How to Get Throwing Knives in Assassin's Creed Black Flag
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A set of throwing knives from Renaissance Rome
Throwing knives are small blades that can kill enemies without armor and rooftop sentries. Assassins used them to either injure enemies or take them out from a distance.
Contents
- 1 History
- 1.1 Middle Ages
- 1.2 Renaissance
- 1.3 Ming dynasty
- 1.4 18th century Caribbean
- 1.5 Colonial America
- 1.6 Indian Chakram
- 1.7 Victorian London
- 1.8 Modern times
- 2 Advanced use
- 3 Trivia
- 4 References
History
Middle Ages
Altaïr throwing a knife at an archer
Assassins of the High Middle Ages were permitted to use throwing knives upon reaching the fourth rank. The knives also seemed to be one of the most powerful weapons after the Hidden Blade with a single, accurate hit resulting in a kill on all targets but major Templars.[1]
If an Assassin ran out of knives, he could get more by either pickpocketing thugs or defeating them in a fistfight, or by returning to either an Assassin bureau or Masyaf.[1]
The amount of knives Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad could hold increased at certain ranks, wherein he obtained a knife belt. Each knife belt could hold up to five knives, and were kept at his waist, left boot, and right shoulder. These belts were obtained at the fourth, seventh, and tenth ranks respectively.[1]
Renaissance
Ezio throwing a knife at Savonarola
Throwing knives were also used by Assassins of the Renaissance era, though they were not quite as effective, and could not normally cause a kill in a single hit, particularly with the improved armor possessed by high-ranked guards. To compensate, Ezio Auditore da Firenze could hold up to twenty-five knives at a time, all of which he sheathed at his waist.[2]
Throwing knives could be bought from any of the city blacksmiths for 50 florins each. Extra sheaths for knives could be purchased at tailor shops.[2]
Ming dynasty
Shao Jun's array of throwing weapons
The Chinese Assassin Shao Jun equipped throwing knives during the Ming dynasty, using them for assassinations,[3] distractions, cutting ropes and removing obstructions.[4]
18th century Caribbean
During the 18th century, Edward Kenway occasionally used daggers obtained from enemies as improvised throwing knives. However, he usually only carried one, favoring the use of firearms, blowpipe darts, and rope darts over the throwing knives.[5]
Edward reserved the throwing knife for situations where he was out of ammunition for other weapons or wished to conserve it, as the knife could be picked up multiple times after use. He was also able to perform a counter-attack with the knife after disarming a scout by throwing the knife at the enemy for an instant kill. Accompanying this attack, he also used the throwing knife to commence or finish chain-kills.[5]
Colonial America
In the northern American Colonies, the Colonial Assassins utilized a single throwing knife as a silent ranged weapon. However, such usage was typically limited to the stalkers, whose practice of blending with civilian population prevented them from openly carrying weapons on their person.[6] Shay Cormac could also take these throwing knives and use them with deadly precision, although like Edward Kenway, he only ever carried one at a time.
Following the purge of the Colonial Assassins, and subsequent recruitment of Ratonhnhaké:ton into their ranks during the branch's restoration, throwing knives once again became a part of the Assassins' arsenal. Ratonhnhaké:ton himself typically carried several knives coated with poison, which allowed him to silently incapacitate enemies, while remaining inconspicuous.[7]
Indian Chakram
At the end of the Sikh Empire, the Indian Assassin Arbaaz Mir was a known user of chakram, a throwing weapon from India. A circular piece of steel with a sharpened outer edge which came in various sizes, a chakram, while primarily a throwing weapon, could also be used in hand-to-hand combat.[8]
Victorian London
Promotional art of the Frye twins' throwing knives
During the Victorian era where weaponry was restricted, British Assassins such as the twins Jacob and Evie Frye employed throwing knives for discreet kills and as a distraction tool. As a master of stealth, Evie could carry more throwing knives than her brother.[9]
Modern times
In Abstergo Industries, throwing knives served as an ability that its recruits could use while training in their respective Animi. However, the knives used were always non-lethal, and could only temporarily slow down or unbalance an opponent.[10]
By 2015, the modern Assassins used kunai-like knives in their arsenal, with the only difference being that they were shaped like the ones Altaïr used, as seen during the mission to recovering the Shroud of Eden, where a throwing knife was thrown into Juhani Otso Berg's hand.
