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{{WP-REAL|Firearm}}
[[File:Ott Flintlock.png|thumb|250px|The Ottoman flintlock rifle]]
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[[File:AC3 Flintlock Pistol.png|thumb|250px|A Flintlock Pistol]]
 
'''Firearms''' are a class of long-ranged [[weapons]] that launch projectiles at a high velocity through the confined burning of propellants. They were used as early as the late Middle Ages.
 
'''Firearms''' are a class of long-ranged [[weapons]] that launch projectiles at a high velocity through the confined burning of propellants. They were used as early as the late Middle Ages.
   
 
==History==
 
==History==
===High Middle Ages===
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===Middle Ages===
 
{{Quote|The knowledge of projectile combat is not new to us, having been observed amongst our Eastern neighbors. But their weapons were much larger – and insufficient for our needs.|[[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex]], page 28.|Assassin's Creed II}}
 
{{Quote|The knowledge of projectile combat is not new to us, having been observed amongst our Eastern neighbors. But their weapons were much larger – and insufficient for our needs.|[[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex]], page 28.|Assassin's Creed II}}
[[File:Mentor's_return_11.png|thumb|left|250px|Altaïr aiming the Hidden Gun at Abbas Sofian]]
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[[File:Mentor's return 11.png|thumb|left|250px|Altaïr aiming the Hidden Gun at Abbas Sofian]]
Though he knew of firearms that were being used in ancient [[China]], the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] took little interest in them; realizing that the weapons were of no use to his Order in their current size.
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Though he knew of firearms being used in ancient [[China]], the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] took little interest in them, realizing that the weapons were of no use to his Order in their current size.
   
As such, upon obtaining the [[Apple of Eden 2|Apple of Eden]], he successfully used the knowledge it held to miniaturize the design, ''"embedding their fiery weapon into a form that can be worn on the wrist."''
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As such, upon obtaining the [[Apple of Eden 2|Apple of Eden]], he successfully utilized the knowledge it held to condense the design, ''"embedding their fiery weapon into a form that can be worn on the wrist."''
   
 
Along with the formulation of a combustible powder that could be made from common ingredients, Altaïr kept the schematics for the [[Hidden Gun]] a secret, available to only the Brotherhood's most trusted allies. Sometime afterwards, he recorded all details of these in [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex|his personal journal]].<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>
 
Along with the formulation of a combustible powder that could be made from common ingredients, Altaïr kept the schematics for the [[Hidden Gun]] a secret, available to only the Brotherhood's most trusted allies. Sometime afterwards, he recorded all details of these in [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex|his personal journal]].<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>
   
 
===Renaissance===
 
===Renaissance===
In [[Italy]] during the [[Renaissance]], another Assassin, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], came into possession of Altaïr's Codex, and showed the pages to [[Leonardo da Vinci]]. Leonardo deciphered the instructions, and was able to construct the Hidden Gun for Ezio's use.<ref name="AC2"/>
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In [[Italy]] during the [[Renaissance]], another Assassin, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], came into possession of Altaïr's Codex and showed the pages to [[Leonardo da Vinci]]. Leonardo deciphered the instructions, and as a result was able to construct the Hidden Gun for Ezio's use.<ref name="AC2"/>
   
 
[[File:Vilified 11 v.png|thumb|250px|Papal arquebusiers]]
 
[[File:Vilified 11 v.png|thumb|250px|Papal arquebusiers]]
Though firearms were uncommon until the early 16th century, after [[Cesare Borgia]] forcibly recruited Leonardo into his employ around 1499, the engineer was made to design a wheel-lock firearm for use by the [[House of Borgia|Borgia]] armies.
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Though firearms were uncommon until the early 16th century, after [[Cesare Borgia]] forcibly recruited Leonardo into his employ around 1499, the engineer was made to design a wheel-lock firearm for use by the [[House of Borgia|Borgia]] armies.<ref name="ACB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>
   
