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[[File:ACOD_Bandit_Sword.png|thumb|250px|Bandit Sword]]
[[File:ACOD_Bandit_Sword.png|thumb|250px|Bandit Sword]]
The '''Bandit Sword''' was a [[sword]] utilized by [[bandit]]s in [[Greece]] during the 5th century BCE.
The '''Bandit Sword''' was a [[sword]] largely utilized by [[bandit]]s in [[Greece]] during the 5th century BCE.


During the [[Peloponnesian War]], the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] owned one such sword.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref>
During the [[Peloponnesian War]], the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] commonly found this weapon in the inventories of [[blacksmith]]s and looted it from bodies and [[Treasure chest|chests]] during her travels throughout Greece.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref>


==Weapon statistics==
==Weapon statistics==
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|Common
|Common
|7113
|7113
|rowspan="3" colspan="1"|(Randomized)
|rowspan="3" colspan="1"|(Randomised)
|rowspan="3" colspan="1"|[[Blacksmith]], Loot
|rowspan="3" colspan="1"|[[Blacksmith]], Loot
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|Epic
|Epic
|7829
|7829
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!colspan="5"|Description
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|colspan="5"|''It's so rusty, you can be sure this sword has changed bandit hands many times over.''
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==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
The Bandit Sword shares the model of the [[Bronze Sword]] from ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'', and as such, it is based mainly on the [[Achaemenid Empire|Achaemenid]] [[bronze]] sword from Hebron and has a typical {{Wiki|Acinaces|Akinakes}} pommel.<ref name="CAIS">[http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/virtual_museum/achaemenid/Artefacts/metalwork.htm Achaemenid bronze sword from Hebron]. ''Images of Ancient Iran: Achaemenid Dynasty (550-330 BCE)''. The Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies (CAIS). Accessed 20 April 2019.</ref>
The Bandit Sword, a weapon in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'', shares the same model as a number of other similar weapons in the same game, and seems to be the default blade used whenever a non-unique sword model is called for. These are all the recycled model of [[Bronze Sword]], a weapon in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'', and as such, it is based mainly on the [[Achaemenid Empire|Achaemenid]] [[bronze]] sword from Hebron and has a typical {{Wiki|Acinaces|Akinakes}} pommel.<ref name="CAIS">[http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/virtual_museum/achaemenid/Artefacts/metalwork.htm Achaemenid bronze sword from Hebron]. ''Images of Ancient Iran: Achaemenid Dynasty (550-330 BCE)''. The Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies (CAIS). Accessed 20 April 2019.</ref>
 
The Bandit Sword seems to be the default model whenever a non-unique sword is required in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'': it's wielded by multiple people in a fight, the [[Adrestia#Figureheads|figurehead]] featuring [[Skylla]], and is the sword of [[Rhexenor]] which Kassandra offers to [[Aikaterine]] in [[A-Musing Tale]].


==Gallery==
==Gallery==

Revision as of 14:41, 7 June 2020

Bandit Sword

The Bandit Sword was a sword largely utilized by bandits in Greece during the 5th century BCE.

During the Peloponnesian War, the Spartan misthios Kassandra commonly found this weapon in the inventories of blacksmiths and looted it from bodies and chests during her travels throughout Greece.[1]

Weapon statistics

Rarity DPS (Lvl 99) Default Engravings Availability
Common 7113 (Randomised) Blacksmith, Loot
Rare 7469
Epic 7829
Description
It's so rusty, you can be sure this sword has changed bandit hands many times over.

Behind the scenes

The Bandit Sword, a weapon in Assassin's Creed: Odyssey, shares the same model as a number of other similar weapons in the same game, and seems to be the default blade used whenever a non-unique sword model is called for. These are all the recycled model of Bronze Sword, a weapon in Assassin's Creed: Origins, and as such, it is based mainly on the Achaemenid bronze sword from Hebron and has a typical Akinakes pommel.[2]

Gallery

Appearances

References

  1. Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
  2. Achaemenid bronze sword from Hebron. Images of Ancient Iran: Achaemenid Dynasty (550-330 BCE). The Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies (CAIS). Accessed 20 April 2019.