Club

The club is a neolithic melee weapon that does a moderate amount of blunt damage and has a moderate-long cooldown. As a blunt weapon, it doesn't cause bleeding (unless a body part gets destroyed), and generally do more damage against armor when compared to sharp weapons.

Acquisition[edit]

Clubs can be crafted at a crafting spot, fueled smithy, or electric smithy, each requiring 40 Stuff (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 400 for SVMs) and 1,200 ticks (20 secs) of work modified by the general labor speed of the crafter and the work to make factor of the material.

They can also be purchased from any combat supplier or war merchant, or obtained from melee raiders drops.

Analysis[edit]

Clubs are generated without a quality level - in essence, all clubs are "normal." This makes them worth considering if you have no competent crafters yet. They may also be useful in when starting the game in Naked Brutality if a short bow cannot be crafted. Otherwise, they have underwhelming damage output, so clubs only make sense as melee options in the early game. Once the colony has crafters capable of reliably producing better than normal quality weapons, there is little reason to ever use a club again.

Clubs are the only craftable items that can be made from regular stone blocks, so they can have a niche for farming Crafting experience in wood-poor biomes. If wood is readily available, then short bows or the larger bows will be better options.

Although uranium clubs are effective weapons for use against armored foes, maces are clearly superior weapons, especially when high quality, for only 10 more material.

Attack table

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Club			Handle (Poke)					Head (Blunt)					Human: Left & right fist (Blunt)					HP	Value
Material	DPS^[1]	AP^[1]	Dam.	Cool.	AP	DPS	Chance^[2]	Dam.	Cool.	AP	DPS	Chance^[2]	Dam.	Cool.	AP	DPS	Chance^[2]	HP	Value
Bioferrite	5.75	17.15%	8.1	2s	11.7%	4.05	8.33%	12.6	2s	18.9%	6.3	75%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 8.33%	200	41
Gold	6.31	18.83%	9	2s	13%	4.5	8.33%	14	2s	21%	7	75%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 8.33%	60	4,005
Granite blocks	5.05	18.83%	9	2.6s	13%	3.46	8.33%	14	2.6s	21%	5.38	75%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 8.33%	170	42
Limestone blocks	5.05	18.83%	9	2.6s	13%	3.46	8.33%	14	2.6s	21%	5.38	75%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 8.33%	155	42
Marble blocks	5.05	18.83%	9	2.6s	13%	3.46	8.33%	14	2.6s	21%	5.38	75%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 8.33%	120	41
Obsidian	6.31	18.83%	9	2s	13%	4.5	8.33%	14	2s	21%	7	75%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 8.33%	50	205
Plasteel	6.9	17.15%	8.1	1.6s	11.7%	5.06	8.33%	12.6	1.6s	18.9%	7.88	75%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 8.33%	280	370
Sandstone blocks	5.05	18.83%	9	2.6s	13%	3.46	8.33%	14	2.6s	21%	5.38	75%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 8.33%	140	41
Silver	6.31	18.83%	9	2s	13%	4.5	8.33%	14	2s	21%	7	75%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 8.33%	70	405
Slate blocks	5.05	18.83%	9	2.6s	13%	3.46	8.33%	14	2.6s	21%	5.38	75%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 8.33%	130	42
Steel	6.31	18.83%	9	2s	13%	4.5	8.33%	14	2s	21%	7	75%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 8.33%	100	80
Jade	7.3	27.25%	13.5	2.6s	19.5%	5.19	8.33%	21	2.6s	31.5%	8.08	75%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 8.33%	50	205
Uranium	8.42	27.25%	13.5	2.2s	19.5%	6.14	8.33%	21	2.2s	31.5%	9.55	75%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 8.33%	250	250
Vacstone blocks	5.05	18.83%	9	2.6s	13%	3.46	8.33%	14	2.6s	21%	5.38	75%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 8.33%	180	86
Wood	5.75	17.15%	8.1	2s	11.7%	4.05	8.33%	12.6	2s	18.9%	6.3	75%	8.2	2s	12%	4.1	2× 8.33%	65	51

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Note: This is the actual base average derived from the melee verb system updated in 1.1.2610, it may sometimes disagree with the listed value in the in-game infobox.
It may also change depending on the stats and the melee verbs available to the wielder if the weapon is wielded by some other than a baseline human.
↑ Chance for attack to be selected, assuming the weapon is wielded by a baseline human. It may change depending on the melee verbs available to the wielder

Styles[edit]

Ideoligions allow the selection of styles which then change the texture of the certain items and buildings when constructed by the colony. These style variants can be crafted if the colony has the selected style, or can be looted from raiders from factions with the requisite style.