Master the art of stealth and thievery in Assassin’s Creed Mirage by learning how to pickpocket with precision. Whether you’re after quick cash or essential quest items, approaching your target unnoticed and timing your moves perfectly can turn Basim into a shadowy street thief of 9th century Baghdad. Ready to fill your pockets without raising alarms? Here’s your essential guide to pickpocketing on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox-unlock the secrets to seamless theft and reap the rewards of the city’s unsuspecting citizens.
Pickpocketing is one of the first skills you learn in Assassin’s Creed Mirage, and it never stops being a useful one. Whether you want to get a little extra cash, a key item for a quest, or one of Dervis’ Artifacts, it’s always helpful to have light fingers (and an escape route in mind). Here’s how to pickpocket in Assassin’s Creed Mirage, covering everything you need to know to grab a fresh purse – and get away cleanly.
How to pickpocket in AC Mirage
To pickpocket in Assassin’s Creed Mirage, first activate Eagle Vision to spot NPCs with shiny pouches on their belts. Approach your target stealthily from behind until a prompt appears, then initiate the pickpocket action. You will tail the NPC until you get close enough to steal, triggering a quick-time event where you must press the pickpocket button again as a shrinking diamond aligns within a blue area. Success grants you loot like trinkets and gold, but failure alerts the NPC and nearby guards. For easier pickpocketing, you can enable the Guaranteed Pickpocket option in settings to skip the quick-time event. After pickpocketing, it’s wise to move away to avoid suspicion and potential pursuit by guards.
Firstly, approach slowly from the back. If a guard is on alert and looking at you, you won’t be able to pickpocket them. If you’re pickpocketing a civilian, though, they’re likely not paying you any mind, so this part is easier, but it’s still better to be careful.
When you get close enough, a prompt will appear on screen with a red icon warning that this is, in fact, stealing. It’ll tell you which button to press depending what controller you’re using, but it’s E on PC.
When you press the key, a diamond will appear as a warning that you’re about to enter a quick-time event (QTE). A smaller blue diamond will indicate when to press the button again. The outer diamond will shrink. Your goal is to press the prompt again when the outer diamond lines up within the inner diamond. That will allow you to pull off a successful pickpocket.
Move away, because the target will realize their object is missing after a few seconds and start looking around – and could even call for guards. (If you do get caught, consult our guide on how to reduce notoriety in Assassin’s Creed Mirage.)
Tips for pickpocketing in AC Mirage
To successfully pickpocket in Assassin’s Creed Mirage, approach your target slowly from behind, ideally while walking at the same pace to avoid drawing attention. Use Eagle Vision to spot potential victims, who will have glowing pouches indicating they can be pickpocketed. When close enough, initiate the pickpocket action and carefully time the second button press as a shrinking diamond aligns within a blue area on the screen. Be patient and calm, as rushing this can cause failure and alert guards. For tougher targets like guards, the timing window is smaller and more challenging. To improve your chances, consider unlocking the “Pickpocket Master” skill in the Trickster skill tree, which widens the timing window. After a successful pickpocket, move away quickly to avoid suspicion and potential pursuit. If you prefer, you can enable a setting for guaranteed pickpocket success, but you still need to evade detection afterward.
You can use eagle vision to highlight civilians who carry an item you can pickpocket. Their purses will glow gold, making it easier to pick your target.
Pickpocketing is a quieter alternative to assassination and doesn’t leave a body that can be found by guards. That means that when you’re sneaking into restricted areas and trying to find keys, it can often be easier to pickpocket them than to kill their carrier outright.
The difficulty of the QTE – i.e. the size of the timing diamond – will vary depending on how alert the victim is. A civilian will probably be easy to pickpocket, while guards can be more tricky.
You can unlock a skill that will make pickpocketing easier: Pickpocket Master. It’s about halfway down the Trickster tree and costs four skill points. It will make the window wider, giving you more time to successfully pull off a pickpocket.
If you fail the QTE, the victim will realize you tried to pickpocket them. If you’re pickpocketing a guard, they will immediately become hostile, while a civilian will shout for a guard. You can usually get away from the latter before a guard arrives, but it’s best not to hang around if you can help it.
If you are successful, don’t forget to move away and blend in to avoid being caught after the fact.
Pickpocketing civilians can be a source of Merchant or Scholar Tokens. You can also receive money (or trinkets that you can sell for money).
Finally, if you’re struggling or simply not interested in doing the pickpocketing QTE, you can turn it off completely within the options menu. In the Gameplay tab, set “Guaranteed Pickpocket” to on. This automates the pickpocketing QTE.
Want to learn the secret timing for successful pickpocketing in Mirage
The secret timing for successful pickpocketing in Assassin’s Creed Mirage hinges on a quick-time event where you must press the prompt again precisely when the outer diamond lines up within the inner blue diamond on the screen. This timing window is quite small and requires patience and calm to execute correctly, especially since the size of the blue area and the speed of the moving diamond vary depending on the target’s awareness level-smaller and faster for guards, larger and slower for civilians. Mastering this timing takes practice, but unlocking the “Pickpocket Master” skill in the Trickster skill tree can significantly widen the window for success, making it easier to pull off. For players who prefer to skip the challenge, there is an option in the Gameplay settings called “Guaranteed Pickpocket” that automatically completes the pickpocketing QTE, though it does not prevent being caught afterward.
What is the optimal timing window for successful pickpocketing in Mirage
The optimal timing window for successful pickpocketing in Assassin’s Creed Mirage requires pressing the prompt again precisely when the outer diamond aligns within the smaller inner blue diamond on the screen. This blue area represents the timing window, which varies in size and speed depending on the target’s alertness-the more valuable or alert the target, the smaller and faster the blue area becomes, making the timing more challenging. Patience is crucial: waiting calmly for the moving diamond to enter the blue zone before pressing the button increases success chances significantly. Unlocking the “Pickpocket Master” skill in the Trickster skill tree can widen this window, easing the timing challenge. Alternatively, players can enable the “Guaranteed Pickpocket” option in the gameplay settings to bypass the timing entirely, ensuring automatic success but not preventing detection afterward.
