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(T) = Throwable

Skill Range Difficulty Skill Range Difficulty
0-5 Grandma 30-35 Moderate Skill
5-10 Ex. Easy 35-45 Difficult
10-15 Very Easy 45-55 Mod. Difficult
15-20 Easy 55-65 V. Difficult
20-30 Some Skill 65-85 Ex. Difficult
85-100 Ex. Skilled

A Note On Skilling

The most important thing when trying to skill is your enemy. Higher level enemies are required for higher skills, and at a certain point kills of too low a level won't give you skills at all. But if the enemy you are trying to kill is too high of a level you might miss too much and hardly skill at all. So you have to try to find the sweet spot, as high as you can go without missing too often. A wise man once told me to aim for hitting (at minimum) 2 out of 3 rounds.

Suggested Killing Guide for skilling: (not 100% accurate)

  • Skills 0-20 Enemies level 0-5
  • Skills 20-30 Enemies atleast level 7
  • Skills 30-40 Enemies atleast level 10
  • Skills 40-50 Enemies atleast level 14
  • Skills 50-60 Enemies atleast level 16
  • Skills 60-80 Enemies atleast level 18
  • Skills 80-100 Enemies atleast level 19

Note that the required level of an enemy depends on your level as well. This guide is probably more for someone level 19+. Lower levels can kill smaller things than listed here.

Next, is your weapon. You can skill with a lower difficulty weapon, or a higher difficulty weapon. But you'll skill best with a weapon for your skill specifically. If stuck between deciding on a lower difficulty and a higher difficulty, I'll generally aim for a lower difficulty. Because hitting is everything. Some people argue more damage = more skills, but higher damage isn't worth it if you are missing more than you'd like.

Another thing to note is that lighter weapons are easier to hit with. If you want to skill fast, aim for a lighter weapon within your difficulty. If you just want more damage heavier weapon, but you'll miss more, but might do more damage in the long run.

Also, higher intelligence + wisdom makes for higher skilling, so Half-Elves skill the fastest, followed by Elves, then Humans, then Dwarves, and Orcs being the slowest.

Remember that all evals below are guidelines. The eval isn't 100% accurate down to these sets of skill ranges, just a player-made general guide to follow. If you have a weapon from within the difficulty and feel you are missing too much, you might want to try a different one.

Strength to Wield

Strength-to-wield testing is ongoing; many preliminary results are available in the weapons tables, with the following notation.

n Testing has determined that n is the minimum strength needed to wield this weapon in your main hand.
<n The weapon can be wielded with n strength and might be wieldable at lower strengths, but we have not yet tested them.
>n The weapon cannot be wielded with n strength, and we have not yet tested higher strengths.
n<x The weapon cannot be wielded with n strength, can be wielded with x strength, and we have not yet tested the values in between. (e.g., 4<8)

Axe

Attack Type: Chop, Pierce for picks and stalactites
Fast for: Ranger Viable for: Paladin, Shapeshifter
Uniques: None
  • Pros: Common, usually lightweight, chop is good due to few armors protecting against it.
  • Cons: No uniques, limited high end choices
  • High End Choices: Choppingweapon and Stalactite are both good hard hitters, but stalactite is pretty heavy (8) so you will have to expect more misses with it. Butterfly wing axe hits pretty good as well.
  • Two Weapon Choices: Butterfly wing axe gets bonus hits and hooked axe makes it easier to get offhands hits so good together, and the dwarven mining picks just dual well in general, but nothing special.

Suggested skill progression:

  • 0–15 Meat cleaver from manor, a pickaxe from nemaset in newbie park.
  • 15-25 Bigbladed axe from Ravel Village.
  • 25-35 Sharp Axe from Guardian of underground forest.
  • 35-45 Hooked axe from shieldhand
  • 45-100 Butterfly wing axe from shieldhand, stalactite from star caverns
  • 60-100 Dwarven mining pick from Dwarven miner, Choppingweapon from blors cavern
Skill Level Weapon Wt. Str Area NPC Damage Parry Handed
0-5 A small, worthless pick 1 Drow Caverns Elven Slave Average Very Poor One Handed
5-10 A hoe 1 Arcadia Zack, the farmer's son Average Poor One Handed
A meat cleaver 2 1 Haunted Manor Meat Cleaver Average Poor One Handed
A pickaxe 2 1 Quarry Nemaset the Dwarf Average Very Poor One Handed
10-15 An achetus 2 1 Quarry Quarry Journeyman Average Poor One Handed
A small pickaxe 2 1 Dwarven Mines Small Dwarven Guard Average Poor One Handed
A tiny axe 1 Sydryth Assorted tree sprites Average Very Poor One Handed
A wood axe 3 Drow Caverns Elven Slave Greater than Average Very Poor One Handed
A wood axe 3 Hobbitat Hobbits Greater than Average Very Poor One Handed
A wooden pick 1 Dwarven Mines Small Dwarf Average Very Poor One Handed
15-20 An achetus 2 Quarry Average Poor One Handed
A bigbladed axe 3 3 Ravel Goblin Warrior Greater than Average Very Poor One Handed
A hand axe 2 2 Various orcs, goblins, ogres Average Very Poor One Handed
An old hatchet 2 3 Dalair Bugbear Average Very Poor One Handed
Sharp Cleaver 2 Fairy Ring Fairy Cook Average Very Poor One Handed
20-30 An antique battleaxe 3 Neville Oterim the Sage Average Poor One Handed
A bronze hatchet 2 <11 Morin Farm Twist, an aged tinker Average Very Poor One Handed
An elven axe 3 Elven Nature Preserve Valendil, the preserve warden Average Poor One Handed
A green painted shovel 2 5 Ravel Zeb Average Serviceable One Handed
A hurlbat (T) 2 Dalair Weapon Seller Average Very Poor One Handed
An ivory pick 2 North orcs caves Minyon, the impuissant orc Average Very Poor One Handed
A large stalactite 8 Star Caverns Star Caverns Greater than Average Very Poor One Handed
Meat Axe 2 Nepeth Village Butcher Average Poor One Handed
A mining pick 2 4 Iceforge Clan Forge A lean miner Average Very Poor One Handed
Pick 2 Rodentid Temple Bradbury Average Very Poor One Handed
A rusty pickaxe 2 Zombie Miners A bloated dwarven zombie Average Poor One Handed
Short-hafted Axe 3 Zhamarr Grumpy Dwarf Average Poor One Handed
A steel axe 4 4 Shieldhand Clan A group of five soldiers Greater than Average Poor One Handed
30-35 A hooked axe 2 7 Shieldhand Clan Farur, advisor to Torran Greater than Average Fine One Handed
A meat cleaver 2 <11 Orc Mountain A huge orc cook Average Very Poor One Handed
Pickaxe 2 Underground Forest Zombie Miner Average Poor One Handed
A sharp axe 4 6 Underground Forest Tall Guardian Greater than Average Poor One Handed
Stanaxe 2 Quarry Borro Average Adequate One Handed
A trolloc axe 3 7 Greenhaven Trolloc Watcher Average Poor One Handed
35-45 Hunters Axe 3 <13 Gralains Tomb Gralain's Tomb Average Very Poor One Handed
An orcish handaxe 2 9 Dalair Orc Chieftan Average Poor One Handed
45-55 A butterfly wing axe 3 >10 Shieldhand Clan Old Ulgar Average Serviceable One Handed
Killer Axe 3 11 Neville Bonebreaker, Old Smith Average Serviceable One Handed
Tomahawk 3 11 Anasazi Indian Guard Average Serviceable One Handed
55-65 A choppingweapon 3 13 Blors Cavern Dwarven Guard Average Serviceable One Handed
An iron bearded axe 3 12 Felgand's training camp Khal, the pathfinder Average Adequate One Handed
A mithril mining pick 2 12 Iceforge Clan Forge Vadsa the foreman Average Serviceable One Handed
65-85 A dwarven mining pick 2 14 Dwarven Mines Dwarven Miner Average Serviceable One Handed

Club

Attack Type: Crush
Fast for: Cleric, Artificer, Shapeshifter Viable for: Ranger, Paladin
Uniques: Krakadoom, Stone Smasher Maul, Onyx, Destructor, Hammer of Gralain, the Big Un
  • Pros: Common, big damage
  • Cons: Heavy, bad parry
  • High End Options: The heavily jewel encrusted mace(hjem) is very popular, but inferior to the other high clubs. Krakadoom(kraky) is still probably the most damaging weapon in the game. A word of warning about the Stone Smasher Maul(ssm) – when you first wield it, it’ll look great - +1 strength and giving you bone crushing messages all the time: unfortunately, those messages aren’t real bonecrushes and only do about 8 damage. The Destructor is only really good for dwarves. Huge warhammer(non-unique of kraky) not too shabby either.
  • Two Weapon Options: Well-balanced battlehammers and thats about it. Good use for anyone, but Dwarves get uber bonuses with them.


