Weapons

Overview

Weapons are equipped by members of your militia to protect your settlement. Weapons allow your militia to do more damage than a citizen would punching an enemy or swinging whatever tool they may be carrying.

Weapons are crafted by professionals such as the Mason and the Blacksmith. Weapons can also be looted when dropped by killed monsters.

Reach

Each weapon has a set reach. This is how far away a soldier may be from an enemy in order to hit the enemy. A longer reach allows the soldier to do damage to an enemy from the relative safety of being farther away.

Equipping Weapons

Footman progression through armor and weapon types.

Each weapon has a specific item level (also referred to as an 'ilevel'). If a higher item level weapon becomes available, then one of your soldiers will run to it and replace their own weapon with the stronger piece. As of Alpha 10, there is no way to specify if a particular weapon should be used by a particular militia member.

Weapons

There are multiple types of weapons, each with their own benefits and drawbacks. Each entry lists the weapon, item level, its base damage, and its reach.

Ranged Weapons

Bows are the utilised weapon for the Archer class. It is expected that other ranged weapons such as slings, spears, and crossbows will be added in future alphas.

Icon	Item Level	Item	Crafter	Damage	Reach	Requirement
	25	Archers Bow	Carpenter	25	30	Archer Lv 0
	35	Recurve Bow	Carpenter	35	35	Archer Lv 3

Swords

Swords are the prototypical weapon of the knight. As such, the sword is the first weapon aquired by any new recruit to the militia. The benefits of a sword over other weapons types is the ability to parry attacks, potentially reducing incoming damage and keeping precious soldiers alive longer.

Icon	Item Level	Item	Crafter	Damage	Reach	Requirement
	1	Wooden Sword	Carpenter	10	1.5	Footman Lv 0
	14	Bronze Short Sword	Blacksmith Equipped when a hearthling changes to Knight	14	1.5	Knight Lv 0
	16	Steel Short Sword	Blacksmith	16	1.5	Knight Lv 2
	18	Long Sword	Blacksmith	18	1.8	Knight Lv 3
	28	Two Handed Sword	Blacksmith	28	2.2	Footman Lv 5

Maces

The mace is a large, heavy object with a handle attached. Maces offer high damage output, at the expense of lowering defense. Maces, unlike swords, can not parry attacks.

Icon	Item Level	Item	Crafter	Damage	Reach	Requirement
	11	Stone Maul	Mason	11	1.5	Footman Lv 0
	14	Bronze Mace	Blacksmith	14	1.5	Footman Lv 0
	16	Iron Mace	Blacksmith	16	1.5	Footman Lv 1
	24	Giant Bone Mace	Monster Loot Trader	24	1.9	Footman Lv 4
	25	The Bonker	Monster Loot (Ogo)	25	1.9	Footman Lv 4

Polearms

The polearm is the age-old favorite for taking out cavalry. A polearm allows a soldier to attack from a longer distance, forcing the enemy to defend before they can even strike at the soldier wielding it.

Like maces, the polearm does not offer the ability to parry an attack. However, they are two-handed weapons and equipping a polearm results in the unequipping of an equipped shield.

Icon	Item Level	Item	Crafter	Damage	Reach	Requirement
	20	Iron Pike	Blacksmith	20	2.0	Footman Lv 2

Axes

Axes are two-handed weapons and equipping an axe results in the unequipping of an equipped shield.

Icon	Item Level	Item	Crafter	Damage	Reach	Requirement
	26	Giant Bone Axe	Monster Loot Trader	26	2.2	Footman Lv 4