Weapons

Weapon skills, base damage values, the full damage formula, archery specifics, and DI enchantment reference.

Weapon-skill table

Every weapon maps to exactly one skill. The skill value is the primary driver of that weapon’s damage output.

Weapon	Skill	Base damage
Wooden Sword	Swordsmanship	4
Stone Sword	Swordsmanship	5
Iron Sword	Swordsmanship	6
Golden Sword	Swordsmanship	4
Diamond Sword	Swordsmanship	7
Netherite Sword	Swordsmanship	8
Wooden Axe	Axe	7
Stone Axe	Axe	9
Iron Axe	Axe	9
Golden Axe	Axe	7
Diamond Axe	Axe	9
Netherite Axe	Axe	10
Mace (1.21+)	Mace Fighting	7
Wooden Spear (1.21.5+)	Spear	4
Stone Spear	Spear	5
Copper Spear	Spear	5
Iron Spear	Spear	6
Golden Spear	Spear	4
Diamond Spear	Spear	7
Netherite Spear	Spear	8
Bow	Archery	6
Crossbow	Archery	10
Trident	Throwing	9
Bare fists	Wrestling	3

Pickaxes, shovels, and hoes are treated as Wrestling weapons (FIST type) with reduced base damage (1–6 depending on material). They do not use weapon-specific skills.

Damage formula

All melee damage follows this formula:

Final Damage = Base Damage
             × Tactics (0.1–1.0)
             × Anatomy (0.5–1.5)
             × [Wrestling (0.5–1.5)]   ← unarmed only
             × STR Bonus (1 + STR/200)
             × Quality Modifier
             × DI Modifier (1 + DI%/100)
             × Critical Multiplier (2.0 on crit)

After Defense = Final Damage × (1 − AR / (AR + 50))

Multiplier reference

Tactics — the main damage multiplier

Tactics is the single most important combat skill. It acts as the primary damage gate:

Tactics Modifier = Tactics / 100
Range: 0.1 (skill 10) to 1.0 (skill 100)

At Tactics 10 you deal only 10% of potential damage. At Tactics 100 you deal full damage. No amount of gear compensates for low Tactics.

Tactics skill increases every time an attack hits (regardless of kill).

Anatomy — damage boost and critical hits

Anatomy boosts all damage and adds a critical hit chance:

Anatomy Modifier = 0.5 + (Anatomy / 100)
Range: 0.5 (skill 0) to 1.5 (skill 100)

Critical Chance = Anatomy / 2 %
Max: 50% at skill 100

Critical Multiplier = 2.0× damage

Anatomy skill increases only on kill.

Wrestling — unarmed combat modifier

Applied only when attacking with bare fists (not pickaxes or tools):

Wrestling Modifier = 0.5 + (Wrestling / 100)
Range: 0.5 (skill 0) to 1.5 (skill 100)

Wrestling also grants a stun chance:

Wrestling	Damage modifier	Stun chance
0	×0.5	0%
50	×1.0	12.5%
100	×1.5	25%

Stun lasts 1 second and has a 5-second cooldown per target.

STR bonus

STR Modifier = 1 + (STR / 200)

STR 100 adds a 50% damage bonus. STR is raised by improving STR-contributing skills.

Quality modifier

Quality is set at craft time and stored on the item. It modifies both damage and armor rating.

Quality	Modifier	Item lore tag
LQ (Low Quality)	×0.80	[Low Quality]
NQ (Normal Quality)	×1.00	(none)
HQ (High Quality)	×1.20	[High Quality]
EX (Exceptional)	×1.50	[Exceptional]

See Crafting Quality System for how quality is determined.

DI enchantments

DI (Damage Increase) enchantments add a flat percentage bonus per level. All DI bonuses are summed before being applied.

DI Modifier = 1 + (Total DI% / 100)

Enchantment	DI per level	Applies to	Condition
Sharpness	+10%	Sword, Axe	Always
Smite	+15%	Sword, Axe	Undead mobs only
Bane of Arthropods	+15%	Sword, Axe	Arthropod mobs only
Power	+10%	Bow	Always
Density (1.21+)	+8%	Mace	Always
Breach (1.21+)	+5%	Mace	Bypasses AR
Impaling	+12%	Trident	Aquatic mobs only

Sharpness V on a sword contributes +50% DI, making DI Modifier = 1.50.

Archery

Bows and crossbows use the Archery skill and share the same damage formula, with three additional modifiers.

Base damage

Weapon	Base damage
Bow	6
Crossbow	10

Distance falloff

Distance	Damage
0–15 blocks	100%
15–30 blocks	Linear falloff: 100% → 50%
30+ blocks	50% (floor)

Movement penalty

Firing while moving reduces damage:

State	Damage
Stationary	100%
Moving (horizontal speed > 0.1)	70% (−30%)

Movement is assessed at the moment the projectile is fired, not at impact.

Shield blocking (projectiles)

A defender with a shield in their off-hand can block incoming arrows:

Equipment	Block chance	Damage reduction
Shield	Parrying × 0.6% (max 60%)	50% damage reduction on block
No shield	0%	—

Weapon parry does not apply to arrows or bolts. A shield is required to have any chance of blocking ranged attacks.

Skill gain

Both the Archery skill and Tactics receive gain checks on every successful ranged hit.