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In Assassin's Creed II and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, besides the purchasable "regular" weapons and the two-handed weapons such as spears and halberds, Ezio Auditore can also use improvised weapons.

Possible Improvised Weapons

Assassin's Creed II

Brooms
Hoes
Rakes
Fishing poles
Pitchforks
Violins (used by certain Minstrels, only available during Carnevale)
The halves of a broken spear (upper part acts like a sword, lower part like a mace)

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood

Rakes
Brooms
Mallets
Shovels
Pickaxes
Pitchforks
Fishing Poles

Use

The above can be picked up like any other one-handed weapon, after they are dropped by civilians or guards. Civilians will drop what they are carrying once Ezio gently pushes or runs into them, when a fight starts, or if money is thrown near them. The "weapons" are then discarded once a fight is finished, or once Ezio enters a Free Running sequence.

These "weapons" act mainly as hammers or maces, using the same animations and sound effects. They cannot be kept, and their attacks are sometimes nonsensical. For example, Ezio can slice an enemy's throat with a broom after a grab, exactly the way he does with a sword.

Achievements

In Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, the "Spring Cleaning" achievement can be earned by killing a guard with a broom.

Icon	Name	How to obtain	Points	Trophy
	Spring Cleaning	Kill a guard with a broom.	10	Bronze

Videos

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Invisible sword gameplay	Broom gameplay

Trivia

A certain glitch referred to as an "invisible sword" can partially be classified as an improvised weapon. It can be obtained by simply using a spear counter on a two-handed guard, and trying to punch. The invisible sword uses the unarmed slot, swings like a sword when attacking, and allows only instant kills and counters.
Some improvised weapons can be kept with a glitch, but will be lost when going to another city or randomly during excessive combat. To do this, you must have an empty sword sheath, which can be achieved by letting a Brute smash your sword or mace away. Afterwards, simply pick up one of the objects listed above, and you may be able to keep them.
- An alternate way to empty your sword sheath is to go to the Monteriggioni Training Ring and practice "Picking Up Weapons." Ezio's sword will drop out of his scabbard automatically.
Guards can also use these improvised weapons, as long as you disarm them and there is no other weapon available. It's easier to make guards use them during DNA Sequence 1, as guards do not yet have weapons.
When you rescue Bartolomeo d'Alviano in the Assassin's Creed II memory "Caged Fighter", he uses a broom to fight until he picks up a proper weapon from a fallen guard.
The violin sounds like a sword, but acts like a mace.

Assassin's Creed II

Characters

Assassins	Rebecca Crane • Shaun Hastings • Clay Kaczmarek • Desmond Miles • Lucy Stillman \| Antonio de Magianis • Bartolomeo d'Alviano • Ezio Auditore da Firenze • Federico Auditore da Firenze • Giovanni Auditore da Firenze • Maria Auditore da Firenze • Mario Auditore • Niccolò Machiavelli • Paola • Teodora Contanto • La Volpe \| Dante Alighieri • Domenico Auditore • Marco Polo • Renato Auditore \| Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad \| Adam • Eve

Templars	Warren Vidic \| Uberto Alberti • Stefano da Bagnone • Emilio Barbarigo • Marco Barbarigo • Silvio Barbarigo • Bernardo Baroncelli • Rodrigo Borgia • Carlo Grimaldi • Antonio Maffei • Dante Moro • Francesco de' Pazzi • Jacopo de' Pazzi • Vieri de' Pazzi • Francesco Salviati

House of Auditore	Claudia • Ezio • Federico • Giovanni • Maria • Mario • Petruccio \| Domenico • Isabetta • Renato

Isu	Minerva

Others	Annetta • Agostino Barbarigo • Lorenzo de' Medici • Carlotta Moro • Rosa • Girolamo Savonarola • Caterina Sforza • Cristina Vespucci • Alvise da Vilandino • Checco Orsi • Ludovico Orsi • Leonardo da Vinci \| Maria Thorpe

Factions

Assassins (Italian Brotherhood) • Templars (Abstergo Industries | Roman Rite) • Republic of Florence (House of Medici) • Republic of Venice • County of Forlì • Courtesans • Mercenaries • Thieves

Locations

Abstergo laboratory • Hideout | Florence (Oltrarno • San Giovanni • San Marco • Santa Maria Novella) • Monteriggioni (Villa Auditore) • Tuscany (San Gimignano) • Apennine Mountains • Romagna (Forlì) • Venice (Cannaregio • Castello • Dorsoduro • San Marco • San Polo) • Rome (Castel Sant'Angelo • Passetto di Borgo • Sistine Chapel • The Vault) | Acre | Eden

Events

Renaissance (Pazzi conspiracy • Venetian conspiracy • Battle of Forlì • Bonfire of the Vanities • Confrontation in the Vatican)

Terms and concepts

Achievements • Animus • Art merchants • Blacksmiths • Bleeding Effect • Borgia messengers • Codex • Customization • Doctors • Dual-wielding • Eagle Vision • Economic system • Fast travel stations • Feathers • Flying Machine • Glyphs • Guards • Heralds • Memories • Monteriggioni statuettes • Notoriety • Officials • Outfits • Pieces of Eden (Apple of Eden • Papal Staff of Eden) • Secret locations • Swimming • Tailors • First Civilization • The Truth • Uplay • Treasure chests • Viewpoints • Wanted posters

Weapons and tools

Fists/Metal Cestus • Heavy weapons • Hidden Blade (Hidden Gun • Poison Blade) • Improvised weapons • Long weapons • Short blades • Smoke bombs • Swords • Blunt weapons • Throwing knives

DLC

Battle of Forlì • Bonfire of the Vanities

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood

Characters

Assassins	Rebecca Crane • Shaun Hastings • Clay Kaczmarek • Desmond Miles • Lucy Stillman \| Bartolomeo d'Alviano • Claudia Auditore da Firenze • Ezio Auditore da Firenze • Federico Auditore da Firenze • Giovanni Auditore da Firenze • Maria Auditore da Firenze • Mario Auditore • La Volpe • Niccolò Machiavelli

Templars	Warren Vidic \| Cesare Borgia • Juan Borgia the Elder • Lucrezia Borgia • Rodrigo Borgia • Il Carnefice • Micheletto Corella • Gaspar de la Croix • Lanz • Malfatto • Donato Mancini • Auguste Oberlin • Vieri de' Pazzi • Ristoro • Lia de Russo • Silvestro Sabbatini • Octavian de Valois

Isu	Juno

Others	Petruccio Auditore da Firenze • Pantasilea Baglioni • Pietro Rossi • Patrizio • Nicolaus Copernicus • Leonardo da Vinci • Fabio Orsini • Duccio de Luca • Ercole Massimo • Salaì • Caterina Sforza • Manfredo Soderini • Cristina Vespucci

Animi Avatars	Doctor • Courtesan • Executioner • Nobleman • Priest • Prowler • Barber • Engineer • Blacksmith • Captain • Smuggler • Footpad • Mercenary • Harlequin • Hellequin • Officer • Thief • Dama Rossa • Pariah • Marquis • Knight

Factions

Assassins (Guilds • Italian Brotherhood) • Templars (Abstergo Industries | Roman Rite) • Kingdom of France (French Army) • Cento Occhi • Courtesans • Followers of Romulus • Hermeticists • Mercenaries • Thieves

Locations

Monteriggioni (Sanctuary) • Rome (Antico District • Campagna District • Centro District • Vaticano District) • Colli Albani • Naples • Valnerina • Monte Circeo • Viana • Florence • Venice

Events

Renaissance (Siege of Monteriggioni • Liberation of Rome • Search for Cesare Borgia • Siege of Viana)

Terms and concepts

Animus • Achievements • Bleeding Effect • Borgia towers • Cannons • Chase breakers • Codex • Contracts • Customization • Dual-wielding • Eagle Vision • Economic system • Emails (Desmond Miles • Lucy Stillman • Rebecca Crane • Shaun Hastings) • Flying Machine • Heralds • Horses • Lairs of Romulus • Leap of Faith • Memories • Multiplayer • Officials • Outfits • Parachutes • Pieces of Eden (Apple of Eden) • Ranks • Rifts • Social stealth • Viewpoints

Weapons and tools

Blunt weapons • Crossbow • Fists/Metal Cestus • Heavy weapons • Hidden Blade (Hidden Gun • Poison Blade) • Improvised weapons • Long weapons • Poison darts • Short blades • Smoke bombs • Swords • Throwing knives

DLC

Animus Project Update 1.0 • Animus Project Update 2.0 • Animus Project Update 3.0 • Copernicus Conspiracy • The Da Vinci Disappearance

