Editing 40d:Weapon

Some types of weapons cannot be used by dwarves in Fortress mode, such as [[bow]]s, and only 7 can be manufactured. Some can however be used if recovered from enemies or gained by trade, and all can be used in [[weapon trap]]s just fine.  

In Adventure mode, all weapons are usable; an adventurer can become a bowdwarf, or use a [[human]] great axe or longsword in one hand despite the fact that he is smaller than the minimum size required to use the axe at all, with both hands or one. It is not clear if there are any penalties associated with using oversized weapons.

There are a few enormous weapons that no race can wield, these are only usable when mounted into weapon [[trap]]s.  These are the [[spike|menacing spike]], the [[large, serrated disc]], the [[Trap component#spiked ball|spiked ball]], [[enormous corkscrew]], and the [[Trap component#Giant axe blade|giant axe blade]].

Weapons vary in the amount and type of damage inflicted, according to raw/objects/item_weapon.txt. Blunt weapons like hammers and [[mace]]s tend to deal large amounts of damage to external body parts, and never get stuck in targets. Slashing or cutting weapons such as [[axe]]s or swords have a tendency to sever limbs on good hits, but sometimes get stuck in their victims.  Piercing weapons such as [[spear]]s or crossbow bolts have a high chance to deal damage to internal organs, possibly resulting in instant kills, but have the highest chance to get stuck in victims.  Weapons that get stuck in their victims cannot be reused until pulled free, which can leave the attacker vulnerable.  While stuck, the weapon can be twisted in the wound, possibly causing the victim to pass out from pain.

| [[Crossbow]](melee only)† || 70 || Bludgeon || Hammer || None

| [[Pick]]† || 70 || Pierce || Mining || 2

==== Other weapons ====

 

| [[Other weapon#Blowgun|Blowgun]]† (melee) || 20 || Bludgeon || Sword || None

| [[Bow]]† (melee) || 40 || Bludgeon || Sword || None

| [[Other weapon#Large dagger|Large dagger]] || 70 || Slash || Dagger || 1

| [[Other weapon#Great axe|Great axe]]‡ || 150 || Slash || Axe || None

| [[Other weapon#Halberd|Halberd]]‡ || 140 || Slash || Axe || None

| [[Long sword]]* † || 120 || Slash || Sword || 1

| [[Other weapon#Maul|Maul]]‡ || 160 || Bludgeon || Hammer || None

| [[Other weapon#Pike|Pike]]‡ || 120 || Pierce || Pike || 2

| [[Other weapon#Scimitar|Scimitar]]* || 100 || Slash || Sword || 1

| Two-handed sword‡ || 140 || Slash || Sword || 1

| [[Whip]]† || 20 || Gore || Whip/Lasher || None

† ''Dwarves wield weapon two-handed (set number of weapons to 2 in fort mode ({{k|v}}-{{k|p}}-{{k|s}}-{{k|m}}))'' <br> ‡ ''Dwarves cannot wield weapon (too large)''<br> * ''Can be worn in fortress mode''

| [[Other weapon#Blowgun|Blowdart]] || 10 || Pierce || Invaders' weapon

(See [[Trap component|Trap Weapon]] for more information.)

Weapons and [[trap]]s do one of four types of damage, the type of damage influences what type of critical hits it can inflict.

Damage is reduced by the target's [[armor]] and [[toughness]].

|[[axe]], [[sword]], [[dagger]], [[Trap component#Giant axe blade|giant axe blade]], [[large, serrated disc|serrated disc]]

|[[Other weapon#Pike|pike]], [[pick]], [[spear]], [[bolt]], [[arrow]], [[Other weapon#Blowgun|blowdart]], [[enormous corkscrew]], [[menacing spike]], [[Trap component#spiked ball|spiked ball]]

|[[war hammer]], [[mace]], unloaded [[crossbow]] or [[bow]] or [[Other weapon#Blowgun|blowdart]], [[Other weapon#Maul|maul]], [[flail]], [[morningstar]], [[fist]], stone-fall [[trap]]

Dwarves can only make metal weapons out of [[copper]], [[iron]], [[bronze]], [[bismuth bronze]], [[steel]], [[silver]] or [[adamantine]], the only so-called "'''weapons-grade'''" metals in the game. ''(Short swords can also be made from one [[obsidian]] plus one [[log]] for a [[wood]]en handle.)'' The exceptions are from elves, who commonly trade wooden weapons, and a [[strange mood]] from a [[weaponsmith]], which can produce a weapon from almost anything (which would then fall into the "other" category*).

 

Actual weapon damage depends partially on the material from which the weapon was forged, then multiplied by quality (see next section). For example, a copper battle axe does a base 73 damage (110 x 66%), while a steel axe does 146 damage (110 x 133%), etc.

|  [[Steel]] and [[Obsidian]]† || 133

| All other materials† ([[wood]], [[silver]], [[glass]], etc.) || 50

| colspan=2 | † ''This value could not be verified from the raws. It is believed to still be accurate but use at your own risk.''

[[Main:Toady|Toady]] has [http://www.bay12games.com/cgi-local/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=12&t=000013 stated] that [[quality]] increases an item's damage (in the case of weapons, or protection in the case of armour), namely,  

:"''Quality has a huge effect on damage and damage reduction... 'Exceptional' is almost double damage/damage block.''"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So at a glance we can see that even a no-quality steel item is the equivalent to the best copper item possible, and that no copper item will ever be as good as a +fine iron+ one. (It is not known whether [[artifact]] quality items have ''additional'' modifiers above and beyond "masterpiece" level.)

 

''(Note that for crossbows and bows, the quality and material of the [[ammo]] affect ranged damage. As with any melee weapon, both quality and material combined affect melee combat and melee damage with these weapons.)''

[prone]{standing} 2*( RND(DMG*QLT*MAT/10) + RND(STR) + {berserk} RND(4) + {charging} RND(5) -RND(DMBL*2) + {bigger} RND(DIFFSIZE) - {smaller} DIFFSIZE - RND(TOU*2) - [berserk] RND(4) )

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