Bomb

"We have many different kinds of bombs here. Some are used tactically to stop chasing guards or manipulate a crowd. Others are used to create diversions, a good way to handle guards before they attack."

- Yusuf Tazim, introducing Ezio to bombs in Constantinople.



Bombs were explosive weapons used by Assassins from as early as the Middle Ages. They could be used for a variety of tactics, including escape, assault and distraction.

Smoke bombs
Smoke bombs were devices that were used more for distraction, rather than offensive purposes. Using a powder technology from the Far East, the bomb released a thick, grayish smoke screen for around eight seconds when thrown.

With a smoke bomb device, an Assassin was able to halt any enemy or target, allowing for an easy assassination or escape. This also gave them the capability to strike specific targets, or take down larger groups of enemies without being seen or encountering resistance.

History
Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad had access to smoke bombs during his quest for the Chalice. He could carry up to five of them at a time, though evidently stopped using them after the events at Solomon's Temple.

Smoke bombs were the only type of bombs that were commonly available to Ezio Auditore up until the 16th century. However, upon traveling to Constantinople during his quest to open Altaïr's library, he gained access to a far more extensive choice of bombs.

During the Renaissance, smoke bombs were disposable, and had to be purchased for 350 florins each. Ezio could carry a maximum of three at once, which he stored in a non-upgradeable pouch.

Ezio also made use of smoke bombs in the city of Rome, though the actual cloud itself was visually a lot smaller than during the previous century. Smoke bombs were also used by Assassin recruits to stun guards once they reached the rank of Veterano (Veteran).

Connor Kenway also used smoke bombs during the American Revolutionary War.

Hand-held bombs
"Quite little bombs, but effective enough to, say, wreck ships or disperse a camp."

- Leonardo da Vinci.

Hand-held bombs were small explosive devices designed and manufactured by Ezio's close friend, Leonardo da Vinci. Consisting of a small, steel ball filled with sulfur, charcoal and potassium nitrate, they also possessed a small fuse which required lighting before the device could be detonated.

History
These bombs were first used against Cesare Borgia's diehards, who had amassed a sizable military force in the city of Valencia.

During the attack on Valencia, Ezio and Niccolò Machiavelli, each equipped with ten hand-held bombs, brought chaos to Cesare's military forces. They destroyed twelve Borgia ships, and an entire military encampment.

As a young privateer and then naval sailor, Piri Reis also used a variety of bombs, having been introduced to them through his uncle Kemal.

Crafting
"Crafting explosives is a new hobby, one we borrowed from the Chinese and have taken to with great passion."

- Yusuf Tazim, speaking of the Turkish Assassins' bomb-crafting.

Upon traveling to Constantinople, Ezio learned from his fellow Assassin Yusuf Tazim on how to create a wide range of bombs, with up to 120 variations. In general, they could be divided into three categories: lethal, tactical and diversion.

In order to use bombs efficiently, Assassins had set up bomb-crafting stations throughout Constantinople and Cappadocia, in order to be able to craft them whenever they came across the ingredients they needed to do so. Ezio could also quickly re-craft bombs until he had none left, where he would have to return to a bomb-crafting station to make one.

The bombs could be customized based on their different components: casing, gunpowder layer, and effect layer. The casing affected the bomb's structure, while the gunpowder layer defined the properties of the explosion itself, along with the effect layer providing a further result on detonation, such as the scattering of caltrops being one example.

Throughout his time in the city, Ezio was able to collect different resources for each of these bombs, and could craft up to a maximum of five bombs per pouch. He could also buy bombs from black market dealers, or ingredients from Reis's shop in the Grand Bazaar, doctors, blacksmiths and other cities that were liberated from the Templars.

Trivia
Assassin's Creed II
 * The smoke bomb pouch is labelled as "small", despite not having any upgrades available for it, where other pouches labelled the same way had medium and larger variants.
 * In the memory "Cheaters Never Prosper," the three guards and Dante Moro are immune to smoke bombs.
 * While looting Brutes, there is a high chance of obtaining smoke bombs.
 * Smoke bombs are helpful for earning the achievements "No Hitter", "Messer Sandman," and "Sweeper."

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
 * The smoke bomb appears as a multiplayer ability.
 * There seems to be a small spark of light when a smoke bomb is deployed, unlike in Assassin's Creed II, where there is no spark.
 * One BAM (Brotherhood Assist Move) has the Assassins throw numerous smoke bombs around Ezio before descending to aid him.
 * The player may lock onto a far-off NPC, before pressing the "throw bomb" button to throw the smoke bomb from a distance.
 * Papal guards are immune to the effects of smoke bombs if not taken by surprise, i.e. in combat.
 * Cesare Borgia and pickpockets are completely immune to Smoke Bombs.

Assassin's Creed: Revelations
 * The achievement "Pyromaniac" can be earned when a player completes all of the Bomb missions for Piri Reis.
 * Ezio can add an extra space for bombs in each of his pouches by completing Piri Reis' bomb challenges. However, a fifth bomb in each pouch can only be acquired if the player pre-ordered the Signature Edition or Animus Edition of the game, or has purchased The Lost Archive DLC.
 * By highlighting a bomb in the Weapon selection menu, Ezio can recreate a bomb, provided he has the ingredients to construct it.
 * This ability can be performed for the first time after Ezio is given a Cherry bomb by Yusuf during the On The Attack memory, although he had not learned how to craft bombs at that point.
 * Rooftop guards in Assassin's Creed: Revelations possess the ability to use Thunder bombs.
 * Both Smoke bombs and Tripwire bombs exist as Multiplayer abilities in Revelations.

Others
 * In Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy, smoke bombs require the reagents of gunpowder and sugar to be crafted.