Weapon

Introduction

Characters may wield weapons to attack enemies. Weapons may be divided into ranged and melee weapons. Occasionally, they may possess a brand or be an artefact.

Weapon attributes

The following is a table of all weapons in Crawl, aside from ammunition. Below is a short explanation of each field. This table has been partially updated for 0.11. Some notable changes: Ankuses have been removed.

Name	The name of the item as it appears in Crawl.
Damage	The base amount of damage the weapon does, before various bonuses and adjustments.
Hit	To hit modifier for the weapon, before any other adjustments.
Speed	This is actually the attack delay, which is multiplied by 10 to get the "percentages" you see in-game. (That is, attack delay 10 shows as 100%.) Every 2 levels of weapon skill lowers the delay by 1 unit. A weapon's minimum delay is half of its base delay (rounded down) or 7 (5 for sabres) whichever is lower. Speed brand cuts delay by half (round up), and haste cuts delay by a third (round randomly up or down). These effects stack, after the base cap, but there's an absolute cap of 2 for attack delay.
Mass	How heavy a weapon is. Note that this is used for game calculations and is not the same as the weight as it appears in your inventory.
Str weight	A bigger strength weighting is better for strong characters, while a low strength weighting is better for dexterous characters. When hand-and-a-half weapons are wielded two handed, they receive an additional 10% strength weight. In any case, the effect is small enough that it's best ignored these days.
Skill	What skill is trained when using this weapon.
Hands	How many hands are required to use the weapon. (Using a shield means using your weapon one-handed.) Half (meaning hand-and-a-half) weapons can be used one handed, but gain a speed and damage bonus if used two handed. Double weapons currently (version 0.4.5) behave as two handed (i.e. require two free hands). All ranged weapons suffer speed penalties when used one handed.
Size	The size of the weapon. Large creatures can wield larger weapons, while small creatures are restricted in what sizes they can use. The order is little, small, medium, large, big.
Missile	If the weapon uses a missile, what type does it need?
Throw	Can you throw it?
Dam Type	What category of damage does the weapon deal?
Prob	A larger number indicates higher probability of acquiring through scrolls of acquirement.

Notes for ranged weapons:

• Half means a reloading time penalty if using a shield
• Damage field is used for bonus strength damage (string tension)
• Slings get a bonus from dexterity, not strength (as tension is meaningless)

Race variants

Weapons can have various race variants. Dwarven, Elven, Orcish, or Demonic. These have the following properties,

Dwarven weapons are more resistant to corrosion than normal weapons. Dwarves do slightly more damage with dwarven weapons. And randomly generated dwarven weapons have 50% chance of being +1 to hit, and 50% chance of being +1 to damage. So dwarven weapons generally have better +x,+y bonuses.

Elven weapons give to hit bonuses to elves who wield them. And they also have a chance of getting up to +2 to hit bonus.

Orcish weapons give damage bonuses to orcs who wield them, followers of Beogh get even higher damage bonuses as their piety rises. And they have a 50% chance of getting -1 to hit, and a 50% chance of getting +1 to damage.

Demonic weapons have very strong base types. They are not variants, but a different type of weapon. Demonspawn get a bonus using demonic weapons.

Of course, all weapons have a chance of being enchanted. But the race weapons have a chance of getting a little bit more.

Weapon details

Short Blades

Name	Dam	Hit	Speed	Mass	Str weight	Skill	Hands	Size	Missile	Throw	Dam Type	Prob	Notes
dagger	4	+6	10	20	10%	Short Blades	One	Little	None	Yes	Stabbing (Slicing)	10
quick blade	5	+6	7	50	0%	Short Blades	One	Little	None	No	Stabbing (Slicing)	2	Cannot get a speed brand
short sword	6	+4	11	80	20%	Short Blades	One	Small	None	No	Slicing (Piercing)	10
sabre	7	+4	12	90	20%	Short Blades	One	Small	None	No	Slicing (Piercing)	10	Special case: min delay is 5

Long Blades

Name	Dam	Hit	Speed	Mass	Str weight	Skill	Hands	Size	Missile	Throw	Dam Type	Prob
falchion	8	+2	13	170	40%	Long Blades	One	Small	None	No	Slicing	10
blessed falchion	9	+2	12	170	40%	Long Blades	One	Small	None	No	Slicing	10
long sword	10	+1	14	160	30%	Long Blades	One	Medium	None	No	Slicing	10
blessed long sword	11	+0	13	160	30%	Long Blades	One	Medium	None	No	Slicing	10
scimitar	12	-2	14	170	30%	Long Blades	One	Medium	None	No	Slicing	10
blessed scimitar	13	-3	13	170	30%	Long Blades	One	Medium	None	No	Slicing	10
demon blade	13	-1	13	200	40%	Long Blades	One	Medium	None	No	Slicing	2
eudemon blade	14	-2	12	200	40%	Long Blades	One	Medium	None	No	Slicing	0	Blessed demon blade
double sword	15	-1	15	220	50%	Long Blades	Half	Medium	None	No	Slicing	2
blessed double sword	16	-2	14	220	50%	Long Blades	Half	Medium	None	No	Slicing	2
great sword	16	-3	16	250	60%	Long Blades	Two	Large	None	No	Slicing	10
blessed great sword	17	-4	15	250	60%	Long Blades	Two	Large	None	No	Slicing	10
triple sword	19	-4	19	260	60%	Long Blades	Two	Large	None	No	Slicing	2
blessed triple sword	20	-5	18	260	60%	Long Blades	Two	Large	None	No	Slicing	2

