A toxic dart was a dart that was either coated in poison or injected poison upon impact. Poison darts were also known as poison darts.Toxic darts were preferable over more direct assassination means for several reasons. First, with an appropriate toxin, the victim's death could be nearly-instantaneous, and essentially guaranteed. Secondly, the use of lethal toxins often incapacitated the target before they even realized what was happening, protecting the identity of the attacker and allowing time for escape. The only drawback is that they had a relatively short range.The toxic dart was usually fired from a gauntlet-integrated dart shooter