Sakai Tanto
The Sakai Tanto is Jin's short blade and his tool for silent kills. It starts as a rope cutter and becomes the assassination weapon in The Warrior's Code, so upgrading it at a Swordsmith is key for a stealth playstyle.
- Category
- Melee
- How to get it
- Mission reward
Good to know
- Assassinations unlock during The Warrior's Code.
- Three levels: level II costs 150 Supplies and 30 Iron; level III costs 300 Supplies and 70 Iron.
- Each upgrade speeds up assassinations and makes them quieter.
- At max level it is fully silent without needing Charms or armour perks.
- It shares Sword Kit looks with the katana but gains no stats from them.
- The in-game text wrongly says Steel and Gold are needed to upgrade it.
How assassination works
Stay undetected (the enemy's meter must not turn red), get close and press Square. Strikes from above work well because patrols rarely look up. Chain Assassination techniques let you take two or three enemies in a row with Triangle.
Mongol leaders
Until you earn the Ghost Stance in The Ghost of Yarikawa, stabbing a leader is only a Critical Strike that deals heavy damage. After that you can kill them outright, but only if fully undetected.
Tips
Get the tanto to level II early. An unupgraded tanto is slow, and victims can cry out before they die, alerting the camp.
Where it was first shown
- Assassination unlocked in The Warrior's Code