Axes

Name	Dam	Hit	Speed	Mass	Str weight	Skill	Hands	Size	Missile	Throw	Dam Type	Prob
hand axe	7	+3	13	80	60%	Axes	One	Small	None	Yes	Chopping	10
war axe	11	+0	15	180	70%	Axes	One	Medium	None	No	Chopping	10
broad axe	14	-2	16	230	80%	Axes	Half	Medium	None	No	Chopping	10
battleaxe	17	-4	17	250	80%	Axes	Two	Large	None	No	Chopping	10
executioner's axe	20	-6	20	280	90%	Axes	Two	Large	None	No	Chopping	2

Maces & Flails

Name	Dam	Hit	Speed	Mass	Str weight	Skill	Hands	Size	Missile	Throw	Dam Type	Prob
whip	6	+2	11	30	20%	Mace/Flail	One	Medium	None	No	Slashing	0
club or rod	5	+3	13	50	70%	Mace/Flail	One	Small	None	Yes	Crushing	0
hammer	7	+3	13	90	70%	Mace/Flail	One	Small	None	No	Crushing	0
mace	8	+3	14	120	80%	Mace/Flail	One	Small	None	No	Crushing	10
flail	9	+2	15	130	80%	Mace/Flail	One	Small	None	No	Crushing	10
morningstar	10	-1	15	140	80%	Mace/Flail	One	Medium	None	No	Piercing (Bludgeoning)	10
demon whip	11	+1	11	30	20%	Mace/Flail	One	Medium	None	No	Slashing	2
sacred scourge	12	+0	11	30	20%	Mace/Flail	One	Medium	None	No	Slashing	0	blessed demon whip
spiked flail	12	-2	16	190	80%	Mace/Flail	One	Medium	None	No	Piercing (Bludgeoning)	10
dire flail	13	-3	13	240	90%	Mace/Flail	Two	Large	None	No	Piercing (Bludgeoning)	10
eveningstar	14	-1	15	180	80%	Mace/Flail	One	Medium	None	No	Piercing (Bludgeoning)	2
great mace	18	-4	17	270	90%	Mace/Flail	Two	Large	None	No	Crushing	10
giant club	20	-6	17	330	100%	Mace/Flail	Two	Big	None	No	Crushing	10
giant spiked club	22	-7	18	350	100%	Mace/Flail	Two	Big	None	No	Piercing (Bludgeoning)	10

Polearms

Name	Dam	Hit	Speed	Mass	Str weight	Skill	Hands	Size	Missile	Throw	Dam Type	Prob
spear	6	4	11	50	30%	Polearms	Half	Small	None	Yes	Piercing	10
trident	9	3	13	160	40%	Polearms	Half	Medium	None	No	Piercing	10
halberd	13	-3	15	200	50%	Polearms	Two	Large	None	No	Chopping (Piercing)	10
scythe	14	-4	20	220	70%	Polearms	Two	Large	None	No	Slicing	10	featured by Sigmund
demon trident	12	1	13	160	40%	Polearms	Half	Medium	None	No	Piercing	2
trishula	13	0	13	160	40%	Polearms	Half	Medium	None	No	Piercing	0	blessed demon trident
glaive	15	-3	17	200	60%	Polearms	Two	Large	None	No	Chopping	10
bardiche	18	-6	20	200	80%	Polearms	Two	Large	None	No	Chopping	2

Staves

Note that magical staves fight like +0, +0 staves, though some offer extra damage or other effects.

Name	Dam	Hit	Speed	Mass	Str weight	Skill	Hands	Size	Missile	Throw	Dam Type	Prob
staff	5	5	12	130	60%	Staves	Double	Large	None	No	Crushing	10
quarterstaff	10	3	13	180	70%	Staves	Double	Large	None	No	Crushing	10
lajatang	16	-3	14	200	30%	Staves	Double	Large	None	No	Slicing	2

Ranged weapons

Name	Dam	Hit	Speed	Mass	Str weight	Skill	Hands	Size	Missile	Throw	Dam Type	Prob
blowgun	0	+2	10	20	0%	Throwing	Half	Little	Needle	No	Non-melee	0
sling	0	+2/~+7	11	20	10%	Slings	One	Little	Stone / Sling Bullet	No	Non-melee	10
crossbow	5	+4	15	150	80%	Crossbows	Two	Medium	Bolt	No	Non-melee	10
bow	3	+1	11	90	20%	Bows	Two	Medium	Arrow	No	Non-melee	10
longbow	6	0	12	120	30%	Bows	Two	Large	Arrow	No	Non-melee	10

See also

• Attack speed
• Weapon Speed
• Weapon damage
• Weapon choice

External links

E. Grasland's excellent spoiler on weapons Henzell's LearnDB