Suggested skill Progression:

  • 0-20 Fishing poles from Salty John, ‘Hammer’ from random hobbits in Hobbitat, frying pans.
  • 20-30 Gnarled Club from Dalair.
  • 30-50 For clerics: Mace of Crushing(moc) from Drow Caverns. For everyone else, long-hafted sledgehammer from underground forest
  • 40-60 Well-balanced battlehammer from shieldhand, warclub from anasazi
  • 60-100 Heavy Jewel Encrusted Mace (hjem) from Orc Mountain.
  • 70-100 Huge Warhammer or Krakadoom from Frost Giant Steading, Destructor (for dwarves) from Blor’s Hideout. Stone Smasher Maul from Massive Stone Giant, Dual wbbhs if you have the two weapon to support it


Skill Level Weapon Wt. Str Area NPC Damage Parry Handed
0-5 A flask of oil (T) 1 1 Dalair Weapon Seller Average Very Poor One Handed
A rusty shovel 1 Zhamarr Zhammar Average Useless One Handed
A stylish cane 1 Tantallon Woolcroft Average Poor One Handed
5-10 A hammer 3 1 Hobbitat Hobbitat Greater than Average Useless One Handed
A hammer 3 1 Knights Stronghold A blacksmith Greater than Average Very Poor One Handed
A ladle 1 1 Zhamarr Aerial Servant Average Very Poor One Handed
Large Fishing Pole 3 Tantallon Salty John Greater than Average Very Poor One Handed
Medium-sized Fishing Pole 3 Tantallon Salty John Greater than Average Very Poor One Handed
An old fishing pole 3 Alataciria Ground Greater than Average Very Poor One Handed
A quill pen 1 Fairy Ring A harried scribe Average Very Poor One Handed
Small Fishing Pole 2 Dalair Bugbear, Salty John Average Very Poor One Handed
Wooden Cane 2 Hobbitat Hobbitat Average Serviceable One Handed
10-15 A battered frying pan 2 1 Haunted Manor Haunted Manor Average Very Poor One Handed
A black cudgel 1 Tantallon Fredd Average Poor One Handed
A crude club 2 1 Zhamarr Bandit Average Very Poor One Handed
A frying pan 2 1 Rune A large ogre cook Average Very Poor One Handed
A hammer 2 Paladin Estates A farrier Average Very Poor One Handed
A hardwood cudgel 3 Various Hork the Vicious Thug Greater than Average Poor One Handed
A patient chart 1 1 Elven Defense Fortress Sardus the doctor Average Very Poor One Handed
A rolling pin 2 Morin Farm Morin Farm Average Very Poor One Handed
A sea pole 7 Tantallon Salty John Greater than Average Very Poor Two Handed
short stick 1 Dalair Goblin Average Poor One Handed
A small mattock 2 Orc Mountain Old Dwarven Guest Average Very Poor One Handed
A spider 2 Drow Outpost Drow Outpost Average Very Poor One Handed
A torch 1 1 Rangermade Rangermade Average Very Poor One Handed
A walking stick 2 Hobbitat Assorted hobbits Average Very Poor One Handed
A wooden club 3 Various Vargas the Village Bully Greater than Average Poor One Handed
15-20 A black horn 2 3 Harkke portal Tole Average Poor One Handed
A bloodstained mace 2 2 Manspiders Venletta, the Manspider Priestess Average Serviceable One Handed
A boat oar 1 2 Tantallon Sea Rescue On ground Average Poor One Handed
A carpenters hammer 2 Tantallon Sea Rescue A half-elf carpenter Average Very Poor One Handed
A carved wooden spoon 2 Redcliff on Infidian Dunry the cook Average Very Poor One Handed
A gavelok 2 Quarry A peon Average Poor One Handed
A gnarled club 3 Dalair Orc Greater than Average Very Poor One Handed
A gnarled wooden cane 2 2 Drakhiya Yassar Average Serviceable One Handed
A heavily damaged insectoid leg 2 Thraxi Hyf Soldiers/drones Average Serviceable One Handed
A large bone 2 1 Ghost Ship Ghost Ship Greater than Average Poor One Handed
A metal mace 3 2 Shieldhand Clan A group of five soldiers Greater than Average Poor One Handed
Onix, Horn of Power 2 Harkke portal Tole Average Poor One Handed
A quarelmell 2 Quarry A peon Average Poor One Handed
A shipwrights hammer 2 Alataciria Ceylann, the shipwright Greater than Average Serviceable One Handed
A shipwrights hammer 2 Shipyard Tamarlyn, the shipwright Greater than Average Serviceable One Handed
A short dwarvish bow 2 2 Shieldhand Clan A gaunt dwarf Average Very Poor Two Handed
A sledgehammer 3 Music Man Gardener Greater than Average Very Poor One Handed
A small hammer (T) 2 2 Iceforge Clan Forge The master smith Average Very Poor One Handed
A stout cudgel 2 2 Morin Farm Uladia, a helpful cleric Average Very Poor One Handed
A sturdy fishing pole 3 Alataciria Rishon, an elven fisherman Greater than Average Very Poor One Handed
A wooden rolling pin 2 Fallan Mari, a young woman Average Poor One Handed
20-30 An antique mace 3 4 Neville Oterim the Sage Average Poor One Handed
A branding iron 2 4 Drakhiya Drakhiya Torturer Average Very Poor One Handed
Heavily damaged insectoid leg 3 Thraxi Hyf Soldiers/drones Average Serviceable One Handed
A heavy mace 4 5 Dalair Bugbear, Bartender Greater than Average Poor One Handed
A huge brutish club 3 4 Scythe Camp Naidim Average Very Poor One Handed
A long-hafted sledgehammer 5 Underground Forest Zombie Blacksmith Greater than Average Poor One Handed
An old, but usable mop 2 Scythe Camp Worlph Average Adequate One Handed
A rough wooden club 2 4 Drakon Encampment, Drakon Settlement A tall xaerre scout, A black clad xaerre Average Poor One Handed
A simple mace 3 4 Fluf Average Poor One Handed
A small hammer 2 Nepeth An elderly sculptor Average Very Poor One Handed
A stained club 2 4 Seal Point Aemon Average Very Poor One Handed
30-35 A belaying pin 3 7 Lighthouse Wraith of Lighthousekeeper Average Fine One Handed
A blacksmiths hammer 4 6 Shieldhand Clan Quenlar the smith Greater than Average Serviceable One Handed
A huge club 4 6 Asyvans Domain A large ogre Greater than Average Very Poor One Handed
A large ceremonial club 4 7 Greenhaven Gruk, the trolloc king Greater than Average Very Poor One Handed
A large wooden club 5 6 Various Big Ogre, Hill Giant Greater than Average Serviceable One Handed
Quadrelle Mace 3 <8 Drutes tomb Tholmus Average Serviceable One Handed
A razor-sharp mace 4 6 Prehistoric Valley Greater than Average Serviceable One Handed
A rugged club 3 Mba'e Ava'i Greater than Average Serviceable One Handed
Trolloc Basher Greenhaven Greenhaven Greater than Average Very Poor One Handed
35-45 A Bar-Bell 5 8 Ravel Zeb the Guard Greater than Average Very Good Two Handed
The Big Un (Non-unique version) 2 Cyranos House Festus the drunkard Average Fine One Handed
A black hammer 4 12 Issla village Lizard High Priest Greater than Average Poor One Handed
A hammer 3 Zhamarr Joe the Old Inkeeper Average Useless One Handed
A heavy mallet >7 Shieldhand Clan A group of four guards Greater than Average Poor One Handed
An iron mace 3 Gralains Tomb Gralain's Tomb Average Very Poor One Handed
A mace of crushing 4 8 Drow Caverns Drow Priestess Greater than Average Poor One Handed
Tree Trunk 15 Various Giant Ogre Greater than Average Poor One Handed
A well-balanced battlehammer 2 8 Shieldhand Clan Torran, the leader of the Clan Average Very Poor One Handed
A wooden club 3 8 Scythe Camp Psaico, Glumshakh Average Poor One Handed
45-55 A balanced warhammer 10 Knights Retreat Allain the knight commander Greater than Average Very Poor One Handed
A big wooden spoon 2 8<10 Steading A frost giant wench Average Serviceable One Handed
A dwarven hammer 8<11 Thranarack A dwarven guard Average Poor One Handed
Dwarven War Hammer 3 Gralains Tomb Gralains Tomb Greater than Average Very Poor Two Handed
Hammer of Gralain 3 Gralains Tomb Gralains Tomb Greater than Average Very Poor One Handed
A heavy cudgel 3 8<10 Neville Puffy the Tobacconist Average Adequate One Handed
A heavy warhammer(one hand) 4 >8 Nepeth Hanness the smith Greater than Average Very Poor One or Two
A heavy warhammer(both hands) 4 Nepeth Hanness the smith Less than Average Very Poor One or Two
An iron mace 10 Zhamarr Optio Greater than Average Very Poor One Handed
A Mace of Darkness 8<11 Manspiders Venletta, the Manspider Priestess Average Serviceable One Handed
A mace of heavy metals 4 8<10 Anakim Rasa, Mistress of the Anakim Greater than Average Adequate One Handed
A mighty maul >6 Flame Pit Giant Pit Greater than Average Poor One Handed
A stout cudgel Shipyard Davian, first mate of the Curiosity Greater than Average Adequate One Handed
A warclub 4 >10 Anasazi Warrior Greater than Average Serviceable One Handed
A well used battlehammer Ravel An elf cleric Average Adequate One Handed
55-65 The Big un(Unique version) 2 Cyranos House Festus the drunkard Average Nearly Perfect One Handed
A heavy hammer 5 12<15 Mt. Kresh guard Average Very Poor One Handed
A heavy mace 3 12 Mt. Kresh Mt. Kresh Average Fine One Handed
A nasty mace 3 12 Blors Cavern Blor Average Poor One Handed
A two-handed hammer 5 12 Iceforge Clan Forge Namori, a harried guard Average Very Poor Two Handed
65-85 Heavy Jeweled Encrusted Mace 4 14 Orc Mountain Kazarov Average Very Poor One Handed
A huge hammer 4 >11 Iceforge Clan Forge The master smith Average Very Poor Two Handed
Huge Warhammer 5 14 Steading Jarl Average Adequate Two Handed
85-100 Destructor 17 dwarf, 11 elf Blors Cavern Blor Average Poor One Handed
Krakadoom 6 16 Steading Jarl Greater than Average Fine Two Handed

Curved Blade

Attack Type: Slash
Fast for: Rogues, Paladins, Rangers Viable for: Artificers, Shapeshifters
Uniques: Blade of Sethic, Eagle Talon, Flamberge, the flame sword
  • Pros: Decent mix of damage, parry and lightness
  • Cons: Somewhat uncommon, a bit lower on damage scale.
  • High End Choices: The katana has pretty nice parry, and the orcish sabre does reasonable damage, but neither are exceptional. Eagle Talon from the eagle clan is possibly the best curved blade in game. Or the Flamberge, if you can get it for your skill. See its page for more info. Blade of Sethic possibly good because 2handed, but can't say. See its page.
  • Two Weapon Choices: Orcish Sabre has been often used, assassins blade and hasashiyyini blade from hasashiyyini both give bonuses to two weapon, the sharpened keen steel scimitars from shieldhand dual decently and give +20 riposte.

