Spear

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Spear

A spear is a basic polearm that consists of a shaft with a pointed head. This design ensures that it is primarily suited for thrusting.

History

Spears were virtually ubiquitous throughout human history, adopted by various cultures around the world as a basic weapon. In 221 BCE, the Chinese Assassin Wei Yu slew the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, with a spear. Until the advent of firearms, spears saw regular service with militaries, such as that of the Saracens during their assault on the Assassin citadel of Masyaf in 1176.

During the Renaissance, guards which employed pole weapons such as spears and halberds were commonly called Seekers for their tendency to use them to probe hiding spots. While the Italian Brotherhood of Assassins tended to forsake polearms for their impediment to freerunning, spears were favored by many prominent Templars of this era, with infamous examples being the Turkmen renegade Shahkulu, Odai Dunqas, and Samila Khadim.

Though spears, like most other melee weapons, were gradually phased out of military use by the development of firearms, during the time of the the French Revolution, they continued to see use among the Assassins such as those of the Parisian Brotherhood, was also present in the extremists, as a symbol of nailing the heads of the enemies as it happened during the French Revolution.

Weapon statistics

Peloponnesian War (5th century BCE)

Name	Rarity	DPS (Max Lvl 99)	Attributes	Availability
Achilles' Spear	Legendary	8257	+25% Hunter Damage +30% Damage with Spears +20% Damage with Multi-Shot Ability	Loot the legendary chest in Olynthos Fortress
Arena Champion's Spear	Epic	7829	+ % Hunter Damage + % Adrenaline per CRIT + % CRIT Damage	Complete Crowd Pleaser
Arkadian Spear	Rare	7469	??	Complete To Kill or Not to Kill
Armor-Piercing Spear of the Unbreakable	Legendary	8257	+25% Hunter Damage +40% Adrenaline per CRIT +20% Damage with Rapid Fire Ability	Complete Theatrics and Espionage
Athena's Spear	Legendary	8257	+25% Warrior Damage +10% All Damage +25% Damage and Health while in Conquest Battles	Complete all Lysander and Demosthenes quests
Battle Spear	Common	7113	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Rare	7469
	Epic	7829
Bident of the Underworld	Legendary	8257	+25% Warrior Damage +30% Damage with Spears +25% Warrior Damage but -15% Ranged Resistance	Purchase the Underworld Mythical Pack DLC
Black Thorn	Legendary	8257	+25% Warrior Damage +50% CRIT Damage +25% CRIT Chance with Charged Heavy Attack Ability	Helix Store
Boar Piercer	Rare	7469	+23% Hunter Damage +50% Damage on Animals	??
Champion's Spear	Rare	??	??	Complete Legend No More
Conflict Spear	Rare	??	+11% Hunter Damage +16% Poison Damage	Complete The Drachmae of Romance
Crude Spear	Common	7113	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Rare	7469
	Epic	7829
Cultist Spear	Common	7113	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Rare	7469
	Epic	7829
Cursed Spear of Achilles	Legendary	8257	+ % Warrior Damage + % Damage with Spears +10% Damage per Enemy Engaged (up to 50%)	Defeat Achilles
Falx of Olympos	Legendary	8257	+25% Assassin Damage +40% Adrenaline per CRIT +100% Damage but Health Capped to 25%	Loot the legendary chest in Palace of Amphitrite
Forged Javelin of the Isu	Rare	7469	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Epic	7829
Forged Spear of the Isu	Rare	7469	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Epic	7829
Galloudrix's Trident of Unity	Epic	7829	??	Loot the Epic chest in the Temple of Poseidon
Golden Spear	Rare	7469	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Epic	7829
Gorgon Slayer	Rare	??	??	Complete Heavy is the Spear
Griffin's Scythe	Legendary	8257	+25% Hunter Damage +30% Adrenaline per Hit +20% Damage with Spread Shot Ability	Defeat a mercenary with the suffix "the Patricidal"
Hades' Bident	Legendary	8257	+25% Warrior Damage +55% CRIT Damage +20% Damage with Ring of Chaos Ability	Loot a chest in Mount Ithome Fort
