Weapons

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<metadesc>Dark and Darker Wiki Weapons List</metadesc>

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==Rarity==
Weapons can improve and become stronger as their rarity level increases. A weapon's rarity typically reflects its level of power, with higher rarity weapons providing more damage output and other attributes that can enhance the player's performance in combat.

There are 7 rarities in the game.

Poor | Common | Uncommon | Rare | Epic | Legendary | Unique

Uncommon rarity adds up to 1 new [[Enchantments|enchantment]].

Rare rarity adds up to 2 new [[enchantments]].

Epic rarity adds up to 3 new [[enchantments]].

Legendary rarity adds up to 4 new [[enchantments]].

Unique rarity adds 5 enchantments and may add a special effect varying based on weapon. A list of these effects can be found at [[Artifacts]]

==Stat Randomization==
Not only are the [[enchantments]] a gear piece is imbued with randomized, but some of it's base stats are also randomized.

In general, only the damage values on weapons and the armor rating on armors are variable.

As such, 2 gear pieces of the same rarity can have different base stats.

There are some exceptions like the Lightfoot Boots, these also have randomized movement speed values based on rarity.

For example, a Epic rarity Armet can have a 36 ~ 38 Armor Rating, which means that stat can roll between 36 to 38.

==Attack Speed Explanation==
'''Windup''' = Time before attack's start

'''Attack''' = Attack duration, this is where swing, thrust etc. happens

'''Combo''' = Time between current attack's end to next attack's start

'''Recover''' = Time it takes the animation to reset back to default position

Animations' collision turns on before '''Attack''' phase and can deal [[Impact Power]] during that time, but not damage. This is unlikely for most attacks as the weapon is usually over head or on the side, making it hard to hit that early.

These times are calculated for '''0% Action Speed''', attack speed will change according to player's [[Stats#Action_Speed|stats]].

Weapon's data table shows attack speed of full combo. '''Recover''' time would be different for each combo.

For example, full combo of [[Arming Sword]] is
*'''Windup''':399ms
*'''Attack''':205ms
*'''Combo''':634ms
*'''Attack''':157ms
*'''Combo''':976ms
*'''Attack''':154ms
*'''Recover''':1213ms

However, one hit combo would be 
*'''Windup''':399ms
*'''Attack''':205ms
*'''Recover''':963ms

==Movement Multiplier Explanation==
Movement Multipliers, also referred to as Action Movement Penalty, are any multipliers that affect movement after the penalty for holding the weapon is subtracted. 

If a weapon has -30 Move Speed Add and a 70% Movement Multiplier, the -30 is subtracted before the 70% is applied. For example, from the 300 base Move Speed, holding this weapon results in 270 Move Speed, and swinging with it results in 189 Move Speed. 

Many weapon attacks (used to be exclusively Two-handers) have a lessened slow during the actual "Attack" portion of the attack, while the "Windup", "Recover", and "Combo" portions use the traditional, and greater, Movement Multiplier.

For example, while swinging the following weapon with -30 Move Speed while holding 
[[File:Movement_Multiplier_Explanation.png]]

Assuming base 300 Move Speed.
* Holding the weapon: 300 - 30 = 270
* Casting the weapon: 270 * .65 = 175.5
* During the "Attack" part of the swing animation: 270 * .85 = 229.5
* During the "Windup", "Recover", and "Combo" swing animations (also referred to as "Otherwise" in the above reference image): 270 * .7 = 189

==Weapon Properties==
Some weapons also have special properties, for example, the Castillon Dagger's and the Stiletto Dagger's 3rd hit deals 30% and 20% more damage.

The "Combo" column reflects a weapon's attack type in game files and sometimes they don't match to its attack animation.

As for the "Weapon Hitbox" column, weapon's length doesn't necessarily determine a weapon's reach. How the weapon is hold, different attack animations affects weapon's reach. Thus, some shorter weapons have better reach than longer weapons.

Slash/Blunt/Pierce damage types do nothing at the moment

==Impact Zones==
Most melee weapons operate on a impact zones system, meaning hitting an enemy with the tip of the weapon will deal the most damage and hitting further down on the blade/haft will deal less damage.
The number of impact zones vary between weapons.

Lets look at impact zones of [[Arming Sword]]:
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[[File:Arming Sword Hitbox.png|link=Arming Sword#Hitbox|x300px]]
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<div>Green Zone deals 100% damage Orange Zone deals 90% damage Red Zone deals 70% damage</div>

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As [[Sword]]s overall balanced weapons and are less punished by the impact zones, weapons like [[Spear]] are affected a lot more.

Check individual weapon pages such as [[Falchion]] to see their impact zone images.

= Weapon Categories =

==Unarmed==
 
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<td> Bare Hands </td>
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<td> 10 </td>
<td> 0 </td>
<td> Blunt/Blunt 100%/100% </td>
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<td> Attack: 0.95x </td>
<td> -7% Duration: 0.5s</td>
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Note: When an off-hand shield is held without a main-hand weapon, you can punch, but only the first attack in the usual 2-attack combo will be available. When Blood Pact is active, you can still use the full 4-attack combo. You cannot punch this way with any other off-hand weapons.

==Swords==
 
{{:Swords}}

==Maces==
 
{{:Maces}}

== Daggers==
 
{{:Daggers}}

==Polearms ==
 
{{:Polearms}}

==Axes==
 
{{:Axes}}

==Bows==
 
{{:Bows}}

== Crossbows==
 
{{:Crossbows}}

==Magic Stuff==
 
{{:Magic Stuff}}

After finishing casting/channeling a spell (scaled by Casting Speed), the casting animation, also referred to as the "release", starts before turning to a "recovery" animation, similar to physical weapon swings. The release and recovery are affected by Action Speed, NOT casting speed. 

The release + recovery animation is exactly:
* Spellbook: 1s
* Crystal ball: 1.1s
* Crystal sword: 1.9s
* Magic Staff: 1.6s

The release portion on its own was measured in game to be (+/- 50ms of ping):
* Spellbook: .466s
* Crystal Ball: .483s
* Crystal Sword: .983s
* Magic Staff: .650s

==Shields ==
 
{{:Shields}}

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