Be the best assassin you can be.
Dust off that crouch button you never had to use in Valhalla, because the new Assassin’s Creed Mirage is an honest-to-god stealth game, and a challenging one, at that. Guards aren’t pushovers in combat and Basim can be downed by only a few hits, so it’s best to play Mirage like an old Splinter Cell game: combat is a last-resort option, and you really should be sticking to the shadows.
To that end, I’ve prepared some tips that’ll help you stay unseen, expand your toolkit, blend into the crowd, line your pockets, and enhance the authenticity of Mirage’s absolute knockout of a setting.Invest in more tools early on
Mirage places a much smaller emphasis on skill trees than the last few Assassin’s Creed games. When it comes to expertly sneaking past guards, Basim’s tools are the real star of the show, so I recommend focusing on unlocking more as your first priority. You’re given one tool unlock for free, and I recommend grabbing the sleeping darts first. The rest are unlocked through the middle skill tree. It takes around six skill points to complete the set—throwing knives, smoke bombs, traps, blowdart, noisemakers—and it’s a worthwhile investment before worrying about eagle or focus mode upgrades.Visit general shops to buy outfit dyes
There are so many free ammo chests on the rooftops of Baghdad that I rarely had to visit general shops (represented by a bag icon on the map) to restock on tools, so it took me way too long to notice the other main thing these merchants sell: outfit dyes! You’ll earn dyes for your default assassin garb through the main story, but other outfits have three alternate dyes that you’ll find in shops and in treasure chests.Sell your trinkets
It also took me too long to notice there’s a second tab in stores to sell stuff. All those trinkets you’ve been looting from chests and pockets can and should be sold all at once for a big payout. Don’t sleep on sleep darts
This being a throwback Assassin’s Creed, I expected to rely heavily on throwing knives to maintain stealth, but my favorite tool ended up being the basic sleep darts.