Advanced use
Though initially only throwing one knife at a time, Ezio learned to throw several at once from the combat instructor at Monteriggioni. This special attack allowed Ezio to throw three knives mid-combat, effectively dispatching up to three enemies. Despite taking a longer time to aim and use, the ability allowed an instant kill on any targeted enemy.[2]
Later, upon traveling to Rome and becoming a Master Assassin, Ezio was able to throw multiple knives at enemies, even when not engaged in battle. He was able to adjust the number of knives thrown at a time, one for each enemy in range.[10]
Furthermore, Ezio was also able to dual-wield throwing knives alongside his short blade, much as Altaïr did.[1] This allowed him to more quickly switch between long and short-ranged attacks.[10]
Trivia
- Assassin's Creed
- During the Animus loading sequence in Assassin's Creed, the player could select the throwing knives and throw an infinite number of them.
- On the Xbox 360 version of Assassin's Creed, the achievement "Eagle's Eye" could be unlocked by killing 75 guards with throwing knives.
- There was a glitch after unlocking the short blade for the first time. In the Animus loading sequence, the player could use throwing knives even if they had not yet been unlocked.
- Assassin's Creed II
- When not locked onto a target, Ezio would throw a knife in the last direction he walked toward. Certain targets would not run unless Ezio entered a particular zone around them. If Ezio remained out of this zone and threw knives using the described method, he could easily kill the target.
- Even after using all throwing knives, they were still visible on Ezio's knife belt.
- An additional five throwing knives could be purchased through Uplay for 20 Units.
- It took two throwing knives to kill a guard who was alert, but only one to kill a guard to whom Ezio was invisible.
- Venice and Forlì were exceptions, where it took two knives regardless.
- Other
- In Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines, the design for throwing knives was altered. In the first game, it was simply a flat knife, whereas in Bloodlines, it possessed a cylindrical hilt and a four-sided blade.
- In Assassin's Creed: Lineage, a throwing knife from Rodrigo Borgia nearly killed Giovanni Auditore in Rome.
- Giovanni Auditore only carried two throwing knives, on his chest, and it is unexplained if this was due to his preference, or to his skill (or lack thereof) with the weapon.
- In Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, regardless of the throwing knife capacity of the knife belt, there was no visible knife belt present.
- Oddly, the knife belt only appeared when the character was in a state of loading, such as when Ezio glowed white during an armor switch or clothes dyeing, or within the Animus Virtual Training Program.
