Interrogation

Sometimes your informants and fellow assassins can't tell you everything about a certain objective. If this happens, you can turn to Interrogation. Interrogation is the violent way of getting information and can be done fairly easily.

Method

To start an Interrogation you need to know who needs interrogating, and in most objectives, you are shown who it is. You normally see them doing a public speaking for a short moment, praising Altaïr's current target as if he was a messiah, and then start walking. That's when you target them. Follow your target for a few minutes, keeping your distance. The game recommends you should Interrogate in a secluded place, however if your location is away from guards, with only a few peasants, this is still fine. Once ready to perform a interrogation, make sure you have your Fists equipped. Failure to do so could mean you cut down your target. Once you are ready, start to hit the target. In most cases they will fight back with punches. After four or five punches, the target will cower and kneel down offering you information about your current objective. After the interrogation, Altaïr will end up killing the target. This may attract guards depending on where you're located, so get ready to run and hide if Altaïr killed him in a rather public place. In a secluded area you should be pretty safe from the guards' attention.

Notes

• Make sure no guards are nearby when interrogating.
• Be careful not to hit other peasants when interrogating. You don’t want to make everybody start running around.
• Make sure you don’t have blades equipped, or you might just kill your target by accident.
• Wandering thugs will join the fight, the ones you can pickpocket.
• If you're in a hurry, most interrogation targets can be attacked immediately after they stop talking, as the guards won't join in the fistfight
• While interrogating, throws can also be used to damage your targets.

Trivia

• When you see a public speaker not surrounded by guards. You can run up and use the hidden blade to kill him. Interestingly the listeners will just calmly walk away afterwards as if nothing had happen.