Sword of Altaïr

Real life replica of Altair's sword

Altaïr's personal sword that he uses throughout Assassin's Creed, Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles, and Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines. The blade's hilt is shaped like an eagle's wings, while the blade itself is both long and agile, making it a light and deadly weapon. The sword is apparently the weapon of choice for the guards at Masyaf and available as a weapon in Assassin's Creed II.

Availability

Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles

Altaïr was equipped with his sword even before the events of Assassin's Creed, using it to wipe out platoons of Templars.

Assassin's Creed

Altaïr equipping his sword

Altaïr starts the game with his sword, which he is very skilled with until Al Mualim demotes him to Novice for breaking all three tenets of The Creed and decreases his skill greatly. During his progression back to his former rank, Master Assassin, Altaïr eventually regains his mastery with the sword.

Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines

Altaïr still possesses his sword during the events after Assassin's Creed Bloodlines. In fact, the sword(s) can be found hung in Kantara Castle Great Hall ('The Bull' stage), as ornaments.

Assassin's Creed II

Altaïr's sword is available when the Monteriggioni blacksmith is renovated for 45,000 florins after DNA Sequence 8. The sword is the most powerful melee weapon in the game, as all three stats are maxed out.

Ezio using his ancestor's sword

Trivia

• It is unknown why the sword is available from the Monteriggioni blacksmith since the sword (being Altaïr's personal weapon) should be more likely available once his armor was unlocked, however, a possible cause is that the sword could have been lost along with the Codex, found, and later sold off to the blacksmith.

• The sword in the game is shorter compared to the other longswords Ezio can use; the entire sword being only a little longer than the length of his arm. However, Altaïr's sword is the strongest weapon available.

• Strangely, the Sword of Altaïr is considered the best sword in the second game since in Assassin's Creed, the Syrian sword was the best sword; however, it is not impossible that Altaïr modified the sword using the apple. This is also made further plausible as Altair uses this weapon in Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines as opposed to the Syrian Sword. Another explanation is that Altaïr strengthened the blade with the Apple, like how he made his armor tougher.

• It is interesting to note that in later memory sequences of Assassin's Creed II, if the player has the sword equipped, it is quite possible to be knocked away from Ezio by Brute guards.

• There is a glitch in the Xbox 360 and PS3 version which automatically replaces this sword with the 'Common Sword' in Ezio's inventory. To fix this, you'll have to go to the weapon room in the Villa Auditore and equip the 'Sword of Altaïr' again.