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Weapons are used by colonists and raiders alike to fight each other (and sometimes to put down enraged animals). Weapons have several characteristics that make them useful in different combat situations. They currently do not consume any ammunition, but instead take time to aim and additional cooldown time for subsequent shots.

If left exposed with no roof, a weapon on the ground will deteriorate until it disintegrates without a trace. Weapons stored in an equipment rack will not deteriorate. Template:Clr

Ranged Weapons

Range weapons consist mostly of firearms currently, but there are other non-gunpowder ranged weapons like bows and throwing spears. Ranged weapons that are damaged and have lost hit points suffer lower accuracy. A ranged weapon's accuracy is also affected by its quality level.

Weapons of quality Excellent or higher have an engraving that can be read by clicking the Art tab from the inspect pane.

Accuracy stats listed below are for weapons with 100% hit points and of normal quality. The ranges correspond to: Touch = 4, Short = 15, Medium = 30, Long = 50. Between those ranges, they're interpolated.

Name	Warm-Up (ticks*)	Cooldown (ticks*)	Range (tiles)	Bullet Speed	Accuracy (Touch)	Accuracy (Short)	Accuracy (Medium)	Accuracy (Long)	Damage	Burst Count	Burst (ticks*)	Miss Radius	Blast Radius	DPS (Optimal)	DPS (Touch)	DPS (Short)	DPS (Medium)	DPS (Long)	Value
Short Bow	170	40	31.0	44	89%	64%	41%	22%	10	1	-	-	-	2.86	2.55	1.83	1.17	.63	60
Great Bow	200	40	34.0	49	93%	77%	59%	42%	15	1	-	-	-	3.46	3.22	2.66	2.04	1.45	180
Pila	260	270	20.0	26	91%	71%	50%	32%	30	1	-	-	-	3.40	3.09	2.41	1.70	1.09	90
Pistol	68	40	24.0	55	91%	71%	50%	32%	10	1	-	-	-	5.56	5.06	3.95	2.78	1.78	60
Pump Shotgun	108	40	16.0	55	96%	87%	77%	64%	20	1	-	-	-	8.11	7.79	7.06	6.24	5.19	175
PDW	108	40	24.0	55	89%	64%	41%	22%	5	4	7	-	-	7.10	6.32	4.54	2.91	1.56	200
Survival Rifle	182	40	37.0	70	75%	96%	92%	88%	18	1	-	-	-	4.86	4.67	4.67	4.47	4.28	190
Assault Rifle	108	40	32.0	70	96%	87%	77%	64%	7	3	7	-	-	7.78	7.47	6.77	5.99	4.98	325
Sniper Rifle	260	135	45.0	100	50%	86%	86%	88%	40	1	-	-	-	6.08	3.04	5.23	5.23	5.35	370
LMG	120	84	25.9	40	50%	64%	41%	22%	8	6	7	-	-	12.06	6.03	7.72	4.94	2.65	800
Frag Grenades	108	160	12.0	12	-	-	-	-	40	1	-	1.0	1.9	8.96	-	-	-	-	200
Molotov Cocktails	108	160	12.9	12	-	-	-	-	10	1	-	2.9	1.1	2.24	-	-	-	-	100
EMP Grenade	108	160	12.9	12	-	-	-	-	80	1	-	1.0	3.5	8.96	-	-	-	-	400
Minigun	240	40	32.0	70	50%	42%	18%	6%	8	30	4	2.4	-	35.47	28.02	14.90	6.38	2.13	2200
T-9 Incendiary Launcher	182	40	24.0	40	79%	42%	18%	6%	4	1	-	-	-	1.08	.85	.45	.19	.06	370
R4 Charge Rifle	90	40	24.0	70	80%	83%	68%	53%	13	3	12	-	-	15.23	12.19	12.64	10.36	8.07	1500
Charge Lance	120	168	37.0	120	60%	80%	92%	88%	27	1	-	-	-	5.59	5.20	4.30	3.30	2.35	2000
Inferno Cannon	100	480	27.0	45	79%	42%	18%	6%	13	1	-	3.5	2.4	2.11	1.67	.89	.38	.13	2400
Heavy Charge Blaster	100	420	27.0	90	60%	77%	59%	42%	15	24	5	2.9	-	39.82	37.03	30.66	23.49	16.72	2400
Improvised Turret Gun	108	40	25.9	70	89%	64%	41%	22%	7	4	8	-	-	9.77	8.70	6.25	4.01	2.15	-

* At normal game speed, there are 60 ticks to one real world second. See: Time.

