Armor of Altaïr

This article is about Altaïr's armor set. You may be looking for Altaïr's robes.

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Ezio, wearing Altaïr's armor.

"It is possessed of great strength, yet so light to allow complete freedom..."

―Altaïr's description of the armor in Codex page 19.

The armor of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad was an unbreakable set of armor, usable in Assassin's Creed II and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood.

History

Following the death of Al Mualim, Altaïr adopted the rank of Grand Master, eventually constructing an unbreakable set of armored robes; he chronicled its creation in his fabled Codex, wherein he admitted to discovering the properties of a new metal, from which the armor was created.

Following his death, Altaïr's armor was stored inside a vault below the Villa Auditore, and locked behind bars that only opened when all six seals from hidden Assassin's Tombs were collected and placed on their respective statues. In Altaïr's Codex, he claimed to have created a new metal that was incredibly strong, whilst also being light as a feather. In contrast to his older robes, Altaïr's armor was black, in line with the traditional color of the Grand Masters' robes.

At some point following his time in Italy, Ezio Auditore, a descendant of Altaïr and an Assassin in his own right, managed to uncover the six Assassin seals, and claimed the robes as his own. He would eventually wear this set of robes during his confrontation with Rodrigo Borgia in Rome.

Following this, Ezio returned to Monteriggioni and gave the armor a place of pride in his bed chamber. However, with the outbreak of the Siege of Monteriggioni, the armor was struck by a cannonball, and Ezio didn't have enough time to retrieve it during the attack. However, when Desmond Miles first enters the sanctuary he encounters the ghost of an aged Ezio, wearing the armor, due to the bleeding effect which may mean that Ezio returns to the sanctuary years later. At the end of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Dev Diary #2, it is shown that Ezio is fighting Cesare in Spain with the armor on. Later, it's revealed that the armor would only be used during the beginning of Brotherhood, while escaping with Mario from the Vatican. In Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, the Armor of Altaïr can be obtained for twenty Uplay points.

Armor stats

Armor Piece	Health	Resistance
Pauldrons of Altaïr	4	8 (Unbreakable)
Chest Guard of Altaïr	6	8 (Unbreakable)
Vambraces of Altaïr	2	8 (Unbreakable)
Greaves of Altaïr	3	8 (Unbreakable)

Trivia

• According to a piece of concept art, it seems that the armor was intended to be an invention by Leonardo da Vinci before being a creation of Altaïr.
• While wearing the armor the hood is never down during cut-scenes where it would normally be down if wearing Giovanni's assassin robes due to the pauldrons going on the hood.
• The cloak for Altaïr's armor, in addition to being black, is much longer than the one Ezio would wear with the other armors, and made up of three layers. Each layer is longer than the one above it, and the longest, lower layer is segmented, which gives the whole piece a look resembling Eagle's Wings. The back of the lower layer is also split down the middle, making it behave much like Altaïr's cloak from the original game, where each side would move up and down as the back of Altaïr's legs pushed against them.
• Altaïr's armor, unlike other armors in the game, can only be worn as a full set.
• The robes under the armor cannot be dyed.
• Though it is not mandatory to complete the 6 tombs, the player must get all the seals to get full synchronization.
• Altaïr's Armor has 25 health diamonds, as does the Armor of Brutus, its spiritual successor in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood.