Armor

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This article is about the armor that is used in the Assassin's Creed series.

Assassin's Creed

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Altaïr

In the first Assassin's Creed game, Altaïr does not wear any actual metal armor underneath his robes. Instead of actual armor, whenever he gains a Rank, he becomes more tolerant to damage. Altaïr can take great amounts of damage without dying, because of Synchronization; Desmond, in the Animus, takes the "damage". The "real" Altaïr may have been too great a fighter to take any damage. On the other hand, Abstergo was only interested in the Pieces of Eden and thus would skip over certain combat elements in the first game, like the absence of medicine or currency. So, when Desmond in the Animus takes damage, he loses Synchronization with the actual events.

Other Characters

Armour does appear on other characters in the game, and there are differences in the styles worn by guards in each city. The guards in Damascus can be found in either lamellar, likely leather, or ringmail armor. Guards in Acre can be found in brigantine armor and chain mail, some complete with coifs. Guards in Jerusalem are often found wearing scale or splintmail. Each of these guard types can be found in the Kingdom near their respective cities. The Knights Templar uniformly wear full suits of chain mail covered in a white tabbard with a red steel helm covering their face.

Assassin's Creed II

Ezio

Ezio can purchase different types of armor from blacksmiths throughout the game's various cities. He can purchase chest armor, greaves, spaulders, pauldrons (bracers), and gauntlets.

Armor name	Available	Cost
Leather Greaves	Sequence 03	1,200f
Leather Vambraces	Sequence 04	1,100f
Leather Chest Guard	Sequence 03	4,600f
Leather Spaulders	Sequence 01	2,300f
Helmschmied Greaves	Sequence 03	5,200f
Helmschmied Vambraces	Sequence 05	2,900f
Helmschmied Chest Guard	Sequence 05	10,800f
Helmschmied Spaulders	Sequence 04	6,200f
Metal Greaves	Sequence 04	7,200f
Metal Vambraces	Sequence 06	6,300f
Metal Chest Guard	Sequence 07	17,200f
Metal Pauldrons	Sequence 07	12,000f
Missaglias Greaves	Sequence 08	14,600f
Missaglias Vambraces	Sequence 09	12,000f
Missaglias Chest Guard	Sequence 09	27,900f
Missaglias Pauldrons	Sequence 10	21,300f
Vambraces of Altairs	Quest	Unlockable
Greaves of Altairs	Quest	Unlockable
Pauldrons of Altairs	Quest	Unlockable
Chest Guard of Altairs	Quest	Unlockable

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Leather Armor is the first available armor and provides health bonuses but no resistance bonuses. Later, he can purchase Helmschmied, a variant of leather with metal inlays; Lightweight Metal Armor; and Missaglias, a stylized metallic armor. Each armor after leather offers health bonuses and resistance bonuses. Armor can be damaged though so it's necessary to repair it at blacksmiths regularly.

The player is also able to unlock a unique and special set of Altaïr's Armor by collecting Assassin's Seals from different Assassins' Tombs. After finding and placing all 6 Assassin's Seals in the Sanctuary, Ezio unlocks Altair's armor. It consists of black clothing with specially made armor integrated into it, akin to the mythical properties of the Golden Fleece. As such, the armor never needs to be repaired. When dyed by the player, all that changes is the inside color of the armor. Page 19 of Altair's Codex reveals that the only suit made was owned and/or created by Altaïr, who destroyed the written formula out of fear for the armor becoming widely used, either by friend or foe alike.

Other Characters

All types of soldiers in Assassin's Creed II are armored: some regular soldiers, some archers, the "paranoid" Seekers, even the fast moving "Agiles" and of course the heavily equipped "Brutes". "Elite" soldiers have more and better armor than regular soldiers, which makes them more resistant to Ezio's attacks and counter-attacks.