Suggested Skill Progression:

  • 0-20 Snickersnee from orc minions.
  • 20-30 Hooked sword from packrat guards in star caverns
  • 30-50 Long Katana from underground forest.
  • 50-100 Katana from Zhammar.
  • 60-100 Orcish Sabre from Dalair or Drakhiya.
  • 0-100 Flamberge, the flame sword sets itself to your ability, but will not go down in difficulty if someone else has had before you.
Skill Level Weapon Wt. Str Area NPC Damage Parry Handed
10-15 A blunt scimitar 2 Nomads Camp Deshret Average Poor One Handed
A snickersnee 1 1 Troll Bridge Orcling Minion Average Poor One Handed
15-20 A bronze sickle 2 Morin Farm Qriachi, a wily half-orc Average Serviceable One Handed
An old iron scimitar 2 Nomads Camp Qustul Average Poor One Handed
A rougly-hewn wooden scimitar 1 Fort Mt. Wolf Average Very Poor One Handed
A shiny scimitar 2 <8 Nomads Camp Khasek, Muhammed Average Poor One Handed
20-30 Antique Cutlass Neville Oterim the Sage Average Serviceable One Handed
A curved dagger Shipyard Shendar, a peaceful sailor Average Adequate One Handed
A hooked sword 2 <8 Star Caves Packrat Guard Average Serviceable One Handed
A serrated scimitar 2 Nomads Camp Hebel el-Arak, the chief's son Average Adequate One Handed
Some damaged thraxi mandibles 3 Thraxi Hyf Thraxi Greater than Average Splendid One Handed
30-35 An ancient sword Eagle Clan Arkuldashs room Average Very Good One Handed
An assassin's blade 3 7 Hasashiyyini Compound Average Good One Handed
A backsword <8 Drutes tomb Torme Average Adequate One Handed
A long crescent sword 3 6 Issla village A lizard guard Average Fine One Handed
A drow blade 3 6 Drow Outpost Drow Warrior Average Adequate One Handed
A jagged scimitar 3 7 Mba'e Chepora, Tavy Greater than Average Good One Handed
A sabre 2 7 Zhamarr Swordswoman Average Fine One Handed
A thin scimitar 2 5<10 Sand dragons Average Fine One Handed
A very sharp scimitar 3 6 Nepeth A suspicious-looking man Average Good One Handed
35-45 A gleaming cavalry sword 8<10 Eagle Clan Megdanur the leader of the Eagle Clan Average Good One Handed
A gleaming cutlass Cyranos House The figurehead of Belle Star Average Fine One Handed
A long katana 3 8 Underground Forest Cos Average Good One Handed
Orcish Scimitar 3 9 Dalair Orc Lieutenant Average Fine One Handed
A sabre 2 8<11 Andeli Castle Commander Average Fine One Handed
Scimitar <11 Zhamarr Dark-skinned Guard, Legionnaire Average Fine One Handed
A sharpened keen steel scimitar 7<11 Shieldhand Clan Old Ulgar Greater than Average Nearly Perfect One Handed
Some good thraxi mandibles 4 Thraxi Hyf Thraxi Greater than Average Nearly Perfect One Handed
45-55 A curved black scimitar 3 11 Orc Mountain Queen Mularas, Princess Delaras Average Good One Handed
Curved Scimitar 2 10 Drakhiya Drakhiya Armoury Average Adequate One Handed
A hasashiyyini blade 2 10 Hasashiyyini Compound Average Splendid One Handed
55-65 Andellens Wrath Andellen Encampment Andellen the deadly Average Splendid One Handed
A falchion 12<15 Drakhiya Drakhiya Average Very Good One Handed
Katana Zhamarr Denzaemon of the Cold Hand Clan Average Nearly Perfect One Handed
An onyx-hilted hooked sword 12 Nepeth Grorkag, head of Nepeth operations Average Splendid One Handed
A steel backsword 3 12 Felgand's training camp Vivole, the specialist Average Nearly Perfect One Handed
65-85 Orcish Sabre 2 14 Dalair Orc Captain Average Good One Handed
85-100 The Eagle Talon 4 16 Eagle Clan Arkuldash of the Eagle Clan Average Absolutely Perfect One Handed
Variable Flamberge, the flame sword 3 Varies Sand dragons Varies Varies One Handed

Exotic

Attack Type: Differs. Elemental orbs good with everything.
Fast for: Paladin Viable for: Ranger
Uniques: None
  • Pros: Not much, though the top exotics are very good
  • Cons: Very rare, very slow for most classes
  • High End Choices: Elemental orbs were the only choice for a long time, they do fire or frost damage depending on which you have, and so work very well on armored things. Now there are the thraxi mandibles that are two handed and do good damage, but are heavy. Shears are decent and good dualled
  • Two Weapon Choices: They all dual pretty well due to low weight... but only ones worth it are the orbs and shears, shears being more difficult, but actually have specials for offhand.

Suggested Skill Progression:

  • 0-20 Weeding hook from Nepeth, carpenters saw from tantallon sea rescue, padded grapple from rogues or tant. sea rescue
  • 10-30 a rusty pair of blade shears from ray the sheep farmer "search table" in his cabin.
  • 30-50 Throwing star from Grorkag in nepeth.
  • 45-100 Elemental orbs, a pair of steel blade shears from rays.
  • 50-100 Some well preserved thraxi mandibles


Skill Level Weapon Wt. Str Area NPC Damage Parry Handed
0-5 Knight Tail Scythe Camp Scythe Games Area Average Useless One Handed
A red wild rose (T) 1 Castle Virgis, SE isle Maya, the Virgision Princess Average Very Poor One Handed
A rune stone (T) 1 1 Rune The Keeper of the Silver Circle Average Very Poor One Handed
5-10 Weeding Hook 1 Nepeth Nepeth Average ? One Handed
A paper fan 1 1 Drakhiya Drakhiya Orc Mistress Average Adequate One Handed
Shuriken (T) 1 <8 Dalair Weapon Seller Average Useless One Handed
Tambourine 1 Drakhiya Drakhiya Dancing Girl Average Very Poor One Handed
10-15 Bible 1 Convent Convent Average Very Poor One Handed
A carpenters saw 2 1 Tantallon Sea Rescue On ground Average Poor One Handed
An oak boomerang (T) 1 1 Tantallon Park Sanal Average Serviceable One Handed
A padded grapple 2 <4 Tantallon Sea Rescue, Rogues On ground Average Useless Two Handed
15-20 a rusty pair of blade shears 2 Rays Sheep Farm "Search" table, in cabin Average Very Poor One Handed
30-35 A throwing star (T) 2 6 Nepeth Grorkag, head of Nepeth operations Average Very Poor One Handed
35-45 A pair of steel blade shears 3 Rays Sheep Farm Ray the sheep farmer Average Serviceable One Handed
45-55 Elemental orb 3 10 Flaws House Faden Magus Average ? One Handed
55-65 A jeweled sceptre Silent Grove Mini Quest Average Fine One Handed
Some well preserved thraxi mandibles 6 8<10 Thraxi Hyf Queens? Greater than Average Adequate Two Handed
A three-legged barstool 5 Rylmis Forsaken Manor Kitchen Average Very Good Two Handed

Flail

Attack Type: Crush
Fast for: Cleric, Paladin Viable for: Artificer, Ranger
Uniques/Document Weapons: Morning Star, Flail of Ancient Demolition, the Xenophobe
  • Pros: Good damage, very nice high end choices now
  • Cons: Heavy, somewhat uncommon
  • High End Choices: Morning star gets a very nice bonus when hitting humans, and does reasonable damage anyway. The vicious looking flail is just your average high end non unique. The flail of ancient demolition is a 2hander that has chance of knockdown. Dire flail is a semi unique that has a high skill requirement and level requirement, occasionally causes enemy to freeze up. Two handed mithril flail generic semi unique. The Xenophobe is a document weapon, and like most document weapons, is great.
  • Two Weapon Choices: Not a whole lot of good options. Cat o' nine do ok but pretty meh damage, rangermade whips and maybe other whips like the scythe one and lizard one.

Suggested Skill Progression:

  • 0-20 Iron Shackles from Drow Caverns, thin vine from hopkins squash
  • 20-30 Light Flail from Dalair.
  • 30-50 Heavy Morningstar from underground forest.
  • 40-70 Ball and chain from Ravel.
  • 60-100 Flail of ancient demolition from anakim,two-handed steel flail from iceforge, Vicious looking flail from Scythe camp
  • 70-100 Morning Star from Zhammar, two-handed mithril from iceforge
  • 80-100 Dire flail from shieldhand, Xenophobe Document weapon
Skill Level Weapon Wt. Str Area NPC Damage Parry Handed
5-10 Hand Seine 4 Tantallon Salty John Greater than Average Very Poor Two Handed
Thin Vine Hopkins Garden Squash Greater than Average Poor One Handed
10-15 Some iron shackles 2 1 Drow Caverns Drow Caverns Average Very Poor One Handed
15-20 A feather duster 1 Drakhiya A serpentari maid Less than Average Poor One Handed
A wooden flail <11 Morin Farm Fergal, Saul Average Poor One Handed
A light flail 3 3 Dalair Orcish Punk Greater than Average Poor One Handed
20-30 Antique Morningstar 3 Neville Oterim the Sage Average Poor One Handed
A finely braided whip 2 Rangermade Rangers Average Poor One Handed
Lizard Whip 2 Issla village Lizardman Village Average Useless One Handed
A six-tailed flail Issla village Bog Monster Greater than Average Very Poor One Handed
30-35 Kurbash 2 Slaver Encampment Young Orc Slaver Average Serviceable One Handed
A nasty looking leather whip 2 <10 Scythe Camp Thogar, Halamander Average Poor One Handed
An old leather belt 2 Redcliff on Infidian Perdan, a cantankerous old caretaker Average Serviceable One Handed
35-45 A ball and chain 4 7<11 Ravel Ravel Greater than Average Useless One Handed
Cat o' nine tails 2 Orc Fortress Tattooed Orc Average Very Poor One Handed
A flail of demolition 4 8 Anakim Farlof, Master of the Anakim Greater than Average Useless One Handed
A heavy morningstar 4 9 Underground Forest Torburn Greater than Average Very Poor One Handed
A morningstar 4 8<10 Brigand Fortress Carey Greater than Average Poor One Handed
55-65 A ball and chain 4 >14 Rylmis Forsaken Manor Llynwarfawg the prisoner Average Poor Two Handed
The Flail of Ancient Demolition 4 13 Anakim Farlof, Master of the Anakim Greater than Average Serviceable Two Handed
A heavy morning star 4 12 Shieldhand Clan Tayal, the Captain Average Serviceable One Handed
A two handed steel flail 5 13 Iceforge Clan Tunnels Metlof the guard Average Serviceable Two Handed
A vicious looking flail 4 <13 Scythe Camp Thogar Average Poor One Handed
65-85 A two handed mithril flail 5 14 Iceforge Clan Tunnels Metlof the guard Average Poor Two Handed
Morning Star 4 Zhamarr Optio Average Useless One Handed
The Xenophobe 6 15 Varies Design documents Greater than Average Fine Two Handed

Knife

Attack Type: Pierce, Slash in some occasions
Fast for: Everyone Except Mage and Necromancer Viable for: Mage and Necromancer
Uniques: Shadowspawn, Gemmed Rondel Dagger
  • Pros: Extremely common, light, easy to dual with, raises very quickly
  • Cons: Very little damage
  • High End Choices: The nailfile is fairly heavy and still so-so, stone daggers are incredibly good against the stone golems, but fairly useless apart from that. Silver knife is actually decent vs undead, but still somewhat crap. The Main Gauche doesn’t do very good damage but it has very nice parry. Best option is a document weapon, kings blade. Shadowspawn gives +2 strength to rogues only, and needs to be fed corpses or it'll take your strength away, and not very good damage anyways.
  • Two Weapon Choices: Really all dual well except the nailfile and stone daggers, the assassins daggers from hasashiyyini however are designed for dualling.