Handcrafted Spear	Common	7113	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Rare	7469
	Epic	7829
Heartseeker	Epic	7829		Defeat the mercenary Polykaste the Jilted
Heavy Spear	Common	7113	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Rare	7469
	Epic	7829
Hermes' Kerukeion	Legendary	8257	+25% Assassin Damage +40% Poison Damage +15% Poison Damage and Buildup	Complete Let My Patients Go
Hoplite Dory	Rare	7469	+23% Warrior Damage +30% Damage with Spears	Purchase the Spartan Starter Pack DLC
Hoplite Javelin	Epic	7829	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
Hunter's Edge	Epic	7829	+24% Hunter Damage +40% Adrenaline per CRIT +20% Damage with Overpower Abilities	Complete Piecing the Puzzle
Hunting Spear	Common	7113	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Rare	7469
	Epic	7829
Isu-Forged Assassin's Spear	Legendary	8257	+25% Assassin Damage +30% Damage with Spears Convert 50% Assassin Damage bonuses to All Damage	Use the Forge of Atlantis
Isu-Forged Hunter's Spear	Legendary	8257	+25% Hunter Damage +30% Damage with Spears Convert 50% Hunter Damage bonuses to All Damage	Use the Forge of Atlantis
Isu-Forged Warrior's Spear	Legendary	8257	+25% Warrior Damage +30% Damage with Spears Convert 50% Warrior Damage bonuses to All Damage	Use the Forge of Atlantis
Javelin	Epic	??	+18% Assassin Damage
Kolossi's Pilum	Epic	7829	+ % Warrior Damage + % Damage with Spears + % Adrenaline per Hit	Complete The Beacons Are Lit
Laches' Eternal Lance	Epic	7829	+24% Assassin Damage +40% Poison Damage +10% All Damage	Defeat the mercenary Laches the Eternal
Master of Waters	Epic	??	+14% Hunter Damage +20% Adrenaline per CRIT 5% CRIT Chance
Mycenaean Dory	Rare	7469	+23% Warrior Damage +50% CRIT Damage	Ubisoft Club Asking the bot Sam a question between 11-17 June 2018
Nanno's Toothpick	Epic	7829	+24% Assassin Damage +30% Adrenaline per Hit +40% Adrenaline per CRIT	Defeat the mercenary Nanno the Abakos
Olympic Spear	Rare	7469	+23% Hunter Damage +40% Adrenaline per CRIT	Complete Delivering a Champion
Ornate Spear	Rare	7469	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Epic	7829
Phalanx Spear	Rare	7469	+23% Warrior Damage +40% Damage on Spartan Soldiers	Purchase the Athenian Weapons Digital Pack DLC
Pilum	Common	7113	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Rare	7469
	Epic	7829
Poseidon's Trident	Legendary	8257	+25% Warrior Damage +50% CRIT Damage Breathe Underwater	Loot chest on unmarked island north of Samos
Reinforced Javelin	Rare	7469	(Randomised)	Black, Loot
Ritual Spear	Rare	7469	+23% Assassin Damage +40% Adrenaline per CRIT	Complete A Heart for a Head
Sauroter	Legendary	8257	+25% Hunter Damage +30% Adrenaline per Hit +50% Elemental Buildup with Hunter Ability	Helix Store
Scythe	Rare	7469	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Epic	7829
Skoura's Spear	Epic	7829	+ % Assassin Damage + % CRIT Damage + % Damage on Spartan Soldiers	Complete Heroes of the Arena Defeat Skoura
Spartan Javelin	Common	7113	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Rare	7469
	Epic	7829
Spartan Spear	Epic			Complete Sacred Favors
Spear of Kephalos	Rare	7469	+23% Hunter Damage	Complete In the Footsteps of Gods by choosing to keep the spear
Spear of Lashing	Rare			Complete Bully the Bullies
Spear of the Aegean	Epic	7829	+ % Assassin Damage + % Damage with Spears + % Damage on Isu	Defeat Atalanta
Spear of the Waiting Dead	Epic	7829	+ % Hunter Damage + % Adrenaline per Hit + % All Damage	Complete Death-Light Robbery
Staff of Hermes Trismegistus	Legendary	8257	+25% Warrior Damage +40% Chance to Ignore Half Damage Low chance to gain a 30% Health Shield when Hit	Complete The Gates of Atlantis
Swordfish Spear	Rare	7469	+ % Warrior Damage + % Damage with Spears	Complete Catch and Release
The Harvester of Time	Epic	7829	+ % Warrior Damage + % Damage with Spears + % CRIT Damage	Purchase the Kronos Pack DLC
Traitor's Spear	??	??	??	??
Trident	Common	7113	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Rare	7469
	Epic	7829
War Spear	Common	7113	(Randomised)	Blacksmith, Loot
	Rare	7469
	Epic	7829

Ptolemaic Egypt (1st century BCE)

