Gondola

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Ezio rowing across the Canal Grande on a gondola.

A gondola was a type of small boat used throughout Italy, most popularly on the island city of Venice. They were one of the vehicles available for use by the Assassin Ezio Auditore during the Renaissance. The gondola was designed with a longer left-hand side, which allowed gondoliers to row it without changing the side the oar was on.

Recorded Use

In 1481, Ezio Auditore ensured the safety of Rosa's gondola – being piloted by Ugo – which was en route to the Venetian Thieves' Guild after her leg was hit by an arrow. During this time, the Assassin was tasked with eliminating multiple archers along the canals and the outskirts of the city.

Trivia

• Gondolas could be found in all of the cities of Assassin's Creed II and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood which possessed a large quantity of water.
• There were some gondolas covered with cloth, though Ezio could not use them to move around. However, they can be looted by the Assassin for some florins, though the money received was significantly less than what he would gain from a treasure chest. Also, with each city that had gondolas, the cloth that covered them were dyed differently; in Florence it was red, in Venice it was blue, and in Forlì it was green.
• A second, more opulent gondola model was used in a memory in Venice, though it only appeared once.
• If Ezio got onto an occupied gondola, the person rowing it will automatically jump off and drown. Interestingly, the bodies of drowned gondoliers never appeared above the water, or as silhouettes underneath it, unlike the bodies of soldiers or civilians that fell into the water.
  • It was possible to glitch a gondolier by dropping onto the boat from a building and landing directly behind the gondolier. The boat would stop moving, and Ezio could steer as normal, but until he left the boat and got back on, the gondolier would continue to row along, blissfully unaware of his presence.
• Grabbing onto the front, notched portion of the gondola would allow Ezio to ride along with the gondolier, without them jumping off.
• Ezio could fall from any height onto a gondola, as long as he was not diving, and not take any damage as a result.
• The controls of the Naval Cannon were very similar to that of the gondola, with the only difference being that in the Naval Cannon, Ezio could switch between rowing and firing the cannon.

Gallery

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  Gondola concept illustrations.
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  Concept art for Carnevale, with gondolas included.
• Ezio rides a gondola underneath a bridge at night.
  Ezio rides a gondola underneath a bridge at night.