start with and will be stuck with the default looks.

The only issue is, on the first visit to the tattoo & hair shop, you won’t find a huge selection to pick from, but don’t worry, that will change.

Unlocking the Tattoo Shop

As mentioned above, you won’t start with the tattoo shop, you will need to work on Ravensthorpe a little to be able to unlock it.

First, you will need to start doing some raids to expand Ravensthorpe, this will give you much-needed supplies to help you build new buildings, each of which will give you needed features, buffs, or other benefits.

How to get new designs

There are several ways to get new designs for both tattoos and hairstyles, some ways more fun than others.

Buying from Reda

Reda, the young child who randomly decides to move into your settlement has daily and weekly items for sale.

Some of these items can include tattoos and hair styles, as well as new items for your settlement and ship.

To purchase from Reda, or any other Thousand Eyes trader, you will need to have Opal, the currency that only they use.

If you haven’t got any or much Opal, take a look at our handy guide to learn what it is and how to get some.

Finding Tattoo notes

While out and about, you might want to spend some time searching for treasures, mysteries, and artifacts, and if you do, you will undoubtedly run into a tattoo design note.

Before going to grab it, plan your route. The note will fly off, and you will have to give chase, so consider where it might go and how best to keep up with it.

If you don’t get it the first time, don’t worry, it will respawn at the point in which you found it in the first place, and then you can have another try.

Buying new designs

General stores also sell a fair amount of tattoo designs, and some of the best Assassin’s Creed Valhalla tattoo designs I have seen have come from general stores.

Make sure you take a look at the shop as soon as you get a chance; it actually has some great items.

Hunter & fishing stores

Both the hunting and fishing lodges give rewards if you bring them items.

You will need to complete a set of items, not single items to be able to get a tattoo design as a reward, and not all rewards are tattoo designs.

You can actually buy a list of where to find certain fish from the general store, so make sure to get that to help you find the fish that you will need to complete the list and get the design you want.

Ubisoft Connect

If you haven’t used it before, make sure to take a look at Ubisoft Connect, it’s an app made by Ubisoft (of course) that rewards players for completing certain achievements in games.

You are rewarded with points, which can be used to purchase new mounts, weapons, settlement decorations, tattoos, and more.

If you have any other games and used Ubisoft Connect, the chances are you might already have some points to spend, as they can be used on all Ubisoft games no matter where they were earned.