Assassin Gauntlet
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The Assassin Gauntlet is the forearm bracer that carries the twins' Hidden Blade, rope launcher and dart gun. It is the reason you can zip up buildings and string ziplines between rooftops in Syndicate, and its tools unlock as the story goes on.
- Category
- Other
- New or returning
- New to the series
- How to get it
- Mission reward
Appears in
- Gang War: WhitechapelGang War: Whitechapel is the showdown for the borough: with Henry's new kukris, you lead the Rooks against Rexford Kaylock's Blighters at the Whitechapel train station, then chase Kaylock along the roof of his moving train. Winning gives the twins their Train Hideout.
Cable NewsCable News is a short side trip for Alexander Graham Bell: his telegraph cables never arrived, and an intercepted wire says the cargo is held at College Wharf. Bell also fits your gauntlet with a dart launcher for a hallucinogenic serum before you go.
Unlocked by
Good to know
- The gauntlet holds the Hidden Blade from the start of the game.
- The rope launcher comes from a damaged grappling-hook pistol the twins take after the Whitechapel gang war.
- Alexander Graham Bell repairs and fits the launcher in Freedom of the Press.
- Bell adds a hallucinogenic dart gun during Cable News.
- Later models swap the rope launcher for a grapple shaped like the Assassin insignia and add armour plating and built-in brass knuckles.
- Lydia Frye still uses the same design in 1916.
What the rope launcher does
Fire it at a ledge to climb a tall building in seconds, or between rooftops to make a temporary zipline. London's wide streets and taller buildings are the reason Ubisoft added it.
Gauntlet gear
Syndicate also has a range of gauntlet items you craft or unlock, from the Reinforced Gauntlet (£2,500, 100 Metal, schematic from On the Origin of Syrup) up to the Legendary Assassin Gauntlet (£10,000, 150 Leather, 100 Chemical and Bluestone, schematic from Level 5 Loyalty with Clara O'Dea). Downloadable packs add the Redback, Industrial and Royal gauntlets.
Related weapons
- Thrown
Hallucinogenic Darts
ReturningHallucinogenic darts fire silently from the twins' gauntlets and drive the target into a frenzy. Shoot one into a fire or other heat source and it bursts, spreading the toxin over everyone nearby. Bell builds the launcher after the twins intercept a recipe for the serum in Cable News.
- Thrown
Smoke Bomb
ReturningSmoke bombs throw up a cloud thick enough to blind and choke anyone inside it, giving you time to escape a fight, slip past guards or close in for a kill. They are part of Jacob and Evie's kit from the start and stay useful all game.