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{{Quote|We have many different kinds of bombs here. Some are used tactically to stop chasing guards or manipulate a crowd. Others are used to create diversions, a good way to handle guards before they attack.|Yusuf Tazim, introducing Ezio to bombs in Constantinople.|Assassin's Creed: Revelations}}
[[File:BH Smoke Bomb.png|thumb|250px|A smoke bomb]]
'''Bombs''' were explosive weapons used by [[Assassins]] from as early as the High Middle Ages. They could be used for a variety of tactics, including escape, assault, and distraction.

==Smoke bombs==
[[File:War Plans Bomber 2.png|thumb|left|250px|Ezio using a smoke bomb to stun a Papal Guard]]
Smoke bombs were devices that were used more for distraction, rather than offensive purposes. They could be thrown from a distance or dropped on the spot. Using a powder technology from the Far East, the bomb released a thick, grayish smoke screen for a brief time when thrown.<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>

With a smoke bomb device, an Assassin was able to halt any enemy or target, allowing for an easy assassination or escape. This also gave them the capability to strike specific targets, or take down larger groups of enemies without being seen or encountering resistance.<ref name="AC2"/>

===History===
[[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] had access to smoke bombs during his [[Quest for the Chalice|quest]] for [[Adha|the Chalice]]. He could carry up to five of them at a time, though evidently stopped using them after the events at [[Solomon's Temple]].<ref name="Altaïr's Chronicles">''[[Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles]]''</ref>

[[File:Piri Reis Caltrops 1.png|thumb|250px|Piri Reis holding a Caltrop bomb]]
Smoke bombs were the only type of bombs that were commonly available to [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] up until the 16th century. However, upon traveling to [[Constantinople]] during his quest to open Altaïr's library, he gained access to a far more extensive variety of bombs, as the city's Assassin guild had recently taken a keen interest in crafting the explosives after the [[China|Chinese]] had introduced them to the weapons.

During the [[Renaissance]], smoke bombs were disposable, and had to be purchased for 350 florins each. Ezio could carry a maximum of three at once, which he stored in a non-upgradeable pouch.<ref name="AC2"/>

Ezio also made use of smoke bombs in the city of [[Rome]], though the actual cloud itself was visually a lot smaller than during the previous century. Smoke bombs were also used by [[Apprentices|Assassin recruits]] to stun [[guards]] once they reached the [[Ranks|rank]] of ''Veterano'' (Veteran).<ref name="Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''</ref>

[[Edward Kenway]], [[Haytham Kenway|Haytham]] and [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]] all used smoke bombs during the 18th century. In Edward's and Connor's cases, they could both craft upgrades to their bomb pouches to increase their capacity.<ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref>

[[French Assassins]], such as [[Arno Dorian]], utilized smoke bombs, money bombs, stun bombs, cherry bombs and poison bombs.<ref name = "ACU">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''</ref>

Assassins in [[Victorian era|Victorian]] [[London]], such as the twins [[Jacob Frye|Jacob]] and [[Evie Frye]], equipped smoke bombs during fights and missions.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''</ref> They also used voltaic bombs, which sent out blasts of electricity.

==Explosive bombs==
{{Quote|Quite little bombs, but effective enough to, say, wreck ships or disperse a camp.|Leonardo da Vinci.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)}}
Explosive bombs were small hand-held explosive devices that allowed the delivery of multiple payloads.<ref name="Revelations"/> Although variations of these were used by the Assassins as early as the High-Middle Ages,<ref name="Altaïr's Chronicles"/> Hand-held bombs were also designed independently and manufactured by Ezio's close friend, [[Leonardo da Vinci]]. Leonardo's variation consisted of a small, steel ball filled with sulfur, charcoal and potassium nitrate, they also possessed a small fuse which required lighting before the device could be detonated.<ref name="Brotherhood novel">[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' novel]]</ref>

===History===
The Levantine Assassin, Altaïr wielded explosive bombs during his Quest for the Chalice, where he used them to destroy weakened walls and structures.<ref name="Altaïr's Chronicles"/>