Suggested Skill Progression:

  • 0-20 Rusty knife from newbie ship, or anything you like. It all raises very fast anyway.
  • 20-40 Elven dagger, Sai, Whittling knife, anything around that level.
  • 30-50 Rondel/Gemmed rondel daggers
  • 40-100 Gigantic Nailfile from Zhammar.
  • 50-100 Stone Dagger from Tharanack, Main Gauche from flaw, shadowspawn for rogues.
  • 70-100 Kings Blade
Skill Level Weapon Wt. Str Area NPC Damage Parry Handed
0-5 A furrier's knife 1 Chinchilla Farm Roald, the chinchilla farmer Average Poor One Handed
5-10 A ceremonial knife 1 Drow Caverns Altar at Drow priestess Average Very Poor One Handed
A dagger 1 1 Burnham Castle Lady Glamis Average Very Poor One Handed
A flame dagger 1 1 Zhamarr Centurion Mussolux Average Very Poor One Handed
A pair of scissors 1 Nepeth Daughter of the House Average Very Poor One Handed
A scalping knife 1 1 Dalair Brog Average Very Poor One Handed
A short dagger 1 1 Various Slinky the Sneaky Thief Average Poor One Handed
A spade 1 Arcadia Assorted farmers, A farmer's daughter Average Very Poor Poor
10-15 A barbed dart (T) 1 Dalair Weapon Seller Average Very Poor One Handed
A bee sting 1 1 Fairy Ring Fairy Average Poor One Handed
A broken bottle 1 Various Break a bottle! Average Very Poor One Handed
A butcher knife 1 1 Neville Burly Butcher Average Very Poor One Handed
A curved knife 1 Various orcs and goblins Average Poor One Handed
A deadly dagger 2 Manspiders Tarellis, the Drowgar Average Splendid One Handed
An engraved silver dagger 1 Shadow Elves Tanaith, a Shadow Elf woman Average Poor One Handed
A goblin stiletto 1 Sydryth Goblin Guard Average Very Poor One Handed
A hunting knife 1 1 Tantallon Fredd Average Poor One Handed
A jeweled dagger 1 5 Ghost Ship Haunted Ship Average Useless One Handed
A knife Various Goblins Average Very Poor One Handed
A knife 1 North orcs caves A rough-looking orc Average Serviceable One Handed
A lizard knife 1 Issla village A lizard worshipper, A lizardman Average Very Poor One Handed
A long dagger 1 Various Agrajag the Assassin Average Serviceable One Handed
A pair of shears 1 Music Man The gardener Average Poor One Handed
A polished dagger 1 Nomads Camp Lulia Average Serviceable One Handed
A rose-thorn dagger 1 1 Fairy Ring Pretty Fairy Average Poor One Handed
A rusty dagger 1 Zombie Miners Rotting Zombie Average Very Poor One Handed
A rusty dagger Zombie Miners A blotchy dwarven zombie Average Poor One Handed
A rusty knife 1 Various Orc Average Poor One Handed
A sacrificial dagger 2 Issla village A lizard worshipper Average Poor One Handed
A slender knife 1 Nomads Camp Merera, the nomad woman Average Poor One Handed
A small dagger 1 Tantallon Sea Rescue Mungo, the stations chief Average Poor One Handed
Small Knife Various Snivvel the Pasty Geek Average Very Poor One Handed
A steel knife 1 Slaver Encampment Lacan, an orc slaver Average Serviceable One Handed
A throwing knife (T) 1 1 Dalair Weapon Seller Average Poor One Handed
A heavily damaged poisonous insectoid arm 2 Thraxi Hole Thraxi Greater than Average Serviceable One Handed
A heavily damaged insectoid arm 1 <10 Thraxi Hole Thraxi Greater than Average Splendid One Handed
A heavily damaged insectoid leg 1 Thraxi Hole Thraxi Average Serviceable One Handed
15-20 A butchers knife 1 Windmill Millman Average Very Poor One Handed
A compass 1 Quarry Average Poor One Handed
A deadly creese Cyranos House Otis the whiner Average Serviceable One Handed
An elven dagger 1 3 Elven Defense Fortress Balor Average Serviceable One Handed
A knife 1 Castle Virgis, SE isle A female cook Average Adequate One Handed
A kris-bladed dagger 2 2 Shadow Elves Dyrlan, a Shadow Elf man Average Serviceable One Handed
A long knife 1 Alataciria Faeldan, a sailor Average Serviceable One Handed
An obsidian blade 2 Nepeth A confident dwarf Average Serviceable One Handed
A razor-sharp dagger 2 <4 Nepeth Count Bartholomew Average Poor One Handed
A sailor's knife 1 2 Lighthouse Garrulous Sailor Average Serviceable One Handed
A shiny, sharp knife 1 Morin Farm Qriachi, a wily half-orc Average Poor One Handed
A short knife 1 Caltisia Village Naskin the village tanner, Naleran the trapper Average Poor One Handed
A silver bladed dagger 2 <8 Orc Fortress Rat in Orc Shaman's Fortress Average Serviceable One Handed
A silver dagger 2 <8 Fairy Ring Fairy Princess Average Poor One Handed
A skean 3 Dalair (Neville?) Bort (?) Average Useless One Handed
A slender kris 1 Drakhiya A desert orc worker Average Adequate One Handed
A small dagger 1 Sydryth Assorted tree sprites Average Serviceable One Handed
A small knife Monolith An acolyte Average Adequate One Handed
Some heavily damaged thraxi mandibles 2 <8 Thraxi Hole Thraxi Greater than Average Good One Handed
A spirit knife 1 2 Ghost Ship Threatening Spirit Average Very Poor One Handed
A sturdy knife 2 Mba'e Ndovy'ai, a solemn man Greater than Average Poor One Handed
A thin throwing knife (T) 1 <8 Mba'e Ava'i Average Very Poor One Handed
A well-balanced dagger (T) 1 <8 Drutes tomb Drute's Tomb Average Adequate One Handed
A wood-handled dudgeon 2 Shadow Elves Elaeri, the Shadow Elf elder Average Poor One Handed
20-30 An assassin's dagger (T) 1 4 Hasashiyyini Compound Average Fine One Handed
A blackened steel dagger 2 5 Nepeth A confident dwarf Average Fine One Handed
A blackened stiletto 4 Listhalia Red Eyed Elf Average Adequate One Handed
A dangerous shiv 1 5 Dalair (Neville?) Bort (?) Average Very Poor One Handed
A gigantic nailfile 5 Zhamarr Silver Green Dragon Greater than Average Very Poor One Handed
A hasashiyyini dagger 1 4 Hasashiyyini Compound Alhian Average Adequate One Handed
A jagged dagger 4 Drow Outpost Achrya Average Adequate One Handed
A large knife 1 1 Burnham Woods Burnham Messenger Average Very Poor One Handed
A large tooth Altons Caverns Toothy Average Serviceable One Handed
A long dagger 1 Gralains Tomb A graverobber leader Average Adequate One Handed
A main gauche 1 5 Flaws House Flaw (An elven adventurer) Average Very Good One Handed
A merfolk dagger 2 5 Tingi Village On ground Average Adequate One Handed
An onyx dagger 2 4 Nepeth Grorkag, head of Nepeth operations Average Fine One Handed
A razor-sharp dagger 1 Hobbitat Sharrow Average Fine One Handed
A sai 1 4 Zhamarr Warrior of the Cold Hand Clan Average Splendid One Handed
A silver knife 1 Neville Neville Silversmith Average Serviceable One Handed
A small hunting knife 2 5 Felgand's training camp Illurus, the cooks son Average Fine One Handed
A stanhoke 2 4 Quarry Stanard Average Poor One Handed
A vicious dagger 4 Altons Caverns Student Mage Average Adequate One Handed
A vicious knife 1 4 Altons Caverns Student Mage Average Good One Handed
A wicked knife 1 Arcadia An old woman Average Fine One Handed
30-35 A big, mean looking knife 1 4<12 Nepeth Huge Cook Average Serviceable One Handed
A black knife 2 7 Yellow Caravan Rustle, the gentle bard Average Adequate One Handed
A filthy blade 1 12 Scythe Camp Gorbosh Average Adequate One Handed
A fine silver dagger 2 Silent Grove An elf corpse Average Good One Handed
A heavy dirk 2 <8 Neville Bort Average Poor One Handed
A kitchen knife 2 <8 Felgand's training camp Nirullu, the cook Average Fine One Handed
A long stiletto 1 6 Neville Bort Average Poor One Handed
An obsidian knife 6 Rune The Keeper of the Silver Circle Average Adequate One Handed
An obsidian knife 2 5<8 Rylmis Forsaken Manor Rylmi the cursed Average Adequate One Handed
A rondel dagger 1 6 Shadow Elves The ghost of Jainesian Average Fine One handed
A sacrificial dagger 2 6 Gnoll Temple Gnoll High Priest Average Serviceable One Handed
A vicious looking carving knife 1 Scythe Camp Scythe Quest Average Serviceable One Handed
35-45 An ancient dagger 1 8<10 Eagle Clan Utyo the warrior of the Eagle Clan infantry Average Serviceable One Handed
A black dagger (T) 2 8 Battlefield Jack the battlefield caretaker Average Serviceable One Handed
A deadly crescent knife 1 7<10 Greenhaven A trolloc leader Average Serviceable One Handed
A fierce looking knife 2 8<11 Mba'e Rire, the younger brother Average Good One Handed
A gemmed rondel dagger 1 Shadow Elves The ghost of Jainesian Average Splendid One handed
A gleaming dagger 2 >8 Neville Bort Average Serviceable One Handed
A hunga-munga (T) 3 8<10 Dalair Weapon Seller Average Adequate One Handed
A hunting knife 2 Sunbird Tribe Village The leader of the tribe Average Poor One Handed
A jagged dagger 2 Storm Dragons Feed the babies Average Splendid One Handed
A mirrored knife Shipyard Dorlon, captain of the Curiosity Average Splendid One Handed
A paring knife 2 Redcliff on Infidian Dunry the cook Average Serviceable One Handed
A sharp butchers knife 2 8<10 Knights Retreat Deedle the cook Average Splendid One Handed
A sharp knife Duender Brannon, a cheerful fletcher Average Poor One Handed
A sharpened kris 2 <11 Neville Bort Average Serviceable One Handed
A small whittling knife 2 Tantallon Park Moosah Average Very Poor One Handed
45-55 A big knife 2 10 Steading Frost Giant Whelp Average Poor One Handed
A stone dagger 3 8<10 Thranarack Lava Man Average Very Good One Handed
55-65 Shadowspawn Listhalia Red Eyed Elf Average Fine One Handed