Cesare's ally, the [[France|French]] baron [[Octavian de Valois]], received a personalized, golden wheel-lock firearm from Leonardo, and kept it with him at all times. During the [[Siege of Monteriggioni|Fall of Monteriggioni]], Cesare used this pistol to kill [[Mario Auditore]].
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Cesare's ally, the [[France|French]] baron [[Octavian de Valois]], received a personalized, golden wheel-lock firearm from Leonardo, and kept it with him at all times. During the [[Siege of Monteriggioni|Fall of Monteriggioni]], Cesare used this pistol to kill [[Mario Auditore]].<ref name="ACB"/>
   
A variety of firearms began to circulate among common [[guards]] as well, with [[arquebusiers]] wielding long muskets or arquebuses, and with several [[horsemen]] and [[Papal Guard]]s using shorter pistols.<ref name="Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>
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A variety of firearms began to circulate among common [[guards]] as well, with [[arquebusiers]] wielding long muskets or arquebuses, and with several [[horsemen]] and [[Papal Guard]]s using shorter pistols.<ref name="ACB"/>
   
[[File:ACR_Ottoman_Rifleman.png|thumb|left|250px|Ezio facing an Ottoman rifleman]]
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[[File:ACR Ottoman Rifleman.png|thumb|left|250px|Ezio facing an Ottoman rifleman]]
During Ezio's travels to [[Constantinople]], he encountered [[Ottoman Empire|Turkish]] soldiers using Ottoman flintlock muskets, as well as [[Janissaries]] who used short pistols. The Assassins of the [[Turkish Assassins|local guild]] also made use of firearms to guard [[Assassin Dens|nearby dens]], ranging from simple muskets to [[cannons]].
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During Ezio's travels to [[Constantinople]], he encountered [[Ottoman Empire|Turkish]] soldiers using Ottoman flintlock muskets, as well as [[Janissaries]] who used short pistols. The Assassins of the [[Turkish Assassins|local guild]] also made use of firearms to guard [[Assassin Dens|nearby dens]], ranging from simple muskets to [[cannons]].<ref name="ACR">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>
   
Meanwhile, the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantines]] forces had designed an early version of a flamethrower, which they used to deliver [[Greek Fire]]. They also had a form of a machine gun,<ref name="Revelations">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref> which was similar in construct to Leonardo da Vinci's [[War Machines|prototype]].<ref name="Brotherhood"/> Both of these were then later adapted by the Assassins, in order to aid them in [[Den Defense|defending their dens]].<ref name="Revelations"/>
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Meanwhile, the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantines]] forces had designed an early version of a flamethrower, which they used to deliver [[Greek Fire]].<ref name="ACR"/> They also had a form of a machine gun, which was similar in construct to Leonardo da Vinci's [[War Machines|prototype]].<ref name="ACB"/> Both of these were then later adapted by the Assassins, in order to aid them in [[Den Defense|defending their dens]].<ref name="ACR"/>
   
===Colonial America===
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===Age of Discovery===
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After the discovery of the Americas and European powers entered an age of colonization, firearms became much more common. By the early 1700s, muskets with [[bayonets]] had become standard equipment for armies and navies, while high-ranking soldiers like [[officers]] and [[Jägers]] wielded flintlock pistols.<ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref>
[[File:AC3_Musket_soldiers.png|thumb|250px|Connor facing a group of soldiers wielding muskets]]
 
By the [[Golden Age of Piracy]], muskets with [[bayonets]] had become standard equipment for armies and navies, while high-ranking soldiers like [[officers]] and [[Jägers]] wielded flintlock pistols.
 
