Helmschmied Drachen Armor

"Fashioned by the Helmschmied Armory in 1489, only a few sets were completed due to the weight of the metal."

―Description written in the Animus Outfit menu.

The Helmschmied Drachen Armor is a pre-order bonus for Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. It functions as a cosmetic outfit that has no effect on gameplay.

Availability

Codes unlocking the Helmschmied Drachen Armor were available through any of the following:

• Purchase of the Codex or Auditore Edition of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood.
• Pre-order Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood from Amazon.com, Ubisoft.com, Steam (for the PC version), or Play.com. ^{[citation needed]}
• Purchase of The Da Vinci Disappearance DLC for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.
• Pre-order the Italian edition of Assassin's Creed: The Fall, issue 2.

Appearance

The robes below the waist use the same pattern as Altaïr's outfit from Assassin's Creed, except the Drachen robes are tailored to Ezio's body and have a leather texture rather than cloth. On the waist, the Assassin's emblem is flanked by rows of throwing knife sheathes. The torso is completely covered with stylized metal plates. The upper right arm guard extends higher than the shoulder; the left shoulder omits this for a normal spadula to make room for the cape. The matching bracers of the Drachen Armor do not sport either the Assassin or eagle logo, as Ezio's normal bracers do. Leather gloves are worn on each hand (other outfits have only one or no gloves). The inner collar over Ezio's chest and neck is closed.

The Helmschmied Drachen Armor cannot be dyed. Although the outfit hides the presence of equipped armor and the Climb Leap Glove, these items still function normally.

Bugs

As with other cosmetic outfits in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, the Helmschmied Drachen Armor overrides the outfit Ezio is expected to be wearing in the game. This leads to some bugs:

• The Drachen Armor is visible even when Ezio is supposed to be in disguise as a guard, however, other guards will not notice this change.
• When fighting for florins in the Caserma di Alviano, Ezio normally removes his armor for the fist-fighting. However, if the Drachen Armor is equipped, he remains in the armor instead of changing into shirtless clothing.
• Whenever Ezio removes his hood (such as during cutscenes or at Monteriggioni), the Drachen's hood will remain upright.
• During the Cristina Memories, when wearing the Drachen Armor, Ezio is older and bearded rather than the clean-shaven youth he was in Assassin's Creed II.

Trivia

• "Helmschmied Drachen" is German for "Helmet Smith Dragon". There is also a set of Helmschmied Armor in Assassin's Creed II.
• The Helmschmied armor also appears as a purchasable item in Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy, where its description states that it is "The finest in foreign engineering" and has a price of 200,000 florins.
• Official Concept artwork shows that the robes of the Helmschmied Drachen Armor were planned to be colored white; in-game, the robes are primarily black.

Gallery

• Concept art of the Helmschmied Drachen Armor.
  Concept art of the Helmschmied Drachen Armor.
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  A close-up of the Helmschmied Drachen Armor.
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  Ezio during Cristina memory wearing The Helmschmied Drachen Armor
• Ezio talking to Leonardo with The Helmschmied Drachen Armor
  Ezio talking to Leonardo with The Helmschmied Drachen Armor
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  The Helmschmied Drachen Armor.

thumb|300px|left|In-game video of the Armor.