Throwing knife

Throwing Knives in Assassin's Creed.

Throwing Knives are weapons that the Assassins can throw at the enemies, taking them out from a distance.

Assassin's Creed

In Assassin's Creed, the Throwing Knives are first available at level 4. The knives seem to be one of the most powerful weapons (after the hidden blade) and unless the enemy is a Templar or a boss character, they generally kill with one hit. When Altaïr runs out of knives, he can get more by either pickpocketing them from thugs (earns 5 knives), by killing thugs in a fistfight (only 1 knife, zero if a blade is used), or by returning to either an Assassins Bureau or Masyaf (maximizes knife count).

The maximum amount of knives Altaïr can hold increases at certain ranks. After first becoming available at rank 4, at which point the knife capacity is 5, Altaïr gets extra Knife Belts at ranks 7 and 10, increasing the capacity to 10 and 15 (respectively).

Achievement

On the Xbox 360 version you can get an achievement by kill 75 guards with Throwing Knives.

Icon	Name	Description	Points	Secret?
	Eagle's Eye	Kill 75 guards with Throwing Knives.	15	No

Assassin's Creed II

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Throwing Knives in Assassin's Creed II.

Throwing Knives return in Assassin's Creed II. The damage for each knife has been scaled down to balance gameplay due to the introduction of the Hidden Gun, and possibly as well to account for the fact that Ezio can hold up to 25 of them once you've purchased all of the upgrades.

• Throwing Knives cost 50 florins each, and can be bought at the Blacksmith's. Since these are very cheap and can be bought at any blacksmith, try to use the knives as much as possible before acquiring the Hidden Gun.
• Compared to the Hidden Gun, the Throwing Knives are reasonably more accurate, as well as quicker to throw, at the cost of power.
• Extra sheaths for throwing knives can be purchased at tailor shops. Up to 20 knives can be carried through upgrades. An additional 5 slots can be purchased through Uplay.
• The special attack of the throwing knife is to throw up three at once, effectively dispatching up to three enemies; this is, for whatever reason, an instant kill on ALL guards, even Brutes. Though a viable explanation would be that Ezio would need time to pinpoint and hit an enemies' vital points. Keep in mind that it takes time to target all three enemies. Although Ezio has to be engaged in a battle in order to use this ability.
• It takes two throwing knives to kill a guard who is watching you, but only one to kill a guard to whom you are invisible, except in Venice, where it takes two knifes regardless of whether or not you are visible to them.
• There is an interesting glitch that can be performed using the throwing knives' special attack: While moving on a rooftop or some other place with a ledge that Ezio can 'look down' by bumping up against the edge, equip the throwing knives and hold down the 'weapon hand' button. Ezio will keep walking in the direction he was facing when you first pressed the button and will maintain his current speed and elevation above ground level. Several youtube videos have been made giving instructions on how to get this result, though most of them state that the glitch (along with another, perhaps unique, 'flying-jump-Ezio' glitch) has since been patched.

Trivia

• A throwing knife, courtesy of Rodrigo Borgia, nearly killed Giovanni Auditore in Assassin's Creed: Lineage.
• Giovanni Auditore only carried two throwing knives, on his chest, and it is unexplained as to whether this was due to his own preference or to his skill (or lack thereof) with the weapon.