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- "It's another blade design... for delivering poison!"
- ―Leonardo da Vinci, upon deciphering a Codex page with the blade's design.[src]
The Poison Blade was one of the several upgrades of the Hidden Blade, invented by the Assassin Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad using the Apple of Eden. Based on Altaïr's design in the Codex, it was later crafted by Leonardo da Vinci, for use by Ezio Auditore da Firenze. The weapon was essentially a thin, hollow needle hidden within the blade that could be filled with poison.
Description
Even more inconspicuous than the hidden blade, the poison blade could be used to inject a target with poison, causing them to attack anyone within range, before dying. Due to its delayed reaction, the Assassin was given much more time to escape than when using the hidden blade.[1]
Besides dealing a direct kill to the intended assassination target, the poison blade could also be used as a distraction, as anyone within the immediate area would stop to watch the poisoned victim, creating an assassination opportunity if one of the spectators happened to be a target. Additionally, one could poison someone as a distraction to cover an approach to a restricted area in the same manner.[1]
The poison blade was especially useful when completing Assassination Contracts, as in many cases, targets would either be followed by guards or be in a guarded area.[1]
Poison vials could be bought from a doctor at 175 florins each, and up to five could be initially carried at a time. The maximum number of vials could be increased to ten or fifteen after buying the Medium and Large poison vial upgrades, purchasable from any tailor.[1]
Upgrades
Fast Poison
This upgrade was a more potent poison that could be purchased from doctors after completing their Shop Quest. Fast Poison sent enemies immediately into berserk mode, rather than leaving a delay. This was a more precise, and quicker means of creating a diversion.[2]
Poison Darts
- Main article: Poison darts
Something of a joint upgrade for both the poison blade and the pistol, poison darts allowed one to use the effects of the poison blade from a distance. The upgrade could be purchased from Leonardo, from one of his marked benches situated in various places around Rome.[2]
Efficient Use
- Silent Kill - Guards will not notice the poisoning process, unless it is directly next to them and in their line of sight; though sometimes, even then, they will not notice.
- Attention - Distraction is an important tool to use during missions. If you are looking for a silent approach that smoke bombs cannot provide, and cannot find thieves, mercenaries, or courtesans within the immediate area, the poison blade can be used as an effective substitute. Poisoning anyone within ten meters of a guard's position will cause him, as well as all other guards near him, to move away from their position to where the poisoned victim is standing. Once the victim has drawn their attention, the player can either assassinate the guards and give away his/her position, or silently head on to the objective. It is important to leave the area before the poisoned victim has died, as the guards will start an investigation afterward, and become suspicious of the player if they are in the guards' line of sight.
- Clean Kill - When performing an Assassination Contract, a single target may have at least one guard following close behind them. One can poison the guard and move away into hiding, while the aforementioned guard may inadvertently kill the target for you, eliminating the need to ever come out of hiding after the first poisoning.
Trivia
- In Assassin's Creed II, the "Doctor" achievement can be earned by performing an air assassination on an already poisoned guard.
- If you poison two guards who are close to each other, one may knock the other one out. In this case, the knocked out guard will not die (despite being previously poisoned), but remain unconscious as if he was beaten in a fistfight.
- In the novelization of Assassin's Creed II, the poison blade can be used in combat for an instant kill. In the game, this is not the case, as the target dies slowly and painfully.
- In Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, the poison blade is not visible when unsheathing, aside from when Ezio is in a state of loading (such as when equipping armor or dyeing robes) or within the Animus Virtual Training Program.
- Completing the "Venomous" Shop Quest will unlock Fast Poison, but in the process, will also unlock the (standard) Poison in the "Supplies" Inventory Menu.
- When an archer is poisoned with the regular poison and staggers over the edge of a building, they will not fall, but continue walking. However, once they start attacking, if they get close enough to the edge, they will then fall.
- In the novelization of Assassin's Creed: Revelations the poison blade does not appear at all, though it appears in the game.
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