   
As it still took time to reload and clean firearms, [[Piracy|pirates]] were usually accustomed to carrying multiple pistols at any one time. As such, the pirate and Assassin, [[Edward Kenway]], wielded four flintlock pistols in combat.<ref>[http://3playerplaythrough.com/2013/03/pax-east-assassins-creed-iv-black-flag/ PAX East - ''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag'']</ref>
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As it still took time to reload and clean firearms, [[Piracy|pirates]] were usually accustomed to carrying multiple pistols at any one time.<ref name="AC4"/>
   
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===Age of Revolution===
By the 1760s, the [[France|French]]-[[Africa]]n Assassin [[Aveline de Grandpré]] was able to wield muskets, as well as two Queen Anne pistols. Similar to the flintlock pistols, these were single shot weapons and took time to reload.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref> The [[Colonial Assassins|Colonial Assassin]] [[Ratonhnhaké:ton|Connor]] was able to wield a musket as well as two flintlock pistols. By the [[American Revolutionary War]], some pistols were advanced enough to carry two shots at a time.<ref name="Assassin's Creed III">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref>
 
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[[File:AC3 Musket soldiers.png|thumb|250px|Connor facing a group of soldiers wielding muskets]]
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By the 1760s, the [[France|French]]-[[Africa]]n Assassin [[Aveline de Grandpré]] was able to wield muskets, as well as two Queen Anne pistols. Similar to the flintlock pistols, these were single shot weapons and took time to reload.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref>
   
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The Assassin-turned-[[Templars|Templar]] [[Shay Cormac]] used a modified gun called an air rifle, which he used to fire distractionary bullets and grenades during the [[Seven Years' War]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG-ImjoPCAM YouTube: ''Assassin's Creed: Rogue'' River Valley Land Gameplay Walkthrough]</ref>
===Russian Revolution===
 
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The [[Colonial Assassins|Colonial Assassin]] [[Ratonhnhaké:ton|Connor]] was able to wield a musket as well as two flintlock pistols. By the [[American Revolutionary War]], some pistols were advanced enough to carry two shots at a time.<ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref>
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During the [[French Revolution|Revolution]] in France, Assassins such as [[Arno Dorian]] wielded multi-barreled flintlock pistols.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gypgS8Y9fgs YouTube: ''Assassin's Creed Unity'' Intro to Arno]</ref>
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===Modern times===
 
[[File:Fall-Orelovrifle.png|thumb|250px|left|Nikolai with his rifle]]
 
[[File:Fall-Orelovrifle.png|thumb|250px|left|Nikolai with his rifle]]
 
During the late 19th and early 20th century, in the [[Russian Revolution]], the [[Russia]]n [[Russian Assassins|Assassin]] [[Nikolai Orelov]] wielded a modern bolt-action {{Wiki|Berdan rifle}}, alongside the usual weaponry of his time.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]''</ref>
 
During the late 19th and early 20th century, in the [[Russian Revolution]], the [[Russia]]n [[Russian Assassins|Assassin]] [[Nikolai Orelov]] wielded a modern bolt-action {{Wiki|Berdan rifle}}, alongside the usual weaponry of his time.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]''</ref>
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===Modern times===
 
In 2012, Assassins continued to wield firearms in combat, and once used them on a direct assault on [[Abstergo Industries]], in an attempt to rescue [[Desmond Miles]].
 
