Throwing Knife How to Use, Unlock, and Best Upgrades

Throwing Knife is a Tool in Assassin's Creed Mirage (AC Mirage). Read on to see how to unlock Throwing Knife, its stats, and all its upgrades.

Throwing Knife Overview

Effects and Description

A light knife balanced for throwing at short distances. Can be improved with better materials and alchemical properties.

Tool Stats

Throwing Knife
Total Ammunition	4
Range	27 m
Damage	60

How to Use Throwing Knife

How to Use Throwing Knife
Perform Chain Assassinations Destroy Alarms Immobilize Armored Enemies Create Chaos from a Distance

Perform Chain Assassinations

If you have the Chain Assassination skill unlocked, you can use your Throwing Knife to assassinate a second enemy from a distance after performing the first assassination.

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Destroy Alarms

Hitting the alarm in an outpost with a Throwing Knife will destroy it, preventing additional enemies from coming to aid their allies who are engaged in combat with you.

Immobilize Armored Enemies

Throwing a knife at an armored enemy's feet will temporarily immobilize them, providing you with the opportunity to eliminate them while they are incapacitated.

Create Chaos from a Distance

Use your Throwing Knives to interact with objects in the environment and handle various situations. For example, you can hit a sack of dust to create a temporary smoke bomb. Additionally, striking a flaming vase will cause it to explode, eliminating enemies who are too close to it.

How to Unlock Throwing Knife

Talk to Ibn Musa

Tools can be unlocked by interacting Ibn Musa at any Hidden Ones' Bureau.

You'll be able to unlock a tool after finishing the Branching Out mission after assassinating Al-Ghul during the First Order.

The next unlocks are after unlocking Extra Tool Capacity 1, 2, and 3 respectively under the Trickster skills tree.

Throwing Knife Best Upgrades

Tier 1 - Sharp Blade

-	-	★★★
Extra Capacity Increases the ammunition capacity for this tool by 2.	Extended Range Increases the distance you can throw this tool.	Sharp Blade Increases how much damage the Throwing Knife causes by 50%.

The Sharp Blade upgrade is the most useful among the three, as it provides a chance to instantly kill an enemy with increased damage, even if you're not aiming at their head.

Tier 2 - Light Blade

-	-	★★★
Poison Tip Applies poison to targets.	Heavy Blade Staggers enemies when hit.	Light Blade Allows for a charged throw that increases range and damage.

Light Blade increases damage and range as you charge it, giving you a sniper-like feel and allowing you to handle enemies quietly from a distance.

Tier 3 - Armor Piercing

-	★★★
Corrode Body Dissolves the corpses of those killed with the knife, leaving no traces behind.	Armor Piercing Penetrates armor to deal standard damage.

Armor Piercing provides an advantage when facing armored enemies, allowing you to swiftly throw a knife at them to deal damage, similar to your approach with regular enemies.

Throwing Knife All Upgrades

Head over to a Banu Musa brother and give them the required materials to unlock an upgrade tier.

Once the tier has been unlocked, you can choose any upgrade from the tier to set it as active.

Tier 1 Upgrades

You can unlock Tier 1 Upgrades of your Smoke Bomb by spending x15 Steel Ingots, x35 Leather, and x60 Components.

Upgrade	Effect
Extra Capacity	Increases the ammunition capacity for this tool by 2.
Extended Range	Increases the distance you can throw this tool.
Sharp Blade	Increases how much damage the Throwing Knife causes by 50%.

Tier 2 Upgrades

You can unlock Tier 2 Upgrades of your Smoke Bomb by spending x25 Steel Ingots, x55 Leather, and x90 Components.

Upgrade	Effect
Poison Tip	Applies poison to targets.
Heavy Blade	Staggers enemies when hit.
Light Blade	Allows for a charged throw that increases range and damage.

Tier 3 Upgrades

You can unlock Tier 3 Upgrades of your Smoke Bomb by spending x40 Steel Ingots, x100 Leather, and x150 Components.

Upgrade	Effect
Corrode Body	Dissolves the corpses of those killed with the knife, leaving no traces behind.
Armor Piercing	Penetrates armor to deal standard damage.

Assassin's Creed Mirage Related Guides

Tools Guide - All Tools and How to Upgrade

List of All Tools

List of All Tools
Throwing Knife	Torch	Blowdart
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