Weapon

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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.

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.
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.) All ranged weapons except slings and blowguns suffer speed penalties when used with a shield.
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:

• 2 means that it can be used with a shield, but there is a reloading time penalty.

Weapon details

Short Blades

Short blades exercise the skill "Short Blades".

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

Long Blades

Long blades exercise the skill "Long Blades".

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

Axes

Axes exercise the skill "Axes".

Name	Dam	Hit	Speed	Mass	Str weight	Hands	Size	Missile	Throw	Dam Type	Prob	Notes
hand axe	7	+3	13	80	60%	One	Little	None	No	Chopping	10
war axe	11	+0	15	180	70%	One	Small	None	No	Chopping	10
broad axe	13	-2	16	230	80%	One	Medium	None	No	Chopping	10
battleaxe	15	-4	17	250	80%	Two	Large	None	No	Chopping	10
executioner's axe	18	-6	20	280	90%	Two	Large	None	No	Chopping	2

Maces & Flails

Maces and flails exercise the skill "Mace/Flail".

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

Polearms

Polearms exercise the skill "Polearms".

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

Staves

Staves exercise the skill "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	Hands	Size	Missile	Throw	Dam Type	Prob	Notes
staff	5	5	12	130	30%	One	Medium	None	No	Crushing	0	Not generated. Used only as base type for magical staves.
quarterstaff	10	3	13	180	30%	Two	Large	None	No	Crushing	10
lajatang	16	-3	14	200	30%	Two	Large	None	No	Slicing	2

Ranged weapons

Name	Dam	Hit	Speed	Mass	Str weight	Skill	Hands	Size	Missile	Throw	Dam Type	Prob	Notes
blowgun	0	+2	10	20	0%	Throwing	One	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
• Handedness
• Ranged Combat
• Ranged Weapons

History

Prior to 0.14, there were elven, dwarven, and orcish variants of weapons which had small additional benefits, and demonspawn characters received a damage bonus when using demonic weapons - see Racial weapon variants. Also, several weapons were renamed: sabre to cutlass, double sword to bastard sword, and triple sword to claymore.