Melee Weapons

These are touch-ranged weapons.

The exact damage of a melee weapon is based on its quality level, with a low quality weapon dealing less damage and a high quality weapon dealing more. Melee weapons that are damaged and have lost hit points suffer a reduced damage amount.

Note that melee accuracy is determined by a colonist's melee skill.

Weapons of quality Excellent or higher have an engraving that can be read by clicking the Art tab from the inspect pane.

In terms of economy, Maces are the most efficient weapons to sell, as they have the best material cost:value ratio (75 and 210, respectively), and they bring in lump sums of cash. Technically, small weapons such as the knife and shiv have better ratios, but the amount of work required to make them and the amount of items a player would need to bring in a decent sum of silver make them impractical to mass-produce.

Base Melee Stats

The following stats are for weapons with 100% hit points, of normal quality, and made of steel (the baseline material).

Name	Melee cooldown (seconds)	Damage	DPS	Damage Type	Value
Fist *	1.67	5	3	Blunt	--
Beer *	1.8	7	3.89	Blunt	9
Wood log *	2.2	8	3.64	Blunt	1.4
Elephant Tusk*	2.5	16	6.4	Blunt	450
Shiv	1.55	7	4.52	Sharp	21.2
Bionic Arm *	1.67	9	5.40	Blunt	1500
Knife	1.66	8	4.82	Sharp	104
Club	2.4	11	4.07	Blunt	82
Spear	2.3	15	6.52	Sharp	280
Gladius	1.95	12	6.15	Sharp	180
Mace	2.1	11	5.24	Blunt	210
Long Sword	2.5	17	6.8	Sharp	400
Scyther Blade *	???	20	20.00	Sharp	2000
Power Claw *	???	15	12.85	Sharp	1500

* Material cannot be changed for these. They also do not come in varying quality levels. The Base Melee Stats table has their correct stats and no formulas are needed for them.

Material / Quality Modifiers

Material	Melee cooldown	Blunt	Sharp
Sandstone	0.6	1.00	0.50
Granite	0.6	1.00	0.65
Limestone	0.6	1.00	0.60
Slate	0.6	1.00	0.60
Marble	0.6	1.00	0.60
Silver	1.0	1.10	0.50
Gold	0.9	1.15	0.30
Steel	1.0	1.00	1.00
Plasteel	1.25	1.00	1.20
Wood	1.15	0.90	0.2
Uranium	0.6	1.35	1.10

Quality	Base Damage Modifier
Awful	0.40
Shoddy	0.70
Poor	0.85
Normal	1.00
Good	1.10
Superior	1.20
Excellent	1.35
Masterwork	1.45
Legendary	1.55

Melee Formulas

Damage for any melee weapon is Base Damage x Material Modifier x Quality Modifier

For example, a Masterwork Granite Gladius. A Gladius deals Sharp damage, so the Sharp damage material modifier is used.

Damage = 13, Material Modifier = 0.65, Quality = 1.45

Therefore, a Masterwork Granite Gladius deals (13 x 0.65 x 1.45) = 12.2525 damage.

Don't forget that Blunt damage will affect bones as well as flesh, and can potentially do more damage / incapacitate easier.

Cooldown is calculated as Weapon melee cooldown / Material melee cooldown

DPS (damage per second) is calculated as Damage / Cooldown. Note that you must use Cooldown (seconds) to get DPS, otherwise if you use Cooldown (Ticks) you'll calculate DPT (Damage Per Tick) which you probably don't want.

The Masterwork Granite Gladius has Damage 14.365 and Cooldown 3.22 seconds.

DPS = Damage / Cooldown = 14.365 / 3.22 = 4.46 (rounded).

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