The Leonardo designed bombs were first used against [[Cesare Borgia]]'s diehards, who had amassed a sizable military force in the city of [[Valencia]].<ref name="Brotherhood novel"/>

During the attack on Valencia, Ezio and [[Niccolò Machiavelli]], each equipped with ten hand-held bombs, brought chaos to Cesare's military forces. They destroyed twelve [[House of Borgia|Borgia]] ships, and an entire military encampment.<ref name="Brotherhood novel"/>

As a young privateer and then naval sailor, [[Piri Reis]] also used a variety of bombs, having been introduced to them through his uncle Kemal.<ref name="Revelations"/>

The [[Colonial Assassins|Colonial Assassin]] Connor used [[trip mines]] during the [[American Revolutionary War]]. He could use them in combat, countering soldiers by sticking a trip mine on them before throwing them, causing an explosion.<ref name="AC3"/>

Arno Dorian used a variety of explosive bombs to deliver different payloads, such as poison gas or money.<ref name = "ACU"/>

===Crafting===
{{Quote|Crafting explosives is a new hobby, one we borrowed from the [[China|Chinese]] and have taken to with great passion.|Yusuf Tazim, speaking of the [[Turkish Assassins]]' bomb-crafting.|Assassin's Creed: Revelations}}
[[File:Crafting 2.png|thumb|left|250px|Yusuf Tazim instructing Ezio in bomb crafting]]
Upon traveling to Constantinople, Ezio learned from his fellow Assassin [[Yusuf Tazim]] how to create a wide range of bombs, with up to 120 variations. In general, they could be divided into three categories: lethal, tactical and diversion. In order to craft bombs expeditiously whenever they acquired the needed ingredients, Assassins set up [[bomb-crafting stations]] throughout Constantinople and [[Derinkuyu|Cappadocia]].<ref name="Revelations">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>

Ezio could also quickly craft additional bombs of the same type he was currently carrying, provided he had the required ingredients, but if he ran out of those ingredients or wished to make a different type of bomb, he would have to return to a bomb-crafting station.

The bombs could be customized based on their different components: casing, gunpowder layer, and effect layer. The casing affected the bomb's structure, while the gunpowder layer defined the properties of the explosion itself, along with the effect layer providing a further result on detonation, such as the scattering of caltrops being one example.<ref name="Revelations"/> Casing determined how the bomb was deployed, gunpowder type determined the strength of the explosion, and effects ingredients determined the effect that the bomb had on those within the blast radius.

Throughout his time in the city, Ezio was able to collect different ingredients for each of these bombs, and could craft up to a maximum of five bombs per pouch. He had three bomb pouches for lethal, tactical, and diversion. He could also buy bombs from [[black market dealers]], or ingredients from [[Piri Reis]]'s shop in the [[Grand Bazaar]], [[doctors]], and [[blacksmiths]]. He also received ingredients from other cities that were [[Mediterranean Defense|liberated]] from the [[Templars]].