Longsword

Attack Type: Slash
Fast for: Paladin, Ranger Viable for: Rogue, Cleric
Uniques: Starblade, Bloodred, Pendragon, Evil Blacksword, Diablo, Sword of Virgis
  • Pros: Extremely versatile, fairly common, very good balance of parry, weight and damage
  • Cons: Can be a bit heavy.
  • High End Choices: There is a wealth of choices at the high end. Starblade is very good for a tank, especially a non entity – high parry and +20 to all your resistances, and also a free light source. Exquisite rune swords are very common, do solid damage and parry reasonably well, fine broadswords sacrifice some of this damage for better parrying. Pendragon has a bonus for human wielders and the good aligned, and is only good for those. Outstanding sword is one of the most damaging non-uniques in the game, but comes with mediocre parry and is very heavy. Diablo does nice damage and has very nice parry, but seems to be way slower than usual weapons for raising your skills. The Sword of Virgis isn’t easy to get, does average damage, but does come with a nice +15 Longsword skill.. for females. The pristine thraxi arm from thraxi is pretty good.
  • Two Weapon Choices: Theres the hasashiyyini lonswords that give bonuses when dual wielded specifically, Elven longswords from andellen are light and dual ok, silver longswords are also light and good vs undead stuffs. Maybe golden sword from fubs because it is light.

Suggested Skill Progression:

  • 0-30 Dark Longsword from Drow Caverns, broad sword from morin farm
  • 30-40 Golden Sword from Fub’s.
  • 40-60 ‘A longsword’ from all over the place, silver longsword from Neville
  • 50-70 Rune sword from Zhammar and Vorpal Blade from the lich.
  • 40-100 Diablo from Proud Knight, pristine thraxi arm from thraxi
  • 70-100 Exquisite rune sword from Burnham and Proud Knight, Starblade from Star Caverns, Pendragon from Nepeth, fine broadsword from Scythe camp, Sword of Virgis from Amazons(for females)
  • 80-100 Outstanding sword from Brunswick, various document longswords


Skill Level Weapon Wt. Str Area NPC Damage Parry Handed
20-30 A broad sword 4 Morin Farm Earl Morin Greater than Average Adequate One Handed
A dark longsword 3 4 Drow Caverns Drow Caverns Average Adequate One Handed
30-35 Antique Longsword 3 Neville Oterim the Sage Average Serviceable One Handed
A battered longsword 3 Shadow Elves Ieuan, a young Shadow Elf boy Average Fine One Handed
A dull longsword Andellen Encampment An elven warrior Average Adequate One Handed
A golden sword 2 6 Fubs Fortress Maimed Corpse Average Serviceable One Handed
A good longsword 3 Alataciria Vaeldar, a guard Average Fine One Handed
Grey Sword Zhamarr Astaroth Average Very Good One Handed
A heavy longsword Brunswik A village guard Greater than Average Serviceable One Handed
A mottled looking sword of bone 6 Orc Mountain Alzarov Average Poor One Handed
A slender longsword 3 Various Reza (juggler from yellow caravan) Average Splendid One Handed
35-45 A bastard sword 4 Andellen Encampment Neller, the elven captain Average Adequate One Handed
A broad sword 3 6<8 Dalair Orc Mercenary Average Fine One Handed
Broadsword Knights Stronghold Knight's Stronghold Average Good One Handed
Darksword Neville Old Smith Average Serviceable One Handed
An elven longsword 2 Andellen Encampment Butch, Andellens personal guard Average Very Good One Handed
A flamberge-style longsword 3 >4 Shadow Elves Lyrdan, a Shadow Elf guard Average Fine One Handed
A guard's sword >7 Balan guards Average Very Poor One Handed
A longsword 3 8 Orc Mountain Door Guard, Red-eyed Elf Average Good One Handed
A longsword 3 6<10 Windmill, Asyvans Domain, Neville Windmill Guard, Temple Guard, Old Smith Average Fine One Handed
An ornamental longsword 8 Orc Mountain Lord Timothy Average Adequate One Handed
A pristine insectoid arm 4 Thraxi Hole Thraxi Greater than Average Very Good One Handed
A silver longsword 2 9 Neville Old Silversmith Average Fine One Handed
A steel bastard sword 3 9 Nepeth The village sherriff Average Good One Handed
45-55 A broad sword 3 >10 Mt. Kresh Mt. Kresh Average Very Good One Handed
Diablo, the devil sword 3 15 Knights Stronghold Proud Knight Greater than Average Absolutely Perfect One Handed
A diamond pommel sword 8<10 Monolith Guardian Average Splendid One Handed
An elven sword 2 12 Elven Defense Fortress Patrol Sergeant Average Very Good One Handed
A longsword 3 Knights Stronghold Knight's Stronghold Average Splendid One Handed
A nice broadsword 3 Nepeth Hanness the smith Average Very Good One Handed
Nice Longsword Nepeth Guard of the Gate Average Splendid One Handed
Polished Longsword 3 11 Burnham Woods Burnham Average Splendid One Handed
Replica of the Pendragon Nepeth Knight Shoppe Average Splendid One Handed
A stone cutter sword >7 Flame Pit Giant Pit Greater than Average Fine One Handed
Sword of Fire >8 Giant Conference Giant's Conference Greater than Average Serviceable One Handed
An unholy longsword 9<11 Morr An undead paladin Greater than Average Good One Handed
A vicious longsword 10 Altons Caverns Alton's Cavern Average Splendid One Handed
55-65 A Drowgar longsword 4 12 Manspiders Thoraxil, the Manspider leader Average Splendid One Handed
An elven bastard sword >12 Andellen Encampment Andellen the deadly Average Nearly Perfect One Handed
An elven longsword 3 12 Elven Defense Fortress Annac Average Splendid One Handed
A falcon sword 3 12 Puffin Beach Okart, a madman Average Splendid One Handed
Fighter's Broadsword Asyvans Domain Asyvan's Temple Average Very Good One Handed
A fine steel sword 3 12 Nepeth Honor Guard, Gilbert Average Nearly Perfect One Handed
A jagged longsword 12 Drow Outpost Manspider Average Splendid One Handed
A rune sword 4 13 Zhamarr Astaroth, Proud Knight Average Splendid One Handed
A sharp longsword >11 Zhamarr Palace Guard Average Nearly Perfect One Handed
A Virgision sword >11 Castle Virgis, SE isle Tall Female Warrior, Maya Average Splendid One Handed
Vorpal Blade 3 Merrick Lich of High Lord Merrick Average Nearly Perfect One Handed
65-85 Blade of Righteousness Varies Design documents Greater than Average Nearly Perfect One Handed
A bright longsword Morr An undead paladin Average Splendid One Handed
Demons Frenzy Varies Design documents Greater than Average Nearly Perfect One Handed
An exquisite rune sword 4 14 Burnham Castle King Phillip Average Splendid One Handed
A fine broadsword 3 >8 Scythe Camp Balfor Average Nearly Perfect One Handed
A fine silver sword 3 15 Andeli Castle Knight Average Very Good One Handed
A greatsword 12<15 Listhalia Lord Cythrol Average Useless One Handed
Sword of Virgis Castle Virgis, SE isle Virgison Castle Average Nearly Perfect One Handed
85-100 Bloodred 4 Zhamarr Astaroth Average Nearly Perfect One Handed
An outstanding sword 5 16 Brunswik A restful-looking guard Average Good One Handed
The Starblade (no gems) 3 <12 Star Caves Ancient Werewolf Average Nearly Perfect One Handed
The Starblade (all gems) 4 >13 Star Caves Ancient Werewolf Average Nearly Perfect One Handed

Marksmanship

Attack Type: Pierce for Crossbow
Fast for: Ranger, Rogue, Shapeshifter Viable for: Everyone else but paladins
Uniques: Crossbow, Silver Longbow
  • Pros: High damage with archery, crossbows are decent as well.
  • Cons: Very heavy to carry around, some NPC’s really dislike having things thrown at them
  • High End Choices: Varied, read below

Marksmanship is a bit different than most weapon skills, as there are few "pure" marksmanship weapons that work on their own. Marksmanship also effects archery with bows and thrown weapon to an extent, and are also raised by these.

