As you play Assassin’s Creed Mirage, you’ll quickly understand the importance of relying on stealth to clear out enemies standing in your way. Adopting a play style that centers on stealth opens up various opportunities to use your skills and abilities.
The game also rewards you for incorporating a mix of skills and tools to take down enemies and meet quest objectives. Moreover, certain achievements in the game demand that you meet associated requirements in a specific way. Similarly, you can take out enemies using the many objects found in the game’s world, and this guide will help you do just that.
Achieving An Environmental Kill
Before you can perform an environmental takedown in AC Mirage, it’s important to understand the objects that can be used to achieve an environmental kill. There are primarily three objects that can be used to achieve an environmental kill, including the explosive oil jar, scaffoldings, and lifts. This guide will help you learn how to use all these objects to secure an environmental kill.
- Oil Jar: You can find many oil jars scattered across numerous enemy camps and outposts. These jars are painted red with a fuse constantly burning. You can pick these jars up and throw them at a desired location. However, if you manage to throw one of these jars at an enemy, it’ll kill them and secure the environmental kill for you.
- Scaffolding: In Mirage, you’ll find various streets that have scaffolding that can be pulled down to create distance from enemies chasing you. However, if you time the tearing down of the scaffolding as an enemy approaches it, they will be killed upon being trapped under the scaffolding. Securing a kill in this manner also achieves the environmental kill. Pulling down the scaffolding 20 times will also unlock the Gifted Escapist Trophy.
- Lifts: Lifts are the quickest means to reach the roof of a building or elevated locations in the game. These lifts operate by cutting the ropes attached to a pulley, which in turn pulls you upwards. Lift ropes hold a large amount of rocks and stones suspended in the air. If an enemy is after you, timing the lift while they are under the suspended rocks will net you an environmental kill. However, this is one of the most difficult methods of achieving an environmental kill, so it might take some trial and error to get it work for you.
The easiest one by far is using the oil jars, as they are widely available and allow you to be precise when aiming for a kill.
Securing An Environmental Kill In Stealth
Throwing an oil jar at an enemy, pulling down a scaffolding, or using a lift can blow your cover as they are high-profile actions, that can alert nearby enemies. However, you’ll need to think differently if you’re considering achieving an environmental kill while staying in stealth mode.
The recommended strategy involves using a throwing knife at an oil jai when an enemy walks near them. Once you have throwing knives unlocked, you can use them to blow up oil jars from a distance.
Certain quests and contracts in Assassin’s Creed Mirage have a special requirement involving taking out targets with an environmental kill. Completing this optional objective will net you additional rewards. Nonetheless, it’s always good to learn the various strategies that can be incorporated to make your gameplay exciting an easy as you explore Basim’s journey in Assassin’s Creed Mirage.