   
Though Desmond overheard the exchanged gunshots through the facility's intercom, Dr. [[Warren Vidic]] eventually told him that the rescue attempt had failed, and that most of the team had been killed.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed]]''</ref> Firearms were, at this point, standard equipment for Abstergo guards in the [[Rome]] facility.<ref name="Assassin's Creed III" />
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In 2012, Assassins continued to wield firearms in combat, and once used them on a direct assault on [[Abstergo Industries]], in an attempt to rescue [[Desmond Miles]]; though Desmond overheard exchanged gunshots through the [[Animus Project laboratory|facility]]'s intercom, Dr. [[Warren Vidic]] eventually told him that the rescue attempt had failed, and that most of the team had been killed.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed]]''</ref> Firearms were also, at this point, standard equipment for Abstergo Industries' guards in the [[Rome]] facility.<ref name="AC3"/>
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[[File:AC3 Desmond Cross Lab.png|thumb|250px|Daniel Cross aiming a customized pistol at Desmond Miles]]
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Once during a night-time infiltration of a Manhattan office building, Desmond Miles came across a power source for the [[Grand Temple]] and aimed to retrieve it from its case. Despite his acquisition of the cube, [[Daniel Cross]] surprised and threatened Desmond with a pistol; undeterred, Desmond clobbered Cross to unconsciousness with the power source and left. Subsequently, when Desmond searched for the second source at a mixed martial arts tournament in Brazil, Cross killed its owner and proceeded to shoot after Desmond, with Abstergo guards also doing so. However, this did not prevent Desmond from fighting Cross and taking the second power source.<ref name="AC3"/>
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In December of that year, once Desmond had assassinated Cross at Abstergo's Rome facility in his attempts to rescue his [[William Miles|father]], Warren Vidic authorized guards to use deadly force on contact with Desmond. However, he took Cross' pistol – an {{Wiki|Heckler & Koch Mark 23|MK23}} – and could use it in the latter half of his assault, which worked similarly to his ancestor Connor's flintlocks, only that it had a much larger magazine, a higher rate of fire, and had a suppressor attached.<ref name="AC3"/>
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==Statistics==
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===18th century Caribbean===
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;Pistols
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{|border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%" style="text-align:center;"
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!width="5%"|Name
  +
!width="5%"|Damage
  +
!width="5%"|Stun
  +
!width="5%"|Range
  +
!width="5%"|Cost
  +
!width="5%"|Availability
  +
|-
  +
![[Captain Drake's Flintlocks]]
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|3
  +
|1
  +
|3
  +
|N/A
  +
|Sacrifice Island reward
  +
|-
  +
![[Captain's Wheellock Pistols]]
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|3
  +
|1
  +
|3
  +
|N/A
  +
|Community challenge reward
  +
|-
  +
![[Golden Flintlock Pistols]]
  +
|5
  +
|5
  +
|4
  +
|N/A
  +
|Complete all naval contracts
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|-
  +
![[Common Flintlock Pistols]]
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|1
  +
|1
  +
|3
  +
|N/A
  +
|Sequence 1
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|-
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![[Captain Morgan's Pistols]]
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|3
  +
|1
  +
|3
  +
|N/A
  +
|Black Island reward
  +
|-
  +
![[Pirate Blunderbusses]]
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|3
  +
|3
  +
|1
  +
|800R
  +
|Sequence 2
  +
|-
  +
![[Standard Wheellock Pistols]]
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|1
  +
|1
  +
|5
  +
|2500R
  +
|Sequence 2
  +
|-
  +
![[Spanish Officer Pistols]]
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|3
  +
|3
  +
|3
  +
|7000R
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|Sequence 2
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|-
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![[Cannon-Barrel Pistols]]
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|3
  +
|5
  +
|3
  +
|9000R
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|
  +
Sequence 2
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|}
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  +
;Blunderbusses
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{|border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%" style="text-align:center;"
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!width="5%"|Name
  +
!width="5%"|Damage
  +
!width="5%"|Spread
  +
!width="5%"|Range
  +
!width="5%"|Cost
  +
!width="5%"|Availability
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|-
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![[Smoothbore Gun]]
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|5
  +
|3
  +
|3
  +
|N/A
  +
| style="text-align: center;"|Sequence 1
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|-
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![[Precision Shooter]]
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|5
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|1
  +
|5
  +
|N/A
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|Explore the Caribbean sea
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|-
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![[Portable Cannon]]
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|5
  +
|5
  +
|1
  +
|N/A
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|Liberate 400 slaves
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|-
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![[The Dragoon]]
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|5
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|5
  +
|3
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|N/A
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|Achieve full synchronization
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|}
   
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===18th century British Colonial America===
[[File:AC3_Desmond_Cross_Lab.png|thumb|250px|Daniel Cross aiming a customized pistol at Desmond Miles]]
 
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{|border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%" style="text-align:center;"
[[Daniel Cross]] threatened Desmond with a pistol when he found the first power source. When Desmond searched for the second source, Cross, as well as Abstergo guards shot at him. Over an intercom, Warren Vidic authorized guards to use deadly force when Desmond assassinated Cross at the Abstergo facility.
 