Suggested Skill Progression:

  • 0-20 Catty from Willim (can only get at level 5 or below) or from Morin Farm at any level. You need to "fill pouch" periodically to get pebbles for it.
  • 20-40 Staff-sling from shield hand. Essentially just a bigger catty.
  • 40-100 Crossbow from Hermit.
  • 70-100 Elemental crossbow
Skill Level Weapon Wt. Str Area NPC Damage Parry Handed
35-45 A heavy staff-sling 5 7<10 Shieldhand Clan Greater than Average Serviceable Two Handed
45-55 Crossbow (unique) 3 11 Brigand Fortress Hermit Average Useless One Handed
85-100 Elemental Crossbow 3 14 Varies Design documents Average Useless Two Handed

Polearm

Attack Type: Slash, Chop for Poleaxe
Fast for: Paladin Viable for: Ranger, Cleric
Uniques: Awesome Scythe, Orcish Poleaxe, Malign Pikestaff
  • Pros: Solid damage
  • Cons: Rare, very heavy
  • High End Choices: Orcish poleaxe is very good damage for a 1hander, the awesome scythe is two handed and your average high end. The best option probably the steel poleaxe from shieldhand, two handed. Theres the pristine insectoid arm from thraxi thats also very good but also very heavy, also two handed.
  • Two Weapon Choices: Not a whole lot of options. Sickle from tingi.. maybe the other low skill ones could do ok, but fairly low damage.

Suggested Skill Progression:

  • 0-20 Hoe from paladin estates
  • 20-30 Sickle from tingi, hooked bill from nepeth.
  • 30-50 Halberd from Stronghold, iron poleaxe from felgands
  • 50-60 Huge Halberd from Scythe camp, razor sharp halberd from burnham
  • 60-75 Orcish Poleaxe from Delair, decent scythe from Scythe camp.
  • 70-100 Awesome scythe from Scythe camp, pristine thraxi arm from thraxi.
  • 80-100 Steel poleaxe from shieldhand
Skill Level Weapon Wt. Str Area NPC Damage Parry Handed
5-10 A hoe 1 1 Arcadia An old farmer, A farmer's daughter Average Very Poor One Handed
20-30 A wooden hoe 1 Paladin Estates Orlyn Average Poor One Handed
A hooked bill Nepeth Gunzel, the junior guard Average Fine One Handed
A sickle 2 Tingi Village Illonomon, a merman Average Good One Handed
30-35 A halberd 6 Knights Stronghold? Greater than Average Serviceable One Handed
A polearm 7 Brigand Fortress Booker Average Very Good One Handed
A simple hoe 2 Ex-cleric's Hill A smelly old man Less than Average Adequate One Handed
35-45 Antique Halberd Neville Oterim the Sage Greater than Average Very Poor One Handed
An iron halberd 7<9 Shieldhand Clan A group of four guards Greater than Average Adequate One Handed
An iron poleaxe 4 5<10 Felgand's training camp Finlago, the adept pikeman Greater than Average Very Poor Two Handed
A long glaive 2 >7 Drakhiya Drakhiya Armoury Average Very Poor One Handed
A steel tipped lance Ravel An arrogant elven rogue Average Poor One Handed
45-55 A naginata 10 Zhamarr Leader of the Cold Hand Clan Greater than Average Serviceable One Handed
A pikestaff >10 Troll Bridge Giant Troll Average Very Good One Handed
A razor sharp halberd 9<11 Burnham Woods Guards in Burnham Woods Greater than Average Poor One Handed
55-65 A great voulge 4 12 Anakim An anakim guard Average Serviceable One Handed
A huge halberd >10 Scythe Camp Bokwa Average Adequate One Handed
A long halberd 12 Morr An undead paladin Greater than Average Fine One Handed
65-85 Awesome Scythe Scythe Camp Glock Average Very Good One Handed
Decent Scythe 4 14 Scythe Camp Glock Average Good One Handed
Malign Pikestaff Troll Bridge Giant Troll Average Splendid One Handed
An orcish poleaxe 4 <13 Dalair Orcish Chieftain Average Poor One Handed
A sharp poleaxe 4 14 Knights Retreat Count Leopold Average Serviceable One Handed
A superior bardiche 5 14 Eagle Clan Arkuldash Average Fine One Handed

Rapier

Attack Type: Pierce
Fast for: Rogues Viable for: Paladin
Uniques: Sword of Gilian, Crystal Blade
  • Pros: Very good at disarming and parrying, powerful uniques for tanks, pretty common, fairly light
  • Cons: Very low damage
  • High End Choices: Crystal Blade gives +2 dex, Sword of Gilian gives +2 con, both unique and good damage and parry. Jeweled dwarven rapier also pretty good damage and parry.
  • Two Weapon Choices: Jeweled dwarven rapiers dual well, the sword of gilian and crystal blade do as well.

Suggested Skill Progression:

  • 0-15 Stick from Tantallon sewers, dart from dalair, turquoise dart from ravel
  • 15-30 Sewing needle from Andeli, thin poniard from grabbo
  • 30-50 Thin rapier from Neville.
  • 50-60 Silver rapier from elven tombs.
  • 60-70 Very fine rapier from Nepeth
  • 70-100 Jeweled Dwarven Rapier and Sword of Gilian from Tharanack, Crystal Blade from Zhammar
Skill Weapon Wt. Str Area NPC Damage Parry Handed
0-5 A dart 1 Dalair Weapon Seller Average Very Poor One Handed
5-10 A stick 1 Tantallon Tant. Sewers Average Useless One Handed
10-15 An awl 1 1 Neville Lanky Tanner Average Very Poor One Handed
A dueling foil 1 1 Knights Retreat Earl Yarbreaux Average Adequate One Handed
A light foil 2 Morin Farm Enoch, a trainee guard Average Adequate One Handed
Sewing Needle Andeli Castle Andeli Average Very Poor One Handed
Turquoise Dart Ravel Ravel Dartboard Average Very Poor One Handed
15-20 Antique Rapier 2 Neville Oterim the Sage Average Good One Handed
A sculptor's chisel 1 Nepeth Elderly Sculptor Average Poor One Handed
20-30 A bugbear's rapier 4<10 Orc Fortress Bugbear Ambassador Average Adequate One Handed
A thin poniard Various Grabbo the Pickpocket Average Adequate One Handed
30-35 A dangerous feather <8 Castle Virgis, SE isle SE Isle Average Useless One Handed
35-45 An elegant colichemarde 6 Flaws House An elven adventurer Average Very Good One Handed
A standard rapier 2 8<10 Nepeth Arrogant Nobleman Average Splendid One Handed
A thin rapier 3 8 Neville Bort Average Splendid One Handed
A well-used rapier 3 8 Nepeth A dangerous-looking orc Average Splendid One Handed
45-55 An elven foil >10 Rune A massive ice serpent Average Nearly Perfect One Handed
A simple rapier 3 11 Mba'e Jara, the older brother Greater than Average Splendid One Handed
55-65 Blue Steel Rapier Greenhaven Greenhaven Average Splendid One Handed
A elven rapier 3 12 Elven Defense Fortress EDF Average Splendid One Handed
A very fine rapier 2 13 Nepeth Arrogant and Well Dressed Nobleman Average Nearly Perfect One Handed
65-85 Crystal Blade Zhamarr Astaroth Average Absolutely Perfect One Handed
Jeweled Dwarven Rapier 2 14 Thranarack Dwarven Paladin Average Nearly Perfect One Handed
Sword of Gilian Thranarack Thranarack Average Absolutely Perfect One Handed

Shortsword

Attack Type: Pierce or Slash, roughly equivalent
Fast for: Ranger, Paladin, Rogue Viable for: Cleric, Shapeshifter
Uniques: Blade of Losoth, Ebonblade
  • Pros: Very common, easy to dual with
  • Cons: Low damage, not a whole lot of choices
  • High End Choices: The wolfblade your average high end, can insert a star caverns gem into it for more damage, ebonblade is ok but nothing great. Best bet is gathering of the spiders, a document weapon. Blade of losoth and mithril shortswords are good for mages.
  • Two Weapon Choices: Steel butterfly blades from felgands best bet as they are designed for dualling, serrated shortswords from shieldhand do some good damage specials, the blackened gladius and wakizashi not too horrible.

Suggested Skill Progression:

  • 0-20 Wooden sword from Nepeth, Slim sword from fairy ring.
  • 20-40 Worn sword from Fort Vaugn, Blade of Losoth from Drow Caverns, mithril shortsword from yosra
  • 40-70 Plain sword from Fort Vaugn, Quality Shortsword from Marika.
  • 70-100 Wolfblade from Star Caverns, Gathering of the Spiders doc weapon


