Steel
| It deals increased damage compared to normal ammo. |
Steel is an throwing weapon brand that can found on tomahawks and javelins. Ammo with this brand deals 30% more damage.
Although it lacks any special abilities, steel ammo is a good choice for general use. However, it is less effective than silver when attacking vulnerable enemies. It is a rare find outside of god gifts and certain high-level monsters.
Note that while steel is a material in real life, in Crawl, it and silver are implemented as brands, so you can't have a poisoned steel javelin or a silver exploding tomahawk.
History
Prior to 0.18, this brand could be found on sling bullets and bolts.
Prior to 0.16, steel ammunition would mulch 10% as often as normal.
Prior to 0.15, steel ammunition weighed 300% as much as normal.
Prior to 0.9.0, steel ammunition dealt 50% more damage.
The steel brand was added in 0.6.0.
| Brands | |
|---|---|
| Melee weapons | Antimagic • Chaos • Distortion • Draining • Electrocution • Flaming • Freezing • Heavy • Holy wrath • Pain • Protection • Reaching • Spectral • Speed • Vampiric • Venom Disruption • Dragon slaying • Reaping • Silver |
| Launchers | Antimagic • Draining • Electrocution • Flaming • Freezing • Heavy • Penetration • Speed |
| Throwing weapons | Atropa • Curare • Datura • Dispersal • Poisoned • Silver |
