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{{Infobox command
 |gp=10 to prepare, 10 to launch, and 10 per hit attempt
 |learntat=60 [[covert.items.weapons]] & [[covert.stealth]]
 |skills=[[Covert.items.weapons]] & [[covert.stealth]]
 |guild=Available to all}}

'''Ambush''' is a [[:Category:Covert commands|covert]] [[Commands|command]] that will prepare and execute a covert attack.

You must prepare the ambush while your target is not in the room. In contrast, [[backstab]] is a similar command that can attack someone you're not fighting without having to prepare.

It has been {{Devblog|388 announced}} that GP usage to prepare ambush has been reduced and execution now depends on the number of hits attempted.

The ambush command has {{Devblog|385 changed}} on June 2 2011 to make the number of attacks independent from the type of weapon or specials it has. It is said to instead use other properties of the weapon for the difficulty of the skillcheck that determine how many attack attempts are made.{{research}}

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==Acquisition==
Ambush can be learned at 60 levels of [[covert.stealth]] and [[covert.items.weapons]] from the recruiter in any thief guild (for [[Thieves' Guild|thieves]]) or from an assassin instructor (for [[Assassin Guilds|assassins]]).<!--I don't know what assassin npcs teach commands! Would anyone who knows please expand this. -Lexx.-->

The [[Thieves' Guild]] does not teach covert.items.weapons above 50 levels, but this can be bypassed by advancing covert.items.weapons to 50, then advancing [[covert.items]] by 10.

==Use==
The attack must be prepared while a target is not yet in the room by entering <code>ambush</code>, which takes you into hiding.  Then, when a target enters the room, you can <code>ambush <victim></code> to execute your attack. You must already be lying in ambush when the target enters the room; attempting to ambush a target who was in the room the entire time will result in a failure to attack. Upon executing a successful ambush you get up to four attacks.

An ambush can be prepared in an adjacent room during a fight using <code>[[abscond]] <direction> and ambush</code>.

==See also==
*[[Abscond]]
*[[Hide]]

==External links==
*{{Knowncommandhelp}}

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