Skill Level Weapon Wt. Str Area NPC Damage Parry Handed
5-10 A wooden sword 2 1 Nepeth Knight Training Area Average Very Poor One Handed
10-15 A dull sword 2 1 Quarry Orc, Repulsive orc Average Serviceable One Handed
A short sword 2 1 Drow Caverns Female Drow Average Poor One Handed
A slim sword 2 1 Fairy Ring Imp Average Poor One Handed
A small stone sword 1 1 Mt. Kresh a small child Average Very Poor One Handed
15-20 An antique shortsword Neville Oterim the Sage Average Adequate One Handed
A dull sword 2 3 Star Caves Packrats Average Serviceable One Handed
A fancy sword Ebonbane Manor Murris Greater than Average Serviceable One Handed
A military shortsword 2 Knights Retreat Captain Fad Average Adequate One Handed
A short blade <8 Morin Farm A skeletal sergeant Average Adequate One Handed
A short sword with a deep red hilt <11 Ravel Black Orc Average Fine One Handed
A small sword Balan Balan Average Very Poor One Handed
A wide shortsword Various Fenton the Ugly Robber Average Serviceable One Handed
A wooden sword 2 2 Orc Mountain Old Elven Guest Average Adequate One Handed
A worn sword 2 3 Greenhaven Kravenor, the sentry guard Average Serviceable One Handed
20-30 A battered sword 4 Various orcs Average Serviceable One Handed
Blade of Losoth Drow Caverns Drow Mage Average Poor One Handed
A broad shortsword 4 Shieldhand Clan A group of five soldiers Average Adequate One Handed
An elven shortsword Elven Defense Fortress Elven Warrior Average Adequate One Handed
A fair shortsword 2 Alataciria Silvanya, Ciriaryn of Alataciria Average Adequate One Handed
A ghost sword Ghost Ship Ghost of Captain Average Good One Handed
A goblin sword Sydryth Goblin Commander Average Very Poor One Handed
A orcish sword 4 Dalair Orc Recruit Average Adequate One Handed
A shining sword <8 SE Isle A fat tribal warrior Average Good One Handed
A shortsword 2 4 Orc Mountain Entrance Guard,Patrol Guard Average Adequate One Handed
A small shortsword 2 Magic Caves Apprentice Guard Average Fine One Handed
A small shortsword 2 4 Morr An undead paladin Average Fine One Handed
A standard shortsword for knights Morin Farm Penna the Apprentice Squire Average Adequate One Handed
A standard shortsword for knights Nepeth Knight Shoppe Average Adequate One Handed
A vicious shortsword <4 Altons Caverns Alton's Caverns Average Adequate One Handed
A worn sword Brigand Fortress Brigand Fortress Average Adequate One Handed
30-35 A dangerous sword 6 Burnham Woods Burnham Wood Average Fine One Handed
EbonBlade Ebonbane Manor Murris Average Fine One Handed
An evil shortsword 7 Morr An undead fallen paladin sergeant Average Fine One Handed
A fine shortsword <8 Nepeth Stanton Average Fine One Handed
A honed sword Slaver Encampment Slavering Orc Average Fine One Handed
An iron shortsword 6 Gabaldon Druid apprentice Lachlans Average Fine One Handed
A mithril shortsword 11 Iceforge Clan Forge Yosra, the Captain of the Guard Average Nearly Perfect One Handed
A sharp shortsword Nepeth Tower Guard (Nepeth), Young Squire Average Fine One Handed
A small shortsword 2 Sydryth Sydryth Average Fine One Handed
A sword Orc Fortress Orc Garden, Fortresse Average Very Poor One Handed
A sword 2 6 Fubs Fortress A guard patrolling the hall Average Serviceable One Handed
35-45 A shortsword 2 Paladin Estates Ruell Bracken Average Fine One Handed
A silver short sword 2 6<11 Andeli Castle Squire Average Fine One Handed
A silver shortsword 3 <11 Andeli Castle Guard, Castle Guard Average Adequate One Handed
A steel butterfly sword 2 Felgand's training camp Ainan, the promising weapons dualist Average Good One Handed
A steel shortsword 2 9 Nepeth A fat cityguard Average Splendid One Handed
A sword 3 Magic Caves Big Guard Average Good One Handed
A wicked shortsword Gralains Tomb Hostile Graverobber Average Good One Handed
45-55 A blackened gladius 8<10 Knights Retreat Baron Stratton the Junior Knight Average Nearly Perfect One Handed
Gathering of the Spiders Drow Caverns Design documents Average Nearly Perfect One Handed
A plain sword 10 Brigand Fortress Brigand Fortress Average Good One Handed
A quality shortsword 6 Varoius Marika Average Splendid One Handed
A serrated shortsword Shieldhand Clan Old Ulgar Average Adequate One Handed
A short broadsword 8<10 Orc Mountain Prince Dazarov Average Very Good One Handed
A tempered glaive Cyranos House Virgil the assassin Average Very Good One Handed
A wakizashi 2 11 Zhamarr Denzaemon of the Cold Hand Clan Average Fine One Handed
55-65 A silver sword 8 Andeli Castle Tower Guard (Andeli) Average Adequate One Handed
Wolfblade >10 Star Caves Ancient Werewolf Average Nearly Perfect One Handed
Wolfblade (with gem) Star Caves Ancient Werewolf Average Very Good One Handed

Spear

Attack Type: Pierce
Fast for: Shapeshifter, Ranger, Paladin Viable for:
Uniques: None
  • Pros: Decent damage, great dual
  • Cons: Small selection of high ends
  • High End Choices: Steel spear from shieldhand probably best choice, two handed. Pristine poisonous insectoid arm from thraxi good as well. Golden trident is pretty good, ancient pike generic high end.
  • Two Weapon Choices: Halfspears are about the best two weapon choice in the game, otherwise could use arrows.

Suggested Skill Progression:

  • 0-20 Well used hay fork from Nepeth, arrows from various bow people.
  • 20-30 Javelin or orcish pike from dalair.
  • 30-40 Quaker trident from earthquaker
  • 40-60 Marlinespike from lighthouse, diamond spear from monolith.
  • 60-100 Ancient pike from anakim, golden trident from amazons.
  • 70-100 Steel spear from shieldhand, pristine poisonous insectoid arm from thraxi


Skill Level Weapon Wt. Str Area NPC Damage Parry Handed
0-5 A whalebone Cyranos House A whale Average Very Poor One Handed
5-10 A crooked arrow Rangermade Rangers Average Useless One Handed
A quill pen 1 Fallan Lismore, the chief judge Average Poor One Handed
A rusty pitchfork Arcadia Farmer's Daughter Average Very Poor One Handed
A spear 3 1 Anasazi Anasazi Greater than Average Poor One Handed
10-15 A clawed stick Yeti Caves Yeti Area Greater than Average Serviceable One Handed
A crude spear 2 Rangermade Rangers Average Poor One Handed
A flint tipped arrow Duender Brannon, a cheerful fletcher Average Useless One Handed
A nomad's stick 1 Nomads Camp Khastem Average Poor One Handed
A steel tipped arrow Duender Brannon, a cheerful fletcher Average Useless One Handed
A wooden skewer 1 1 Drakhiya Drakhiya Average Very Poor One Handed
A wooden spear 2 Sydryth Assorted tree sprites Average Poor One Handed
A wooden spear 2 SE Isle A native warrior Average Serviceable One Handed
15-20 A basic spear 3 Drakhiya Drakhiya Average Very Poor One Handed
A blunt spear Rodentid Temple Rodentid Temple Average Fine One Handed
An iron spear Scythe encampment Urak, an orc guard Greater than Average Serviceable One Handed
A javelin Ravel Goblin General, Gobbo Average Fine One Handed
A puncheon 1 Quarry A moiler Average Poor One Handed
A short spear 2 2 Manor An orc scout Average Serviceable One Handed
A standard pike Tantallon Dumps Gurk Greater than Average Very Poor Two Handed
A straight arrow 1 Listhalia Anybody with bows Average Useless One Handed
A well used hay fork Nepeth Redfaced Farmer Greater than Average Poor One Handed
A wooden spear Castle Virgis, SE isle SE Isle Greater than Average Very Poor One Handed
20-30 Antique Spear Neville Oterim the Sage Average Poor One Handed
A besacia 2 Quarry Quarry worker, Quarryhand Average Serviceable One Handed
A black spear 6 Greenhaven Average Serviceable One Handed
A javelin 2 4 Dalair Weapon Seller Average Very Poor One Handed
A long black spear 2 4 Manspiders A spider trainer Average Poor One Handed
A long spear 2 5 Gnoll Temple An alert guard Average Serviceable One Handed
A long spear 2 Rangermade Rangers Average Serviceable One Handed
An orcish pike 4<8 Dalair Orc Sentry Average Serviceable One Handed
A red spear >8 Greenhaven trollocs Average Serviceable Two Handed
A short spear 2 Rangermade Rangers Average Poor One Handed
A short spear ? Recruit? Average Poor One Handed
A wooden spear 2 Ondoran Plains A centaur hunter Average Poor One Handed
30-35 An assisculus 2 Quarry An aggressive hireling Average Poor One Handed
A bronze spear 8<10 Zhamarr Sleepy Gate Guard Average Very Poor One Handed
A dark spear 8 Zhamarr Legionnaire Average Very Poor Two Handed
A huge metal fork 3 7 Anakim A hungry anakim Average Serviceable One Handed
The Quaker Trident 6 Star Caves Earthquaker Average Splendid One Handed
A spear 3 6 Burnham Woods Foot Soldier Average Serviceable One Handed
A stout spear 3 Rangermade Rangers Average Serviceable One Handed
35-45 An atlatl >7 Anasazi Anasazi Average Very Poor One Handed
A diamond spear Monolith Diamond Monolith Average Serviceable One Handed
A long pike Tall Watchman Average Adequate One Handed
A marlinspike Lighthouse Evangeline Average Good One Handed
Obsidian-tipped Spear Castle Virgis, SE isle Native Warrior Average Serviceable One Handed
Pitchfork 2 Paladin Estates Equina Average Serviceable One Handed
A savage halfspear 8 Shieldhand Clan Farur, advisor to Torran Average Poor One Handed
A serrated spear >7 Greenhaven Trolloc Guard Average Adequate One Handed
55-65 An ancient pike 4 12 Anakim Farlofs personal guard Average Adequate One Handed
A golden trident >12 Castle Virgis, SE isle Giant Water Elemental Average Very Good Two Handed
A steel spear >11 Shieldhand Clan Old Ulgar Greater than Average Very Poor Two Handed
A pristine poisonous insectoid arm 6 12 Thraxi hyf Thraxi Greater than Average Serviceable Two Handed

Staff

Attack Type: Crush
Fast for: Cleric, Shapeshifter, Paladin Viable for: Everyone else
Uniques : Glimmer, Staff of Azakath, Glimmer, Oaken Staff
  • Pros: Common, fairly versatile, lots of special effects
  • Cons: Damage somewhat lacking
  • High End Choices: For mages still learning spells, Glimmer is the single best item in the game. Azakath and Tetsubo are also good for those mages and necromancers with the skills and strength for them. Iron shod a good generic high end. Staff of Tarran is very good damage and also gives AC. Then there is the chain-staff document, but needs two weapon to use.
  • Two Weapon Choices: Chain-staff works on two-weapon some, otherwise black staff from the yeti caves is light and gives +1 to dex.

