Gennojo can be recruited as an ally by soothing him during The Godless Harvest quest in Assassin's Creed Shadows (AC Shadows). Learn how to recruit Gennojo, all the choices that affect his recruitment, and his abilities here!

How to Recruit Gennojo

How to Recruit Gennojo
Do Not Choose Canon Mode Complete The Fool Questline Choose the Positive Dialogue Options

Do Not Choose Canon Mode

If you wish to recruit Gennojo as an ally, you must not choose Canon Mode when starting a new game. Canon Mode automatically selects the dialogue options that will lead to canon events, and it is canon in Assassin's Creed Shadows that Gennojo doesn't join Naoe.

Complete The Fool Questline

Gennojo's questline only becomes available after completing the questline of The Fool, one of the Shinbakufu targets. Gennojo will appear under The League quest board after completing The Rising Tide.

Choose the Positive Dialogue Options

There are two important choice events that will occur during Gennojo's questline. One during Honor Among Thieves and the other during The Godless Harvest.

A message saying "This will impact Gennojo" will appear on both instances where you have to select a positive response to recruit Gennojo at the end of his questline.

Gennojo is a Missable Ally

Choosing dialogue options other than those highlighted in the table above will lock you out of having Gennojo as an ally. The same goes for those playing in Canon mode, as the game will automatically make Naoe do nothing during the final events of Gennojo's questline.

Gennojo Abilities

Active and Passive Abilities

Rank	Ability	Description
Novice	Mischievous Sabotage	Active ability. Gennojo throws a startling projectile.
Initiate	Over Here!	Passive ability. Draws the attention of an enemy about to detect you.
Veteran	Charming Prescence	Passive ability. Servants do not inform enemies of crimes they see.

Gennojo is an ally that is especially helpful when infiltrating bases. You can summon him to distract enemies so you can easily sneak around them. His passive ability, unlocked at Initiate Rank, has the same effect, but it automatically triggers when you are about to be seen.

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