Assassin’s Creed Valhalla launched in November with a shop selling cosmetic extras for real money, but to the surprise of many, the XP boost packs sold in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey were conspicuously absent. Not to worry, everyone: the controversial microtransactions have now arrived.
A recent update from Ubisoft has introduced the XP boosts to Valhalla’s Helix store. The boost grants a 50 per cent increase to XP progression and can be used across all save files. It’ll cost you, though: the boost can be bought for 1000 Helix credits, equivalent to £8.58. A similar pack can be bought to earn 50 per cent more silver, while a pack combining both the silver and XP boosts will cost you 1500 Helix credits (or £12.88 if you buy the 500 and 1050 packs).
The XP boost was controversial in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, not only because players felt microtransactions didn’t belong in a full-price single-player title, but due to Odyssey’s slow levelling process and level gates. This led some fans to claim the grind was there to deliberately encourage players to buy boost packs.