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!width="5%"|Name
  +
!width="5%"|Rate of fire
  +
!width="5%"|Short range
  +
!width="5%"|Long range
  +
!width="5%"|Cost
  +
!width="5%"|Availability
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|-
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![[Flintlock Pistol]]
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|2
  +
|3
  +
|1
  +
|N/A
  +
|Sequence 2
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|-
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![[Scottish Flintlock]]
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|2
  +
|2
  +
|3
  +
|N/A
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|Sequence 6
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|-
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![[Duckfoot Pistol]]
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|1
  +
|3
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|1
  +
|£5999
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|Sequence 6
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|-
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![[Double-Barrel Pistol]]
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|3
  +
|3
  +
|1
  +
|£8250
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|Sequence 9
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|-
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![[Pirate Flintlock]]
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|2
  +
|4
  +
|1
  +
|N/A
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|Complete [[Sinking a Secret]]
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|-
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![[French Coat Pistol]]
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|3
  +
|4
  +
|1
  +
|N/A
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|Level 2 Blacksmith<br>Flints + Iron Ore + Special Iron Ingot
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|-
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![[English Flintlock Pistol]]
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|3
  +
|4
  +
|1
  +
|N/A
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|Level 2 Blacksmith - Level 2 Woodworker<br>Flints + Oak Lumber + Special Iron Ingot
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|-
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![[Royal Pistol]]
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|3
  +
|3
  +
|3
  +
|N/A
  +
|Level 3 Blacksmith<br>Flints + Silver Ore + Special Iron Ingot
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|-
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![[Naval Duckfoot]]
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|1
  +
|4
  +
|2
  +
|N/A
  +
|Level 3 Blacksmith<br>Flints + Lead Ore + Special Iron Ingot
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|-
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![[Italian Flintlock]]
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|2
  +
|3
  +
|3
  +
|N/A
  +
|Level 3 Blacksmith and Woodworker<br>Flints + Maple Lumber + Special Iron Ingot
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|-
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![[Royal Navy Sea Service Flintlock]]
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|2
  +
|4
  +
|2
  +
|N/A
  +
|Level 4 Blacksmith<br>Flints + Gold Ore + Special Iron Ingot
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|-
  +
![[Pitcairn-Putnam Pistols]]
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|2
  +
|4
  +
|3
  +
|N/A
  +
|Sequence 8
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|}
   
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===18th century French Colonial America===
When rescuing his father from Vidic, Desmond took Cross' pistol and could use it in the latter half of his assault. The pistol, a {{Wiki|Heckler & Koch Mark 23|MK23}}, worked similarly to Connor's flintlocks, only that it had a much larger magazine, a higher rate of fire, and had a suppressor attached.<ref name="Assassin's Creed III"/>
 
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{|border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%" style="text-align:center;"
  +
!width="5%"|Name
  +
!width="5%"|Magazine
  +
!width="5%"|Short range damage
  +
!width="5%"|Long range damage
  +
!width="5%"|Cost
  +
!width="5%"|Persona
  +
|-
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![[Queen Anne Pistol]]
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|1
  +
|4
  +
|2
  +
|N/A
  +
|Assassin
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|-
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![[Queen Anne Pistol|Dual Pistols]]
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|2
  +
|4
  +
|2
  +
|10000 écu
  +
|Assassin
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|-
  +
![[Pocket Pistol]]
  +
|1
  +
|3
  +
|1
  +
|10000 écu
  +
|Lady, Slave
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|-
  +
![[Double-Barreled Pistol]]
  +
|2
  +
|4
  +
|2
  +
|5000 écu
  +
|Assassin
  +
|-
  +
![[Pepperbox Pistol]]
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|4
  +
|4
  +
|2
  +
|50000 écu
  +
|Assassin
  +
|-
  +
![[Dueling Pistol]]
  +
|1
  +
|5
  +
|4
  +
|N/A
  +
|Assassin
  +
|}
   
