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"We have many different kinds of bombs here. Some are used tactically to stop chasing guards or manipulate a crowd. Others are used to create diversions, a good way to handle guards before they attack."

―Yusuf Tazim, introducing Ezio to bombs in Constantinople.

A smoke bomb.

Bombs were explosive weapons used by Assassins from as early as the Middle Ages. They could be used for a variety of tactics, including escape, assault and distraction.

Smoke bombs

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Ezio using a smoke bomb to escape.

Smoke bombs were devices that were used more for distraction, rather than offensive purposes. They could be thrown from a distance or dropped on the spot. Using a powder technology from the Far East, the bomb released a thick, grayish smoke screen for a brief time when thrown.

With a smoke bomb device, an Assassin was able to halt any enemy or target, allowing for an easy assassination or escape. This also gave them the capability to strike specific targets, or take down larger groups of enemies without being seen or encountering resistance.

History

Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad had access to smoke bombs during his quest for the Chalice. He could carry up to five of them at a time, though evidently stopped using them after the events at Solomon's Temple.

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A fuse shell used in Constantinople.

Smoke bombs were the only type of bombs that were commonly available to Ezio Auditore up until the 16th century. However, upon traveling to Constantinople during his quest to open Altaïr's library, he gained access to a far more extensive variety of bombs.

During the Renaissance, smoke bombs were disposable, and had to be purchased for 350 florins each. Ezio could carry a maximum of three at once, which he stored in a non-upgradeable pouch.

Ezio also made use of smoke bombs in the city of Rome, though the actual cloud itself was visually a lot smaller than during the previous century. Smoke bombs were also used by Assassin recruits to stun guards once they reached the rank of Veterano (Veteran).

Both the Templars and Assassins were seen using smoke bombs during the American Revoultionary War.

Hand-held bombs

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Ezio uses a bomb to stun several Byzantine guards.

"Quite little bombs, but effective enough to, say, wreck ships or disperse a camp."

―Leonardo da Vinci.

Hand-held bombs were small explosive devices designed and manufactured by Ezio's close friend, Leonardo da Vinci. Consisting of a small, steel ball filled with sulfur, charcoal and potassium nitrate, they also possessed a small fuse which required lighting before the device could be detonated.

History

These bombs were first used against Cesare Borgia's diehards, who had amassed a sizable military force in the city of Valencia.

During the attack on Valencia, Ezio and Niccolò Machiavelli, each equipped with ten hand-held bombs, brought chaos to Cesare's military forces. They destroyed twelve Borgia ships, and an entire military encampment.

As a young privateer and then naval sailor, Piri Reis also used a variety of bombs, having been introduced to them through his uncle Kemal.

Crafting

"Crafting explosives is a new hobby, one we borrowed from the Chinese and have taken to with great passion."

―Yusuf Tazim, speaking of the Turkish Assassins' bomb-crafting.

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Bomb crafting screen.

Upon traveling to Constantinople, Ezio learned from his fellow Assassin Yusuf Tazim how to create a wide range of bombs, with up to 120 variations. In general, they could be divided into three categories: lethal, tactical and diversion.

In order to craft bombs expeditiously whenever they acquired the needed ingredients, Assassins set up bomb-crafting stations throughout Constantinople and Cappadocia. Ezio could also quickly craft additional bombs of the same type he was currently carrying, provided he had the required ingredients, but if he ran out of those ingredients or wished to make a different type of bomb, he would have to return to a bomb-crafting station.

The bombs could be customized based on their different components: casing, gunpowder layer, and effect layer. The casing affected the bomb's structure, while the gunpowder layer defined the properties of the explosion itself, along with the effect layer providing a further result on detonation, such as the scattering of caltrops being one example. Casing determined how the bomb was deployed, gunpowder type determined the strength of the explosion, and effects ingredients determined the effect that the bomb had on those within the blast radius.