- Shao Jun's outfit in Assassin's Creed: Syndicate grants a 20% damage increase to Evie's throwing knife skill, while Lady Melyne's gown allows her to carry an additional 5.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Assassin's Creed
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Assassin's Creed II
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Embers
- ↑ Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Rogue
- ↑ Assassin's Creed III
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brahman
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Syndicate
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
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| Factions | Assassins (Levantine Brotherhood) • Templars (Abstergo | Levantine Rite) | Crusaders (Knights Templar • Knights Hospitalier • Knights Teutonic) • Saracens | ||||||||
| Locations | Abstergo laboratory | Solomon's Temple • Masyaf • Damascus • Acre • Jerusalem • Arsuf • Kingdom • Assassin bureau | ||||||||
| Events | Third Crusade (Defense of Masyaf • Hunt for the Nine • Battle of Arsuf • Retaking of Masyaf) | ||||||||
| Terms and concepts | Achievements • Animus • Blending • Cryptic Messages • Eagle Vision • Eavesdropping • Emails (Warren Vidic • Lucy Stillman) • Feathers • Flags • Genetic memory • Glitches • Horses • Informers • Interrogation • Investigation • Leap of Faith • Memories • Pickpocketing • Pieces of Eden (Apple of Eden) • Ranks • Scholars • Save Citizen • Social stealth • Synchronization • Thugs • Viewpoints • Vigilantes | ||||||||
| Weapons and tools | Hidden Blade • Fists • Short blades • Swords • Throwing knives | ||||||||
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| Factions | Assassins (Italian Brotherhood) • Templars (Abstergo Industries | Roman Rite) • Republic of Florence (House of Medici) • Republic of Venice • County of Forlì • Courtesans • Mercenaries • Thieves | ||||||||||||||
| Locations | Abstergo laboratory • Hideout | Florence (Oltrarno • San Giovanni • San Marco • Santa Maria Novella) • Monteriggioni (Villa Auditore) • Tuscany (San Gimignano) • Apennine Mountains • Romagna (Forlì) • Venice (Cannaregio • Castello • Dorsoduro • San Marco • San Polo) • Rome (Castel Sant'Angelo • Passetto di Borgo • Sistine Chapel • The Vault) | Acre | ||||||||||||||
| Events | Renaissance (Pazzi conspiracy • Venetian Conspiracy • Battle of Forlì • Bonfire of the Vanities • Confrontation in the Vatican) | ||||||||||||||
| Terms and concepts | Achievements • Animus • Art Merchants • Blacksmiths • Bleeding Effect • Borgia messengers • Codex • Customization • Doctors • Dual-wielding • Eagle Vision • Economic system • Fast Travel Booths • Feathers • Flying Machine • Glyphs • Guards • Heralds • Memories • Monteriggioni Statuettes • Notoriety • Officials • Outfits • Pieces of Eden (Apple of Eden • Papal Staff of Eden) • Secret Locations • Swimming • Tailors • First Civilization • The Truth • Uplay • Treasure chests • Viewpoints • Wanted posters | ||||||||||||||
| Weapons and tools | Fists/Metal Cestus • Heavy weapons • Hidden Blade • Hidden Gun • Improvised weapons • Long weapons • Poison blade • Short blades • Smoke bombs • Swords • Blunt weapons • Throwing knives | ||||||||||||||
| DLC | Battle of Forlì • Bonfire of the Vanities | ||||||||||||||
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| Factions | Assassins (Guilds • Italian Brotherhood) • Templars (Abstergo Industries | Roman Rite) • Kingdom of France (French Army) • Cento Occhi • Courtesans • Followers of Romulus • Hermeticists • Mercenaries • Thieves | ||||||||||||||
| Locations | Monteriggioni (Sanctuary) • Rome (Antico District • Campagna District • Centro District • Vaticano District) • Colli Albani • Naples • Valnerina • Monte Circeo • Viana • Florence • Venice | ||||||||||||||
| Events | Renaissance (Siege of Monteriggioni • Liberation of Rome • Search for Cesare Borgia • Siege of Viana) | ||||||||||||||