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
*A number of firearms were available in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'', including the {{Wiki|Arquebus|arquebus}}, {{Wiki|Lee-Enfield|.303 SMLE}}, and {{Wiki|M1917 revolver}}.
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*A number of firearms were available in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'', including the {{Wiki|arquebus}}, {{Wiki|Lee-Enfield|.303 SMLE}}, and {{Wiki|M1917 revolver}}.
**Owning two M1917 revolvers in ''Project Legacy'' granted the "Akimbo" [[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy achievements|achievement]].
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**Owning two M1917 revolvers in ''Project Legacy'' granted the '''Akimbo''' [[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy achievements|achievement]].
 
*In ''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'', the Pirate Flintlock was awarded upon the completion of the memory "[[Sinking a Secret]]".
 
*In ''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'', the Pirate Flintlock was awarded upon the completion of the memory "[[Sinking a Secret]]".
*In ''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'', pistols holstered on Edward's chest have shortened barrels.
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*In ''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'', pistols holstered on Edward's chest had shortened barrels.
   
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
<gallery widths="180" position="center" spacing="small" captionalign="center">
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<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
 
Octavian de Valois Gun.jpg|[[Octavian de Valois]]' personal wheel-lock firearm
 
Octavian de Valois Gun.jpg|[[Octavian de Valois]]' personal wheel-lock firearm
 
Scottish flintlock pistol concept - AC3.jpg|Concept art for a Scottish Flintlock pistol
 
Scottish flintlock pistol concept - AC3.jpg|Concept art for a Scottish Flintlock pistol
 
Assassin's Creed 3 Multiplayer Weapons - 03 by trebor7.jpg|Muskets and rifles as seen in ''Assassin's Creed III''
 
Assassin's Creed 3 Multiplayer Weapons - 03 by trebor7.jpg|Muskets and rifles as seen in ''Assassin's Creed III''
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Assassins-Creed-IV-Black-Flag Pistols VincentGaigneux.jpg|Concept art of pistols seen in ''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag''
ACB_Cesare_Baron.png|Cesare Borgia holding the wheel-lock gun
 
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Unity-gun concept.jpg|Concept art of the multi-barrelled pistol
ACIII-InfiltratingSouthgate 14.png|Benjamin Church aiming at Silas Thatcher
 
ACIII-BraddockExpedition_8.png|Haytham Kenway holding Edward Braddock at gunpoint
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ACB Cesare Baron.png|Cesare Borgia holding the wheel-lock gun
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Devil's Advocate 9.png|Edward Kenway and Edward Thatch carrying multiple pistols
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Marooned 4.png|Charles Vane aiming at Edward Kenway
 
ACIII-BraddockExpedition_9.png|George Washington aiming at Haytham's horse
 
ACIII-BraddockExpedition_9.png|George Washington aiming at Haytham's horse
AC3 Connor Musket.png|Connor holding a musket
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ACIII-Chasinglee 6.png|Connor firing a pistol at Charles Lee
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The Fort 6.png|Aveline de Grandpré holding [[Patience Gibbs]] at gunpoint
Missing_Supplies_6.png|Haytham killing a man with a flintlock pistol
 
Assassins-Creed-IV-Black-Flag Pistols VincentGaigneux.jpg
 
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
   
 
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AC3 Flintlock Pistol

A Flintlock Pistol

Firearms are a class of long-ranged weapons that launch projectiles at a high velocity through the confined burning of propellants. They were used as early as the late Middle Ages.

