Does Arno Have A Stand-Alone Hidden Blade?

[Tuffcooke]

I've played a good bit into sequence 3, and Arno doesn't have a hidden blade, aside from in assassinations. Altair, Ezio, Connor, and Edward all could select to use their hidden blades instead of their swords or whatever, but so far Arno does not have this ability. That kinda bums me out, considering I used hidden blades almost exclusively in combat. Has anybody played far enough to get hidden blades for combat use, if possible?

[WykedInsanity]

you need to do the ! ones first and getin the assassins i have one in sequence2
yeah theres so many things on map

[Tuffcooke]

Originally posted by ITS wykedinsanity:

you need to do the ! ones first and getin the assassins i have one in sequence2
yeah theres so many things on map

Aren't the ! missions the story ones, though? I've played all of those until Seq 3, Mem 2. Is it a side mission that unlocks it?

[Luquinhas]

I have the same question

[Tuffcooke]

Originally posted by ¯\_(ツ)_/¯:

I have the same question

Looking into it again, he doesn't have any possible hidden blade upgrades or swaps in the shop. I did stumble upon something interesting, though. There's an upgrade called "Improved Phantom Blade" and gives the hidden blade a crossbow. This isn't unlocked until sequence 9 is completed. Since the crossbow attatchment is the improved version of the Phantom Blade, this leads me to believe somewhere between sequences 2 and 10 Arno will swap the traditional hidden blade for this new "Phantom Blade".