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-In ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'', besides the purchasable "regular" [[weapons]] and the two-handed weapons such as [[spears and halberds]], [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] can also use '''improvised weapons'''. These weapons include:
+In ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'', besides the purchasable "regular" [[weapons]] and the two-handed weapons such as [[spears and halberds]], [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] can also use '''improvised weapons'''.
-==''Assassin's Creed II''==
+==Possible Improvised Weapons==
+===''Assassin's Creed II''===
 *Brooms
 *Hoes
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 *Fishing poles
 *Pitchforks
-*Violins (the stringed instruments that are used by certain Minstrels, only available during [[Carnevale]])
+*Violins (used by certain Minstrels, only available during [[Carnevale]])
-*The parts of a broken spear (upper part acts like a sword, lower part like a mace)
+*The halves of a broken spear (upper part acts like a sword, lower part like a mace)
-*Invisible sword (uses the unarmed slot, swings like a sword when attacking, and allows only instant kills and counters)
-==''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood''==
+===''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood''===
 *Rakes
 *Brooms
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 *Pitchforks
 *Fishing Poles
-*Butcher Knives
-The above can be picked up like one-handed weapons after they are dropped by [[civilians]] or [[guards]]. Civilians will drop what they're carrying once Ezio gently pushes or runs into them, when a fight starts, or if you throw money near them. The "weapons" are then discarded once a fight is finished, or once Ezio enters a [[Free Running]] sequence (note that when you instant kill a civilian carrying such an improper weapon it will disappear, at least most of the time, instant kills are assassinations, bullets, crossbow bolts etc.)
+==Use==
+The above can be picked up like any other one-handed weapon, after they are dropped by [[civilians]] or [[guards]]. Civilians will drop what they are carrying once Ezio gently pushes or runs into them, when a fight starts, or if money is thrown near them. The "weapons" are then discarded once a fight is finished, or once Ezio enters a [[Free Running]] sequence.
-These "weapons" act mainly as hammers or maces, using the same animations and sound effects. They cannot be kept, and their attacks are sometimes nonsensical. For example, Ezio can slice an enemy's throat with a broom after a grab, exactly the way he does with a sword, and the butcher knife uses the sounds and animations of a warhammer (despite the fact that the blade never even touches the enemy).
+These "weapons" act mainly as hammers or maces, using the same animations and sound effects. They cannot be kept, and their attacks are sometimes nonsensical. For example, Ezio can slice an enemy's throat with a broom after a grab, exactly the way he does with a sword.
-To use the invisible sword glitch, simply use a spear counter on a two-handed guard, and try punching, you will notice that Ezio does the sword animation when swinging or blocking.
 ==Achievements==
-In ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'', the "Spring Cleaning" [[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood achievements|achievement]]/trophy can be earned by killing a guard with a broom.
+In ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'', the "Spring Cleaning" [[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood achievements|achievement]] can be earned by killing a guard with a broom.
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 |[[File:Springcleaning.png]]
 !Spring Cleaning
-|Kill a [[Guards|guard]] with a [[Improper Weapons|broom]].
+|Kill a guard with a broom.
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 |Bronze
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 ==Trivia==
-*Some improper weapons CAN be kept with a glitch, but will be lost when going to another city or randomly during excessive combat. To do this, you must have an empty sword sheath, which can be achieved by letting a [[brute]] smash your sword or mace away. Afterwards, simply pick up one of the improper weapons, and you may be able to keep them. ( this goes for ''Assasins Creed II'', for ''Brotherhood'' look in the above section)
+*A certain glitch referred to as an "invisible sword" can partially be classified as an improvised weapon. It can be obtained by simply using a spear counter on a two-handed guard, and trying to punch. The invisible sword uses the unarmed slot, swings like a sword when attacking, and allows only instant kills and counters.
-**An alternate way to empty your sword sheath is to go to the [[Monteriggioni]] Training Ring and practice "Picking Up Weapons." Ezio's sword will immediately drop out of his scabbard automatically.
+*Some improvised weapons can be kept with a glitch, but will be lost when going to another city or randomly during excessive combat. To do this, you must have an empty sword sheath, which can be achieved by letting a [[Brutes|Brute]] smash your sword or mace away. Afterwards, simply pick up one of the objects listed above, and you may be able to keep them.
-*Guards can also use these improvised weapons, as long as you disarm them and there is no other weapon available. They will pick up any improper weapon except the invisible sword (as this is merely a glitch). It's easier to make guards use them during DNA Sequence 1, as guards do not yet have weapons.
+**An alternate way to empty your sword sheath is to go to the [[Monteriggioni]] Training Ring and practice "Picking Up Weapons." Ezio's sword will drop out of his scabbard automatically.
-*When you rescue [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]] in the ''Assassin's Creed II ''memory "[[Caged Fighter|''Caged Fighter'']]", he uses a broom to fight until he picks up a proper weapon from a fallen guard.
+*Guards can also use these improvised weapons, as long as you disarm them and there is no other weapon available. It's easier to make guards use them during DNA Sequence 1, as guards do not yet have weapons.
+*When you rescue [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]] in the ''Assassin's Creed II'' memory "[[Caged Fighter]]", he uses a broom to fight until he picks up a proper weapon from a fallen guard.
 *The violin sounds like a sword, but acts like a mace.