Throughout his time in the city, Ezio was able to collect different ingredients for each of these bombs, and could craft up to a maximum of five bombs per pouch. He had three bomb pouches for lethal, tactical, and diversion. He could also buy bombs from black market dealers, or ingredients from Piri Reis's shop in the Grand Bazaar, doctors, and blacksmiths. He also received ingredients from other cities that were liberated from the Templars.

Type	Effect
Caltrop Bombs	Caltrop bombs impeded enemy movement by dispersing small, pointed metal spikes across the ground, rendering its victims vulnerable during combat. They could also be used for halting or slowing enemies during a chase.
Datura Bombs	A lethal explosive designed to slowly poison anyone who breathed in its fumes, Datura bombs instilled a sense of delirium in its victims, due to the use of the petals from the datura plant.
Cherry Bombs	Cherry bombs could lure guards towards a certain area through the use of a loud, high-pitched noise, produced from using sulfur.
Smoke Decoy Bombs	Similar to Cherry bombs, these bombs lured guards to one point by creating the illusion of a fire, but only those who could see its activation. Smoke Decoys required the used of salt of Petra to be created.
Gold Bombs	Filled with pyrite coins, these bombs were used to create distractions by attracting a crowd of civilians who mistook the coins for gold. This would distract guards and occasionally start a brawl when the guards attempted to clear the area.
Splinter Bombs	Used to kill or injure targets upon impact, the Splinter Bomb could dispense with groups of enemies caught in its deadly radius with shrapnel, as well as blow away the cover on wells located around Constantinople.
Thunder Bombs	These bombs were a non-lethal method, filled with coal dust, and used to cripple targets with the force of the explosion only, as well as allowing those wielding them to break apart covers on wells.
Blood Bombs	Once detonated, this bomb released out a splatter of lamb's blood, making nearby individuals believe it to be their own, thereby scaring them away.
Smoke Screen Bomb	A tactical smoke bomb which, when exploded, created a dense, black smoke from phosphorus to daze nearby guards and civilians and block their sight.
Stink Bombs	When detonated, Stink Bombs released a foul odor, derived from skunk oil, that repelled any and all of those who came too close.

Trivia

Assassin's Creed II

• The smoke bomb pouch is labelled as "small", despite not having any upgrades available for it, where other pouches labelled the same way had medium and larger variants.
• In the memory "Cheaters Never Prosper," the three guards and Dante Moro are immune to smoke bombs.
• While looting Brutes, there is a high chance of obtaining smoke bombs.
• Smoke bombs are helpful for earning the achievements "No Hitter", "Messer Sandman," and "Sweeper."

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood

• The smoke bomb appears as a multiplayer ability.
• There seems to be a small spark of light when a smoke bomb is deployed, unlike in Assassin's Creed II, where there is no spark.
• One BAM (Brotherhood Assist Move) has the Assassins throw numerous smoke bombs around Ezio before descending to aid him.
• The player may lock onto a far-off NPC, before pressing the "throw bomb" button to throw the smoke bomb from a distance.
• Papal guards are immune to the effects of smoke bombs if not taken by surprise, i.e. in combat.
• Cesare Borgia and pickpockets are completely immune to Smoke Bombs.

Assassin's Creed: Revelations

Pyromaniac Achievement Icon

• The achievement "Pyromaniac" can be earned when a player completes all of the Bomb missions for Piri Reis.
• Ezio can add an extra space for bombs in each of his pouches by completing Piri Reis' bomb challenges. However, a fifth bomb in each pouch can only be acquired if the player pre-ordered the Signature Edition or Animus Edition of the game, or has purchased The Lost Archive DLC.
• By highlighting a bomb in the Weapon selection menu, Ezio can recreate a bomb, provided he has the ingredients to construct it.
  • This ability can be performed for the first time after Ezio is given a Cherry bomb by Yusuf during the On The Attack memory, although he had not learned how to craft bombs at that point.
• Rooftop guards in Assassin's Creed: Revelations possess the ability to use Thunder bombs.
• Both Smoke bombs and Tripwire bombs exist as Multiplayer abilities in Revelations.
• In all the cinematics, bombs given to Ezio are always displayed as having terracotta shell whether it is a tripwire bomb, a fuse bomb or a sticky bomb (with the exception of the Piri Reis tutorial on tripwire bombs.)

