Throwing knife

Throwing Knives in Assassin's Creed.

Throwing Knives are weapons that the Assassins can throw at enemies, injuring or taking them out from a distance.

Assassin's Creed

In Assassin's Creed, the throwing knives are first available at rank 3. The knives seem to be one of the most powerful weapons (after the hidden blade), and unless the enemy is a Templar or a boss character, they generally kill with one hit. When Altaïr runs out of knives, he can get more by either pickpocketing them from thugs (earning five knives), by defeating thugs in a fistfight (only one knife, zero if a blade is used), or by returning to either an Assassins' Bureau or Masyaf (maximizes knife count).

The maximum amount of knives Altaïr can hold increases at certain ranks. After first becoming available at rank 3, at which point the knife capacity is five, Altaïr gets extra Knife Belts at ranks 7 and 10, increasing the capacity to ten and fifteen respectively. Each set of knives are sheathed at his waist, left boot, and right shoulder. The best way to examine them is with the Altair action figure from NECA, which you can remove them, and study them.

Achievement

On the Xbox 360 version you can get an achievement by killing 75 guards with Throwing Knives.

Icon	Name	Description	Points	Secret?
	Eagle's Eye	Kill 75 guards with Throwing Knives.	15	No

Assassin's Creed II

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A Renaissance era throwing knife

Throwing Knives return in Assassin's Creed II, though the damage for each knife has been scaled down. This is likely to balance gameplay due to the introduction of the Hidden Gun, as well as to account for the fact that Ezio can hold up to twenty-five of them, once all of the upgrades have been purchased.

Throwing Knives cost 50 florins each, and can be bought from Blacksmiths. Since these are very cheap and can be bought at any Blacksmith, try to use the knives as much as possible before acquiring the Hidden Gun.

Compared to the Hidden Gun, the Throwing Knives are reasonably more accurate, as well as quicker to throw, at the cost of power.

Extra sheaths for throwing knives can be purchased at Tailor shops. Up to 20 knives can be carried through upgrades. An additional 5 slots can be purchased through Uplay for 20 Uplay points.

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Ezio about to throw a knife at Girolamo Savonarola.

The special attack of the throwing knife may be learned from the training instructor in Monteriggioni. The special attack allows Ezio to throw three knives at once, effectively dispatching up to three enemies. This is, for whatever reason, an instant kill on all guards, even Brutes. A viable explanation would be that Ezio would need time to pinpoint and hit an enemies' vital points, thus keep in mind that it takes longer to target multiple enemies. Ezio must also be engaged in a battle in order to use this ability.

It takes two throwing knives to kill a guard who is watching you, but only one to kill a guard to whom you are invisible; except in Venice, where it takes two knives regardless of whether or not you are visible to them.

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood

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Throwing knives in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood

Throwing knives are also available in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. Ezio is now able to throw multiple knives at enemies (similarly to the special attack in Assassin's Creed II) even when he is not engaged in battle. He will throw the amount of throwing knives as the enemies in range (which may be from one to three guards). When fully charged, all knives that hit (whether one or more knives were thrown) will always kill guards instantly. As such, a single, simply thrown knife does not cause enough damage to kill a target.

Furthermore, Ezio is able to throw knives while he has the short blade equipped, much like Altaïr could in Assassin's Creed. This allows for quick use of the throwing knives outside of combat, and easier and faster kills inside of combat.

Throwing Knives can also be considered obsolete as a stealth weapon, due to the introduction of the Crossbow, which possesses a longer range, and is equally silent. However, the knives are still best when Ezio needs to kill multiple foes at a distance.

Throwing knives also serve as an ability for multiplayer characters, though they are always non-lethal, and can only be used to temporarily slow down an opponent.

Trivia

• In Assassin's Creed, during the Animus loading sequence, you are able to select the throwing knives and throw an infinite number of them.
• In Assassin's Creed, knives can only be used to stun or injure escaping assassination targets.
• A throwing knife, courtesy of Rodrigo Borgia, nearly killed Giovanni Auditore in Assassin's Creed: Lineage.
• Giovanni Auditore only carried two throwing knives, on his chest, and it is unexplained as to whether this was due to his own preference or to his skill (or lack thereof) with the weapon.
• In Assassin's Creed II, when not locked on, Ezio will throw a knife in the last direction he walked to. Certain targets will not run unless Ezio enters a certain zone around the targets. If Ezio remains out of this zone and a player throws knives using the described method, he can easily kill them.
• There is an interesting glitch in Assassin's Creed II that can be performed using the throwing knives' special attack. While moving on a rooftop or a ledge that Ezio can peer down by bumping up against the edge, equip the throwing knives and hold down the weapon hand button. Ezio will keep walking in the direction he was facing when you first pressed the button, and will maintain his current speed and elevation above ground level. Several Youtube videos have been made giving instructions on how to get this result, though most of them state that the glitch (along with the flying-jump-Ezio glitch) has since been patched.
• In Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, regardless of the throwing knife capacity of the knife belt, there is no visible knife belt present. The knife belt only appears when the character is in a state of loading (such as when Ezio glows white during an armor switch or clothes dyeing) or within the Animus Virtual Training Program.
• In all Assassin's Creed games, the throwing knife is oddly thrown. The normal method is to hold the knife by the blade, by the shoulder and to release when making a quick downward motion. However, in Assassin's Creed, the throwing knives are thrown from the hip, from right to left.

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