Assassin’s Creed Mirage: How To Get Smoke Bombs

Tools in Assassin’s Creed Mirage serve to spice up the gameplay beyond simple stealth assassinations. There are five tools in total, with the torch being an honorary sixth that cannot be upgraded. Players will unlock more tools as they progress through the game.

The Smoke Bomb is one of the tools they can unlock after reaching a certain point in the story and selecting it among four other choices. Here is how that works.

How To Unlock Smoke Bombs

Basim starts off as an unknown thief with nothing to his name beyond his parkour skills and a desire for the betterment of his people. Go through the tutorial, and you will see his journey from a street rat to an apprentice of the Hidden Ones. Along his journey, Basim will get the opportunity to choose new tools like the Smoke Bomb from a list of four. Here is how to get to this point.

1. Become an assassin by completing the leap of faith trial.
2. Return to Baghdad.
3. Free Ali ibn Muhammad from the Damascus Prison.
4. Kill Al-Ghul at the Caravansirai during the mission “Branching Out.”
5. Return to the Assassin’s Bureau in Harbiyah.
6. Talk to the resident Banu Musa inside the Bureau.
7. Select the Smoke Bomb when prompted to choose between one of the four tools.

There are four tools that players can choose from at this juncture: Smoke Bomb, Blow Dart, Noisemaker, and Trap. Choosing one of the four will lock the remaining tools out of reach behind a skill point paywall.

If you want to unlock more tools, you will need to spend 2 Skill Points to get the “Extra Tool Capacity” skill in the Trickster Tree. You can take this skill three times, and each time, it will allow you to return to the Banu Musa and get another tool of your choice.

How To Upgrade Smoke Bombs

Like all tools, Smoke Bombs can be upgraded by giving the Banu Musa upgrade materials in exchange for their services. There are three tiers of upgrades, with each tier coming in with three possible special abilities suiting different playstyles. Players can only have one special ability at each tier active at one time, but they can switch around and experiment freely from the Tools Menu. Here is the upgrade chart.