Suggested Skill Progression:

  • 0-15 Crooked staff (2handed) from Belob, Strong branch (1h) from outside Ravel, light staff (1h) from Fredd's shop in Tantallon
  • 15-30 Old staff (2h) from Drow mage in Drow Caverns, Quarterstaff (1h) from smiling citizen in Nepeth
  • 30-50 Snake Staff (1h) from Drakhyra.
  • 40-60 Pine staff (1handed) from Academy (Diam), Elven Quarterstaff (1h) from Elven Defence Forces(Illarin), Staff of Protection (1h) from Iceforge(Hetdus)
  • 50-70 White iron stick (1h) from Zernak in Ravel, Iron shod staff (2h) from Jush.
  • 60-100 Staff of Azakath from Mount Kresh, Tetsubo from Zhammar, Carved Staff from lizard village.
  • 80-100 Staff of Tarran (1h or 2h) from Iceforge(Hetdus), Chain Staff (2h) document weapon
  • 0-100 Glimmer from Alton’s Caverns (for mages).
Skill Level Weapon Wt. Str Area NPC Damage Parry Handed
0-5 A long stick 1 Gremlin Village Sappy the Gremlin Average Very Poor One Handed
5-10 A crooked staff 3 1 Various Belob the Gangly Mage Greater than Average Very Poor Two Handed
An elvish bow 2 Listhalia Elven Guard Average Very Poor Two Handed
10-15 A caribou's antler 2 Yeti Caves Yeti Area Average Fine One Handed
A crude staff 2 Rangermade Rangers Average Poor One Handed
A light staff 1 1 Tantallon Fredd Average Serviceable One Handed
A long pole 1 Yeti Caves Yeti Area Average Serviceable One Handed
Old Staff 3 1 Drow Caverns Drow Mage Greater than Average Poor Two Handed
Peculiar Black Rod Yeti Caves Old Mage Average Serviceable One Handed
A small stick 1 Elven Nature Preserve Celebrim, an elven child Average Poor One Handed
A strong branch 1 1 Ravel Ravel Average Serviceable One Handed
15-20 An ancient staff 2 Manspiders Cephalorien, the Manspider historian Average Serviceable One Handed
Antique Staff 3 Neville Oterim the Sage Greater than Average Adequate One Handed
A broom 2 Andeli Castle Groundskeeper Average Poor One Handed
A crowbar 3 Convent Convent Greater than Average Very Poor One Handed
Dark Bow Various Carcera Average Poor Two Handed
A glass blowers pipe 2 Glassblower Kezziah, the glass blower Average Adequate One Handed
A great bow 4 <11 Drakhiya An orcish wall guard Average Poor Two Handed
A light staff 2 Morin Farm Irianna the mage Average Poor One Handed
A long candlestick 2 Manspiders Manspider Acolyte Average Fine One Handed
A long staff 3 3 Nepeth Old Wise Sage Greater than Average Poor One Handed
A long staff 2 Rangermade Rangers Average Serviceable One Handed
A pool stick <8 Brigand Fortress Brigand Fortress Average Adequate One Handed
A quarterstaff 2 3 Nepeth Smiling Citizen Greater than Average Serviceable One Handed
A short broom 2 Drakhiya A serpentari house servant Average Poor One Handed
A short staff 2 Alataciria Kiryn, one of the islandfolk Average Poor One Handed
A short staff 2 Rangermade Rangers Average Poor One Handed
A slender stick 2 Academy Surya, a young elf Average Good One Handed
A thin staff 2 2 Knights Retreat Jocelin Average Serviceable One Handed
20-30 A big broom 2 Anakim An anakim maid Average Serviceable One Handed
A fine short bow Duender Brannon, a cheerful fletcher Average Very Poor Two Handed
A long stick Castle Virgis, SE isle Young Female Warrior Average Fine One Handed
A short bow <10 Rangermade Rangers Average Very Poor Two Handed
A stout staff 3 Rangermade Rangers Average Adequate One Handed
30-35 A black oak staff 2 <8 Gnoll Temple Gnoll Temple Average Serviceable One Handed
A blackened staff 1 1 Yeti Caves Old Mage Average Fine One Handed
Elven Quarterstaff 6 Elven Defense Fortress Illarin Greater than Average Serviceable One Handed
A fine long bow Duender Brannon, a cheerful fletcher Average Poor Two Handed
A gnarled old walking stick 2 Redcliff on Infidian Arrora the artisan Average Serviceable One Handed
A long bow Rangermade Rangers Average Poor Two Handed
A maple staff 6 Gabaldon Linnhe Average Splendid One Handed
A pine staff 4 Academy Diam, the language master Greater than Average Very Good One Handed
A rowan staff 6 ? ? Average Good One Handed
A rosewood staff 6 Drutes tomb Tanica Average Adequate One Handed
A snake staff 6 Drakhiya Drakhiya Average Very Good One Handed
A sturdy oak staff 6 Iceforge Clan Forge Fiola the acolyte Greater than Average Adequate One Handed
A vicious staff Altons Caverns Student Mage Average Adequate One Handed
A white oak staff Nepeth Zefram, the head ostler Average Very Good One Handed
35-45 A great staff 5 Rangermade Rangers Greater than Average Splendid Two Handed
An oaken staff Gabaldon Arch Druid Linnhe Average Splendid One Handed
Sceptre Sadris Lasker the Fool Average Adequate One Handed
A sceptre with a dead bat hanging from it 2 9 Nepeth Zarkan Average Good One Handed
A sturdy staff Shieldhand Clan A group of four guards Greater than Average Adequate One Handed
45-55 An iron-shod staff 11 Knights Retreat Marquis Jush the Retreat commander Greater than Average Good Two Handed
Sceptre of Fools Sadris Lasker the Fool Average Fine One Handed
A short staff Mt. Kresh Mt. Kresh Average Splendid One Handed
A staff of protection 6 Iceforge Clan Forge Hetdus Greater than Average Splendid One Handed
A white iron stick 10 Ravel Zernak Average Splendid One Handed
55-65 A bo >10 Zhamarr Veteran warrior of the Cold Hand Clan Average Adequate Two Handed
A carved staff 3 12 Issla village Lizard King Average Very Good One Handed
The Staff of Azakath Mt._Kresh Archpriest ? ? Two handed
The Staff of Tarran 6 13 (2h) Iceforge Clan Forge Hetdus, the head cleric Greater than Average Nearly Perfect One or Two Hands
65-85 Chain Staff 6 12 Varies Design documents Greater than Average Nearly Perfect Two Handed
Tetsubo 4 15 Zhamarr Veteran of the Cold Hand Clan Average Poor Two Handed
The Staff of Fire and Ice (Elemental Staff) 6 14 Varies Design documents Greater than Average Fine One/Two Handed

Two handed axe

Attack Type: Chop
Fast for: No One Viable for: Ranger
Uniques: Great Mithril Axe, Rakar
  • Pros: Reasonably common high ends, very nice damage
  • Cons: Slow to raise, especially at low skills, heavy.
  • High End Choices: Crescent does very good damage, as does Mighty Battleaxe. Great mithril axe and rakar both also do fairly good damage, but rakar has a special command.

Suggested Skill Progression:

  • 0-40 Bronze Axe from Ilderia.
  • 40-60 Woodsman’s Axe from Music Man’s Manor.
  • 60-80 Wicked Half Moon Bladed Axe from Carcera, steel battleaxe from felgands
  • 70-100 Mighty Battleaxe from Chaos Tower, Crescent and Rakar from Frost Giant Temple, Great Mithril Axe from underground zombie area.


Skill Level Weapon Wt. Str Area NPC Damage Parry Handed
15-20 A bronze axe 5 2 Ilderia Ilderia Greater than Average Very Poor Two Handed
45-55 A huge axe 5 Sunbird Tribe Village The village woodcutter Greater than Average Very Poor Two Handed
A nice elvish axe 3 Oblivios Dafyd Greater than Average Poor Two Handed
A woodsmans axe 4 10 Music Man Music Man Quest Greater than Average Poor Two Handed
55-65 A dark, double-bladed axe 5 Sand dragons Average Adequate Two Handed
A giant steel axe 5 12 Anakim An anakim guard Average Very Poor Two Handed
A great steel axe Zombie Miners A dwarven zombie leader Average Adequate Two Handed
A sharp chrinspinx 5 Redcliff on Infidian Lazy Talding the mischievous Average Poor One/Two Handed
A steel battleaxe 6 13 Felgand's training camp Giledur, the adept axeman Greater than Average Fine Two Handed
A two-handed axe 5 12 Iceforge Clan Forge Doria, a rather bulky guard Average Very Poor Two Handed
A wicked half-moon bladed axe 6 >10 Various Carcera Greater than Average Fine Two Handed
A woodsmans axe 5 Shipyard Crowlen, an evil-looking sailor Average Serviceable Two Handed
65-85 Crescent 5 14 Rune The Ordainer of the Silver Circle Greater than Average Serviceable Two Handed
A great mithril axe 6 Zombie Miners A dwarven zombie leader Greater than Average Fine Two Handed
Huge Battleaxe 5 14 Steading Housecarl Average Serviceable Two Handed
Mighty Battleaxe 5 15 Chaos Tower Chaos Warrior Average Very Poor Two Handed
85-100 Rakar, Mattock of the Giants 5 16 Rune The frost giant, Aurgelmir Average ? Two Handed

Two handed sword

Attack Type: Slash
Fast for: No One Viable for: Paladin, Ranger, Rogue
Uniques: Elvenheart, Powersword
  • Pros: High damage, reasonable parrying
  • Cons: Heavy, rare, slow to skill, especially at the start
  • High End Choices: Elves and half-elves obviously should wield Elvenheart – making a puny character one of the highest physical damage dealing. Steel greatsword from felgands pretty awesome, otherwise shadow sword or powersword are ok.

Suggested Skill Progression:

  • 0-40 Sword of Frost or Stone-Cutter sword from Giant’s conference.
  • 40-60 Large Sword from Frost Giants’ Steading.
  • 60-100 Shadow Sword from Razar, Elvenheart(for helf/elf) from Fort Vaugn, Powersword from Asvyan’s Domain, Steel Greatsword from felgands


Skill Level Weapon Wt. Str Area NPC Damage Parry Handed
0-5 Beast-slayer Balan Balan Greater than Average Very Poor Two Handed
45-55 An iron greatsword 4 10 Felgand's training camp Andredes, the adept swordsman Greater than Average Good Two Handed
A large steel sword 10 Nepeth Captain of the cityguard Average Good Two Handed
An outstanding sword 5 15 Brunswik A restful-looking guard Greater than Average Fine Two Handed
A rusted two-handed sword >9 Battlefield An undead Knight Average Adequate Two Handed
A steel bastard sword 3 >9 Nepeth The village sherriff Average Fine Two Handed
Stone-cutter Sword 11 Giant Conference Giants Conference Greater than Average Serviceable Two Handed
Sword of Frost 11 Giant Conference Giants Conference Greater than Average Serviceable Two Handed
55-65 A large sword 4 11 Steading Frost Giant Average Fine Two Handed
65-85 A steel greatsword 6 14 Felgand's training camp Kurnas, the skilled warrior Greater than Average Splendid Two Handed
85-100 Elvenheart the Sword 5 Brigand Fortress Zorgon Average Nearly Perfect Two Handed
The Shadow Sword 5 16 Chaos Tower Razar Average Fine Two Handed
Two-Handed Powersword 5 16 Asyvans Domain Asyvans Temple Average Nearly Perfect Two Handed
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