{|width="85%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1" style="text-align:center"
!scope="col" width="25%"|Type
!scope="col" width="75%"|Effect
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|[[Caltrop bombs|Caltrop Bombs]]
|Caltrop bombs impeded enemy movement by dispersing small, pointed metal spikes across the ground, rendering its victims vulnerable during combat. They could also be used for halting or slowing enemies during a chase.
|-
|[[Datura bombs|Datura Bombs]]
|A lethal explosive designed to slowly poison anyone who breathed in its fumes, Datura bombs instilled a sense of delirium in its victims, due to the use of the petals from the datura plant.
|-
|[[Cherry bombs|Cherry Bombs]]
|Cherry bombs could lure guards towards a certain area through the use of a loud, high-pitched noise, produced from using sulfur.
|-
|[[Smoke decoy bombs|Smoke Decoy Bombs]]
|Similar to Cherry bombs, these bombs lured guards to one point by creating the illusion of a fire, but only those who could see its activation. Smoke Decoys required the used of salt of Petra to be created.
|-
|[[Gold bombs|Gold Bombs]]
|Filled with pyrite coins, these bombs were used to create distractions by attracting a crowd of civilians who mistook the coins for gold. This would distract guards and occasionally start a brawl when the guards attempted to clear the area.
|-
|[[Splinter bombs|Splinter Bombs]]
|Used to kill or injure targets upon impact, the Splinter Bomb could dispense with groups of enemies caught in its deadly radius with shrapnel, as well as blow away the cover on wells located around Constantinople.
|-
|[[Thunder bombs|Thunder Bombs]]
|These bombs were a non-lethal method, filled with coal dust, and used to cripple targets with the force of the explosion only, as well as allowing those wielding them to break apart covers on wells.
|-
|[[Blood bombs|Blood Bombs]]
|Once detonated, this bomb released out a splatter of lamb's blood, making nearby individuals believe it to be their own, thereby scaring them away.
|-
|[[Smoke screen bombs|Smoke Screen Bomb]]
|A tactical smoke bomb which, when exploded, created a dense, black smoke from phosphorus to daze nearby guards and civilians and block their sight.
|-
|[[Stink bombs|Stink Bombs]]
|When detonated, Stink Bombs released a foul odor, derived from skunk oil, that repelled any and all of those who came too close.
|}

==Trivia==
'''''Assassin's Creed II'''''
*The Smoke bomb pouch is labelled as "small", despite not having any upgrades available for it, where other pouches labelled the same way had medium and larger variants.
*During one of the [[Carnevale]] challenges in [[Venice]], the three guards and [[Dante Moro]], whom Ezio fought, were immune to Smoke bombs' effects.
*While looting [[Brutes]], there was a high chance of obtaining Smoke bombs.
*Smoke bombs are helpful for earning the [[assassin's Creed II achievements|achievements]] "No Hitter", "Messer Sandman," and "Sweeper."

'''''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'''''
*The Smoke bomb appears as one of the multiplayer abilities.
*The [[Apprentices]] would sometimes utilize the Smoke bombs when called to aid Ezio.
*The [[Papal Guard]] were immune to the effects of Smoke bombs in combat. However, it was possible to stun them with it outside of combat.
*Cesare Borgia and [[Pickpocketing|pickpockets]] were completely immune to Smoke bombs' effects.

'''''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'''''
*The [[assassin's Creed: Revelations achievements|achievement]] "'''Pyromaniac'''" can be earned when a player completes all of Piri Reis' bomb missions.
*Ezio can add an extra space for bombs in each of his pouches by completing Piri Reis' [[Guild challenges (Revelations)|bomb challenges]].
**A fifth bomb in each pouch can only be acquired if the player pre-ordered the [[Assassin's Creed: Revelations#Editions|Signature Edition or Animus Edition]] of the game, or has purchased [[The Lost Archive]] [[Assassin's Creed: Revelations downloadable content|DLC]].
*Byzantine and Ottoman [[Guards#Bombmen|Bombmen]] possessed an ability to use Thunder bombs.
*Both Smoke bombs and Trip-wire bombs appear as Multiplayer abilities in ''Revelations''.
*All the bombs given to Ezio were always displayed as having [[Impact bomb casing|impact shell]], with the exception of the Piri Reis' Trip-wire bomb mission.

'''''Others'''''
*In ''Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy'', Smoke bombs required the reagents of gunpowder and sugar to be crafted.

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
ACR Ezio Bomb Crafting Station.png|Ezio at a bomb crafting station
Piri Reis Datura 3.png|Ezio aiming a bomb at a group of guards
Piri Reis Datura 5.png|Ezio throwing a bomb at a guard
Piri Reis Tripwire 1.png|Piri Reis showing a Trip-wire bomb to Ezio
Bomb invent.png|Bomb crafting screen
AC3L Smoke Bombs.png|Smoke bombs used by [[Aveline de Grandpré]]
Assassin's Creed Unity Screenshot 5.jpg|A French Assassin using a bomb
acs smoke bomb.jpg|Promotional art of ''Assassin's Creed: Syndicate'' smoke bombs
</gallery>

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