| Terms and concepts | Animus • Achievements • Bleeding Effect • Borgia Towers • Cannons • Chase breakers • Codex • Customization • Dual-wielding • Eagle Vision • Economic system • Emails (Desmond Miles • Lucy Stillman • Rebecca Crane • Shaun Hastings) • Flying Machine • Heralds • Horses • Lairs of Romulus • Leap of Faith • Memories • Multiplayer • Officials • Outfits • Parachutes • Pieces of Eden (Apple of Eden) • Ranks • Rifts • Social Stealth • Viewpoints | ||||||||||||||
| Weapons and tools | Blunt weapons • Crossbow • Fists/Metal Cestus • Heavy weapons • Hidden Blade • Hidden Gun • Improvised weapons • Long weapons • Poison Blade • Poison darts • Short blades • Smoke bombs • Swords • Throwing knives | ||||||||||||||
| DLC | Animus Project Update 1.0 • Animus Project Update 2.0 • Animus Project Update 3.0 • Copernicus Conspiracy • The Da Vinci Disappearance | ||||||||||||||
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| Factions | Assassins (Italian Brotherhood • Ottoman Brotherhood | Levantine Brotherhood) • Templars (Abstergo Industries | Byzantine Rite | Levantine Rite) • Ottomans (Janissaries) • Byzantines | Mercenaries • Romanies • Thieves | Mongols | ||||||||||||||
| Locations | Black Room | Atlas Village • Cappadocia (Derinkuyu) • Constantinople (Constantine District • Bayezid District • Imperial District • Galata District) • Masyaf | ||||||||||||||
| Events | Ottoman Civil War • Attack on Prince Suleiman • Riot at the Harbor of Theodosius • Destruction of the Great Chain • Fight for the Masyaf Keys | Fall of Constantinople | Decline of the Levantine Assassins • Fall of Masyaf | ||||||||||||||
| Terms and concepts | Abstergo Files • Achievements • Animus • Animus data fragments • Assassin Dens • Black Room • Blending • Book shops • Customization • Den Defense • Dual-wielding • Eagle Sense • Ezio Auditore's letters • First Civilization • Heralds • Library of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad • Masyaf Keys • Mediterranean Defense • Memories • Multiplayer • Officials • Outfits • Pieces of Eden (Apple of Eden • Masyaf Keys) • Stalkers • Synch Nexus • Templar Tax Collectors • Ziplines | ||||||||||||||
| Weapons and tools | Blunt weapons • Bombs • Crossbow • Fists • Greek fire • Heavy weapons • Hidden Blade • Hookblade • Hidden Gun • Improvised weapons • Long weapons • Poison Blade • Poison darts • Short blades • Swords • Throwing knives | ||||||||||||||
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| Locations | Russia (Saint Petersburg • Yekaterinburg • Kazan • Moscow) | India (Amritsar • Amritsar Temple) • Afghanistan (Herat • Herat Temple) • Pakistan (Katasraj Temple) | China (Maijishan Grottoes • Macau • Nan'an • Forbidden City • Great Wall of China) | ||||||||
| Events | Russian Revolution (Execution of the Romanov family • Kazan Operation) | First Anglo-Afghan War | Prince of Anhua rebellion • Great Rites Controversy | ||||||||
| Terms and concepts | Achievements (China • India • Russia) • Animus • Animus data fragments • Blending • Eagle Vision • Guards • Helix (Helix abilities) • Memories • Outfits • Pieces of Eden (Precursor boxes • Koh-i-Noor • Shards of Eden • Staves of Eden) • Whistling | ||||||||
| Weapons and tools | Chakram • Firecrackers • Firearms • Grappling hook (Rope darts • Mechanical winch) • Hidden Blade (Hidden Footblade • Trident Blade) • Short blades • Swords (Jian) • Throwing knives • Noise darts | ||||||||
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| Factions | Assassins (British Brotherhood) • Templars (Abstergo Industries • Sigma Team | British Rite) • Instruments of the First Will • United Kingdom (British Army • Metropolitan Police Service • Order of the Sacred Garter) • Germany • Gangs (Blighters • Clinkers • Rooks) • Ghost Club | ||||||||||||||
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| Events | World War I | Victorian era (Industrial Revolution) | ||||||||||||||
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| Weapons and tools | Firearms • Fists (Brass knuckles) • Hidden Blade (Assassin Gauntlet) • Poison darts • Swords (Cane-sword • Kukri) • Throwing knives | ||||||||||||||
| DLC | The Darwin and Dickens Conspiracy • Runaway Train • The Dreadful Crimes • Jack the Ripper • The Last Maharaja • A Long Night Out on the Town | ||||||||||||||
How to Get Throwing Knives in Assassin's Creed Black Flag
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