Others

• In Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy, smoke bombs require the reagents of gunpowder and sugar to be crafted.

Gallery

• Ezio at a bomb crafting station.
  Ezio at a bomb crafting station.
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  Ezio setting a tripwire bomb.
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  Bomb crafting.
• Ezio trying to distract a guard using a bomb.
  Ezio trying to distract a guard using a bomb.
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  Crafting a sticky bomb.
• Crafting a tripwire bomb.
  Crafting a tripwire bomb.
• Concept art of the four main types of bombs in Revelations.
  Concept art of the four main types of bombs in Revelations.
• Concept art for the detail on a fuse shell.
  Concept art for the detail on a fuse shell.

References

Grenades

Grenades were explosive, projectile weapons that were used by the French-African Assassin Aveline de Grandpré.

During the American Revolutionary War, Jägers and Grenadiers from both sides of the conflict also utilized them.

References

• Game Informer - Assassin's Creed III: Liberation

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A typical Caltrop bomb.

Caltrop bombs were bombs that were used by the Ottoman Assassins, which impeded enemy movement via the dispersal of small spikes across the ground, rendering their victims vulnerable during a fight. They could be crafted using any bomb shell or gunpowder type, combined with the caltrops ingredient.

Description

Caltrops were small metal objects with three or more spikes, which were arranged in such a way that at least one of the spikes would always face upwards when they landed on the ground. As such, the bombs used the force of the explosion to disperse these spikes across the blast radius, and anyone who stepped onto them was incapacitated due to the barbed spikes digging into their feet.

With this in mind, Ezio Auditore da Firenze used Caltrop bombs to escape pursuers, or to impede the movement of his enemies when he was outnumbered.

Trivia

• Ezio was immune to the effects of his Caltrop bombs, presumably since he avoided stepping on them, which allowed him to easily defeat or escape enemies.

Mouse Trap Achievement Icon

• The achievement Mouse Trap could be earned by using a Caltrop bomb to halt a total of 5 guards, before killing them with a scaffold by destroying it with the Hookblade.
• In a Den Defense, Assassins which used Caltrop bombs were one of the units that Ezio could deploy. When they caught a Templar with their bombs, it only did a small amount of damage, but it slowed their targets' movement speed significantly, allowing other units to make quick work of them.
  • Despite this, the Templars' heavy siege weapon was immune to these bombs.

Gallery

• The variation of Caltrop bombs, each possessing a different bomb shell.
  The variation of Caltrop bombs, each possessing a different bomb shell.

References

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A typical datura bomb.

Ezio: "What about these poison bombs? How lethal are they?"

Piri: "Quite lethal, dostum (my friend). We distill our poison from the datura plant. A pretty little flower with a deadly secret. This one kills... slowly but surely. Be very careful, for your sake and for others'."

—Piri Reis to Ezio, about datura bombs.

Datura bombs were one of the many bombs that could be crafted by Ezio Auditore da Firenze during his time in Constantinople.

Using a casing filled with gunpowder and datura powder, the bomb would disperse toxic gas upon exploding, poisoning any nearby guards or civilians.

Description

Datura bombs contained a powerful poison, distilled from the datura plant, which could kill anyone who inhaled it in large enough quantities.

The bomb used the explosive force of the blast to disperse the poison cloud around intended targets, however the bombs could be dangerous to any nearby civilians or even the user themself, so care had to be taken.

Trivia

• Almogavars had a special weakness to datura bombs.
• An achievement named "Mosh Pit" could be unlocked by poisoning ten or more guards with one datura bomb.

Gallery

• The different casings of datura bombs.
  The different casings of datura bombs.

Reference

• Assassin's Creed: Revelations

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A typical cherry bomb.

"These do not obscure, they distract."

―Yusuf Tazim showing Ezio the cherry bomb.

Cherry bombs were explosives that could be utilized by Ezio Auditore and the Ottoman Assassins, which detonated with a very loud bang, luring every guard within earshot. It could be crafted using any shell or gunpowder type combined with the sulfur effect.