Name	Rarity	Quality (Max Level 55)	Damage (Max Level 55)	Attributes	Availability
Adamant Reed	Rare	116	442	Bleeding on Hit II Critical Hit Damage I	Predator Pack DLC, Nomad's Bazaar
Aten's End	Legendary	??	??	Critical Hit Damage I Combo Multiplier IV Health on Kill	Defeat Tutankhamun in the Duat
Bark of Ra	Legendary	??	??	??	Purchase the Almighty Pack DLC
Cyrene's Spear	Legendary	122	445	Critical Hit Damage III Adrenaline on Kill II Health for Critical	Complete One Bad Apple
Flint Spear	Legendary	122	445	Bleeding On Hit I Critical Hit Damage IV Health for Critical	Purchase the Far Cry Primal Pack DLC
Golden Feather	Legendary	??	??	Critical Hit Damage III Critical Hit Rate II Sleep on Hit	Helix Store, Nomad's Bazaar
Handy Spear	Common	115	445	Critical Hit Damage I	Blacksmith, Loot
Iron Spear	Common	114	442	Critical Hit Damage I	Blacksmith, Loot
Lance of Anhur	Legendary	??	??	Critical Hit Damage II Adrenaline Regeneration III Health on Hit	Helix Store, Nomad's Bazaar
Leaf-shaped Impaler	Common	115	439	Critical Hit Damage III	Blacksmith, Loot
Light Spear	Common	114	439	Critical Hit Damage II	Blacksmith, Loot
Needle	Rare	118	439)	Bleeding on Hit II Critical Hit Damage IV	Blacksmith, Loot, Nomad's Bazaar
Neptune's Grasp	Legendary	123	445	Critical Hit Damage II Combo Multiplier IV Poison on Hit	Purchase the Gladiator Pack DLC
The Phoenix	Legendary	??	??	Critical Hit Rate I Critical Hit Damage III Health on Kill	Nomad's Bazaar
Pilum	Rare	117	445	Critical Hit II Adrenaline on Hurt I	Blacksmith, Loot
Sarissa	Legendary	124	697	Critical Hit Damage III Adrenaline on Kill I Cursed	Eliminate the Stranger
Sekhmet’s Spear	Legendary	??	??	Critical Hit Damage II Critical Hit Rate I>br />Health on Kill	Blacksmith, Loot
Serpent of Serapis	Rare	117	442	Critical Hit Rate II Critical Hit Damage II	Complete Fair Trade
The Trial	Rare	116	422	Critical Hit Damage II Adrenaline on Hurt I	Ubisoft Club

Italian Renaissance

Name	Damage	Speed	Deflect	Cost	Availability
Spear	3	3	5	N/A	N/A

French Revolution

Name	Level	Damage	Parry	Speed	Range	Cost	Modifiers	Requirements
Spear	* * *	3	3	3	4	1,000₣	Additional damage: +25%	N/A

Gallery

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  Concept art from Origins

Trivia

• In Assassin's Creed: Official Game Guide, under the entry for the Crusaders, the Knights Hospitalier Soldier unit is depicted with a spear and a shield, but this unit never appears with this weapon in the actual game.
• In Assassin's Creed II and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, spears, and halberds are classified as long weapons and cannot be purchased from any blacksmith shop. They can only be used by disarming them from Seekers or picking them up from the ground after killing a Seeker. Should the player character, Ezio Auditore da Firenze, break into a full sprint or freerun at any time, he will automatically drop the spear as he cannot equip a long weapon.
• In Assassin's Creed II, the spear can be broken with a certain finishing move where Ezio snaps the spear over his knee and stabs his opponent twice at the same time with the now-broken spear halves. The spearpoint half will function as if it were a sword, while the handle half will function if it were a blunt weapon if they are picked up again.
• In Assassin's Creed II, the spear can also be broken in half by parrying a smash attack from a heavy weapon.
• Spears are absent from Assassin's Creed, but in Assassin's Creed: Revelations, some Templar knights who use the weapon are fought in the memory "The Mentor's Keeper", which chronologically takes place before Assassin's Creed.
• It is possible for some guards to use the spear, including militia and Borgia captains. If they are disarmed, and the closest weapon on the ground is a spear, they will pick that up provided that no Seeker is alive nearby to take it as well.
  • Borgia captains who used the spear has the running and action animations of the Seekers. Additionally, they can put the spear or halberd in their empty sheaths, but the spear will appear to be broken.
• In the non-canonical mobile version of Assassin's Creed II, a polearm called a "spear" by the game is part of the player's equipment, but it is technically a glaive, not a spear. Ezio Auditore uses it to assassinate the Templar Emilio Barbarigo.
• In Assassin's Creed: Unity, the spear features as a weapon that can be purchased and fully equipped for the first time.

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed II (first appearance)
• Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
• Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade
• Assassin's Creed: Revelations
• Assassin's Creed: Unity
• Assassin's Creed: Origins
• Assassin's Creed: Odyssey