History

Middle Ages

"The knowledge of projectile combat is not new to us, having been observed amongst our Eastern neighbors. But their weapons were much larger – and insufficient for our needs."
Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex, page 28.[src]
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Altaïr aiming the Hidden Gun at Abbas Sofian

Though he knew of firearms being used in ancient China, the Assassin Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad took little interest in them, realizing that the weapons were of no use to his Order in their current size.

As such, upon obtaining the Apple of Eden, he successfully utilized the knowledge it held to condense the design, "embedding their fiery weapon into a form that can be worn on the wrist."

Along with the formulation of a combustible powder that could be made from common ingredients, Altaïr kept the schematics for the Hidden Gun a secret, available to only the Brotherhood's most trusted allies. Sometime afterwards, he recorded all details of these in his personal journal.[1]

Renaissance

In Italy during the Renaissance, another Assassin, Ezio Auditore da Firenze, came into possession of Altaïr's Codex and showed the pages to Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo deciphered the instructions, and as a result was able to construct the Hidden Gun for Ezio's use.[1]

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Papal arquebusiers

Though firearms were uncommon until the early 16th century, after Cesare Borgia forcibly recruited Leonardo into his employ around 1499, the engineer was made to design a wheel-lock firearm for use by the Borgia armies.[2]

Cesare's ally, the French baron Octavian de Valois, received a personalized, golden wheel-lock firearm from Leonardo, and kept it with him at all times. During the Fall of Monteriggioni, Cesare used this pistol to kill Mario Auditore.[2]

A variety of firearms began to circulate among common guards as well, with arquebusiers wielding long muskets or arquebuses, and with several horsemen and Papal Guards using shorter pistols.[2]

ACR Ottoman Rifleman

Ezio facing an Ottoman rifleman

During Ezio's travels to Constantinople, he encountered Turkish soldiers using Ottoman flintlock muskets, as well as Janissaries who used short pistols. The Assassins of the local guild also made use of firearms to guard nearby dens, ranging from simple muskets to cannons.[3]

Meanwhile, the Byzantines forces had designed an early version of a flamethrower, which they used to deliver Greek Fire.[3] They also had a form of a machine gun, which was similar in construct to Leonardo da Vinci's prototype.[2] Both of these were then later adapted by the Assassins, in order to aid them in defending their dens.[3]

Age of Discovery

After the discovery of the Americas and European powers entered an age of colonization, firearms became much more common. By the early 1700s, muskets with bayonets had become standard equipment for armies and navies, while high-ranking soldiers like officers and Jägers wielded flintlock pistols.[4]

As it still took time to reload and clean firearms, pirates were usually accustomed to carrying multiple pistols at any one time.[4]

Age of Revolution

AC3 Musket soldiers

Connor facing a group of soldiers wielding muskets

By the 1760s, the French-African Assassin Aveline de Grandpré was able to wield muskets, as well as two Queen Anne pistols. Similar to the flintlock pistols, these were single shot weapons and took time to reload.[5]

The Assassin-turned-Templar Shay Cormac used a modified gun called an air rifle, which he used to fire distractionary bullets and grenades during the Seven Years' War.[6]

The Colonial Assassin Connor was able to wield a musket as well as two flintlock pistols. By the American Revolutionary War, some pistols were advanced enough to carry two shots at a time.[7]

During the Revolution in France, Assassins such as Arno Dorian wielded multi-barreled flintlock pistols.[8]

Modern times

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Nikolai with his rifle

During the late 19th and early 20th century, in the Russian Revolution, the Russian Assassin Nikolai Orelov wielded a modern bolt-action Berdan rifle, alongside the usual weaponry of his time.[9]

In 2012, Assassins continued to wield firearms in combat, and once used them on a direct assault on Abstergo Industries, in an attempt to rescue Desmond Miles; though Desmond overheard exchanged gunshots through the facility's intercom, Dr. Warren Vidic eventually told him that the rescue attempt had failed, and that most of the team had been killed.[10] Firearms were also, at this point, standard equipment for Abstergo Industries' guards in the Rome facility.[7]

