Throwing knife
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).
Assassin's Creed II
Throwing knives returned in Assassin's Creed 2. 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 the upgrades now.
- 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. Though this player would remind you that Throwing Knives are faster than the gun and reasonably accurate.
- Extra sheathes 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.
- It takes two throwing knives to kill a guard anywhere other then San Gimignano.
- A throwing knife, courtesy of Rodrigo Borgia, nearly killed Giovanni Auditore in Lineage.
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