Description

Ezio: "I need a simple but effective means of distraction."

Piri: "Then this is the bomb for you. It gives a nice loud burst, luring all soldiers within earshot right to the source. Have fun."

—Piri Reis describing a Cherry Bomb to Ezio

As the cherry bomb contained sulfur, it would exploded with a loud bang when ignited, to which the noise attracted any guards within earshot. If one was detonated in the correct place, it could also be used to create a conflict between Ottoman and Byzantine patrols. As such, the Assassins used this to great effect, to create distractions, cover their infiltration or to escape.

One notable instance in which the cherry bomb was used was when the Italian Mentor, Ezio Auditore, utilized the bomb to get past a guard patrol with Yusuf Tazim, as the two attempted to recoup the Grand Bazaar Assassin Den from Templar control.

Gallery

• The different casings of cherry bombs.
  The different casings of cherry bombs.

Reference

• Assassin's Creed: Revelations

"You must know the old saying, where there is smoke, there is fire? These bombs play off that idea, creating a thick plume of smoke to trick city guards into believing a fire has started. These bombs are quiet, however, so only those who see the smoke will be lured away."

―Piri Reis, describing a smoke decoy bomb to Ezio Auditore.

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A smoke decoy bomb.

Similar to cherry bombs, smoke decoy bombs were explosives that could be used by Ezio Auditore and the Ottoman Assassins, which lured guards away by creating the illusion of a fire. They were silent however, so only those who saw the fire were distracted.

Description

Smoke decoy bombs could be crafted by combining salt of Petra with any gunpowder and casing type.

On detonation, these bombs released a thick plume of smoke, tricking guards into believing that a fire had started. However, they were only effective if the bomb detonated within a guard's visual range.

Trivia

• Ezio referred to the bomb as a "smoke signal bomb" as opposed to a "smoke decoy bomb" when he asked Piri Reis about it in the memory "Piri Reis: Smoke Decoy".

Gallery

• The four different casings of smoke decoy bombs.
  The four different casings of smoke decoy bombs.

Reference

• Assassin's Creed: Revelations

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A typical Gold Bomb.

The Gold Bomb dispersed chunks of glittering pyrite coins, attracting hoards of scrounging citizens who would become aggressive towards any guard who approached them (an effect similar to throwing coins in a crowded area). It could be crafted using any shell or gunpowder type, combined with the pyrite coins.

The Shapes of the Gold Bombs

Reference

• Assassin's Creed: Revelations

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A typical Splinter Bomb.

The Splinter Bomb killed or injured by dispersing deadly shrapnel with its explosion. It could be crafted using any shell or gunpowder type combined with the shrapnel effect. It could also be obtained by looting Janissary corpses.

It was highly effective in direct confrontations, as the detonation of even one such bomb could kill anyone within its radius, including even the heavily armored Almogavars and Janissaries. However, due to its indiscriminate nature, civilian casualties were a very real possibility when they were present.

It was one of two types of bombs that could open up sealed wells, the other being the Thunder Bombs.

The Shapes of the Splinter Bombs

Reference

• Assassin's Creed: Revelations

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A typical Thunder Bomb.

The Thunder bomb crippled or injured foes with an intense explosive force. It could be crafted using any shell or gunpowder type combined with the coal dust effect. It was also wielded by Byzantine and Ottoman bombmen.

Description

The Thunder Bomb contained Coal Dust which increased the force of the blast. The bomb crippled any weak or unarmored victims, but only momentarily stunned stronger and heavily armored enemies.

It was highly useful for stunning enemies, opening them up for a follow-up attack. However, it was less effective for direct killing. This did reduce the chance of civilian casualties when they were present.

It was one of two types of bombs that could open up sealed wells, the other being the Splinter Bombs.

The Shapes of the Thunder Bombs

Reference

• Assassin's Creed: Revelations

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A typical Blood Bomb.

The Blood Bomb scattered a thick spray of blood over its victims, stunning them briefly with the fear that they had just been badly injured. This bomb could be crafted using any shell or gunpowder type combined with the lamb's blood ingredient at bomb-crafting stations.

Description

The Blood Bomb contained lambs' blood. It used the force of the blast to disperse this blood over a space determined by the kind of powder used. Anybody caught in the blast was covered and thought that he or she was badly injured, due to the loud sounds and red stains on their clothes. This bomb could be used to stop pursuers and stun combatants, leaving them open for attack or for an escape. Alternatively, it could be used to create a distraction, as exploding the bomb on the ground created a pool of blood, which any guard would investigate.

Gallery

• Variants of the Blood Bombs.
  Variants of the Blood Bombs.

Reference

• Assassin's Creed: Revelations

Piri: "Ah! Turkish smoke bombs. Are you curious to try a few?"

Ezio: "Should I? I have used smoke bombs before, with varying results."

Piri: "But not like ours. We have a special recipe for deep, dark clouds. Throw one of these and your eyes are useless. You must rely on your hearing, and... any other senses you may have cultivated."

—Piri Reis, describing a smoke screen bomb to Ezio.

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A typical Smoke Screen bomb.

Smoke screen bombs were tactical explosives that were used by the Assassins during the Renaissance, both in Italy and Constantinople. In Italy, they were purchasable from blacksmiths, whereas in Constantinople, smoke screen bombs were required to be crafted using any shell or gunpowder type combined with the phosphorus effect. Accompanying this, they could also be obtained by looting the corpses of Varangian guards.

Description

Smoke screen bombs used in Constantinople released a thick, dark cloud of smoke, obscuring the vision of those trapped in its radius. Its effect was so great that those inside the smoke screen had to rely completely on their hearing whilst the smoke covered them. It also blinded the vision of Ezio as well, forcing him to use Eagle Sense in order to "see" inside the cloud of smoke.

It was a highly effective bomb, both at breaking pursuit and disabling any guards, without risking civilian casualties. It did not, however, last for very long, allowing the guards outside its radius (while still unable to pass through) to be capable of attacking.

After advancing enough through the ranks of the Assassin Order, certain Assassin apprentices were also able to equip themselves with the bombs.

History

In 1478, Ezio travelled to San Gimignano to assassinate the remaining Pazzi conspirators, and in particular, Stefano da Bagnone. Upon reaching the abbey where he was located, one of Mario Auditore's mercenaries provided Ezio with a smoke bomb to use upon escape. From there on, smoke bombs were able to be purchased from blacksmiths.

In Rome, during the 16th century, smoke bombs were also able to be purchased from blacksmiths for 350ƒ each, however, only after the smoke bomb pouch was purchased from a tailor for 9500ƒ. This allowed Ezio to carry a total of three smoke bombs at a time.

Main article: Piri Reis: Smoke Screen

In Constantinople, smoke screen bombs were crafted instead, using an ingredient called phosphorus. Upon speaking to Piri Reis about the bomb, he explained to Ezio on how to use the new explosive. To allow him to try the bomb for himself, Piri sent Ezio on a mission in which the Assassin used the smoke screen bomb to infiltrate a church courtyard and steal the bomb ingredients stored there.

Trivia

I Can See You Achievement Icon

• The achievement "I can see you" was achieved by killing 5 guards, while they were caught in the effects of the smoke screen bomb.
• During Abstergo Industries' Animi Training Program – and by extension, the Animus games console by Abstergo Entertainment – smoke screen bombs were used by Abstergo's recruits and the game's audience to stun enemies and prevent attacks.

Gallery

• The variants of the smoke screen bomb.
  The variants of the smoke screen bomb.
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  A smoke bomb from Italy.

References

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A typical Stink Bomb.

The Stink Bomb drenched its victims with a foul odor, repelling all those who come too close. Useful for separating a marked target from innocent crowds, it could be crafted by using any shell and gunpowder type combined with the Skunk oil ingredient.

The Shapes of the Thunder Bombs

Reference

• Assassin's Creed: Revelations