AC3 Desmond Cross Lab

Daniel Cross aiming a customized pistol at Desmond Miles

Once during a night-time infiltration of a Manhattan office building, Desmond Miles came across a power source for the Grand Temple and aimed to retrieve it from its case. Despite his acquisition of the cube, Daniel Cross surprised and threatened Desmond with a pistol; undeterred, Desmond clobbered Cross to unconsciousness with the power source and left. Subsequently, when Desmond searched for the second source at a mixed martial arts tournament in Brazil, Cross killed its owner and proceeded to shoot after Desmond, with Abstergo guards also doing so. However, this did not prevent Desmond from fighting Cross and taking the second power source.[7]

In December of that year, once Desmond had assassinated Cross at Abstergo's Rome facility in his attempts to rescue his father, Warren Vidic authorized guards to use deadly force on contact with Desmond. However, he took Cross' pistol – an MK23 – and could use it in the latter half of his assault, which worked similarly to his ancestor Connor's flintlocks, only that it had a much larger magazine, a higher rate of fire, and had a suppressor attached.[7]

Statistics

18th century Caribbean

Pistols
Name Damage Stun Range Cost Availability
Captain Drake's Flintlocks 3 1 3 N/A Sacrifice Island reward
Captain's Wheellock Pistols 3 1 3 N/A Community challenge reward
Golden Flintlock Pistols 5 5 4 N/A Complete all naval contracts
Common Flintlock Pistols 1 1 3 N/A Sequence 1
Captain Morgan's Pistols 3 1 3 N/A Black Island reward
Pirate Blunderbusses 3 3 1 800R Sequence 2
Standard Wheellock Pistols 1 1 5 2500R Sequence 2
Spanish Officer Pistols 3 3 3 7000R Sequence 2
Cannon-Barrel Pistols 3 5 3 9000R

Sequence 2

Blunderbusses
Name Damage Spread Range Cost Availability
Smoothbore Gun 5 3 3 N/A Sequence 1
Precision Shooter 5 1 5 N/A Explore the Caribbean sea
Portable Cannon 5 5 1 N/A Liberate 400 slaves
The Dragoon 5 5 3 N/A Achieve full synchronization

18th century British Colonial America

Name Rate of fire Short range Long range Cost Availability
Flintlock Pistol 2 3 1 N/A Sequence 2
Scottish Flintlock 2 2 3 N/A Sequence 6
Duckfoot Pistol 1 3 1 £5999 Sequence 6
Double-Barrel Pistol 3 3 1 £8250 Sequence 9
Pirate Flintlock 2 4 1 N/A Complete Sinking a Secret
French Coat Pistol 3 4 1 N/A Level 2 Blacksmith
Flints + Iron Ore + Special Iron Ingot
English Flintlock Pistol 3 4 1 N/A Level 2 Blacksmith - Level 2 Woodworker
Flints + Oak Lumber + Special Iron Ingot
Royal Pistol 3 3 3 N/A Level 3 Blacksmith
Flints + Silver Ore + Special Iron Ingot
Naval Duckfoot 1 4 2 N/A Level 3 Blacksmith
Flints + Lead Ore + Special Iron Ingot
Italian Flintlock 2 3 3 N/A Level 3 Blacksmith and Woodworker
Flints + Maple Lumber + Special Iron Ingot
Royal Navy Sea Service Flintlock 2 4 2 N/A Level 4 Blacksmith
Flints + Gold Ore + Special Iron Ingot
Pitcairn-Putnam Pistols 2 4 3 N/A Sequence 8

18th century French Colonial America

Name Magazine Short range damage Long range damage Cost Persona
Queen Anne Pistol 1 4 2 N/A Assassin
Dual Pistols 2 4 2 10000 écu Assassin
Pocket Pistol 1 3 1 10000 écu Lady, Slave
Double-Barreled Pistol 2 4 2 5000 écu Assassin
Pepperbox Pistol 4 4 2 50000 écu Assassin
Dueling Pistol 1 5 4 N/A Assassin

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