Arena:Base Weapons

Weapons can be essential for defeating your foes in Arena. Other than a punch or unarmed attack, you can choose from either ranged or melee weapons of various types, depending on what is available for your character's class. Each weapon can be made from a variety of materials, each of which affects the weapon's ability to hit and the damage it inflicts on your enemies. Some enemies are immune to mundane weapons. This doesn't mean weapons without magical properties but rather a quality of weapon material needed to hit them. The information is partially listed in the Codex Scientia. A table lower down this page lists which enemies can be hit by which material weapons

Weapon damage and weightEdit

Weapons come in both one- and two-handed varieties. An unarmed attack is considered a one-handed weapon. If you choose to use a two-handed weapon, you will not be able to carry a shield.

One-Handed Weapons Weapon Base Damage Weight (kg) Punch 1-2 1 Leather Gauntlets 2-3 2 Chain Gauntlets 2-3 4 Plate Gauntlets 3-4 8 Dagger 1-6 0.5 Tanto 1-8 0.5 Shortsword 1-8 3 Wakizashi 1-10 2 Broadsword 1-12 6 Mace 1-12 8 Saber 3-12 7 Longsword 2-16 8 Katana 3-16 6

Two-Handed Weapons Weapon Base Damage Weight (kg) Short Bow 2-8 0.5 Long Bow 2-12 1 Staff 1-8 3 War Axe 2-12 8 Flail 2-14 10 Battle Axe 2-16 12 Claymore 2-18 14 War Hammer 3-18 16 Dai-Katana 3-21 8

†Fists don't contribute to the carry capacity.

‡Despite having a reported mass, the game fails to calculate values below 1 and therefore the three weapon groups having a mass of fewer than 1 kg, do not contribute to the player's carry capacity.

MaterialsEdit

Metal colors, from Iron to Ebony

Weapons can be made of different metals, which determines their chance to hit, the damage they do, the rate at which they wear out, and their color. Most weapons have no metal specified in their name, these have the damage and chance to hit of steel but the appearance of iron. Deterioration rate is a percentage of the damage dealt by a weapon removed from its condition. Some monsters can only be harmed by weapons of higher tier materials. Ghosts, Wraiths and Homonculi, despite their ethereal or other worldly nature, are in actuality not immune to any weapons. In the case of Ghosts and Wraiths, this would be changed in later entries in the The Elder Scrolls series.

Material	Bonus Chance To Hit	Bonus Minimum Damage	Bonus Maximum Damage	Deterioration rate	Color	Harms Ice Golems	Harms Medusas	Harms Stone Golems	Harms Iron Golems	Harms Fire Daemons	Harms Vampires	Harms Liches	Notes
Iron	-1	0	-2	20%	Teal	Ice Golems	Medusas	Stone Golems		Iron Golems	Vampires	Liches	Only material that gets a penalty in bonus chance to hit and bonus minimum/maximum damage
Unnamed	0	0	0	15%	Teal	Ice Golems	Medusas	Stone Golems		Iron Golems	Vampires	Liches	Material of standard weapons. Along with Steel and Silver, it has neither bonuses nor penalties for chance to hit and minimum/maximum damage
Steel	0	0	0	15%	Dark, cold gray	Ice Golems	Medusas	Stone Golems		Iron Golems	Vampires	Liches	Along with Unnamed and Silver, it has neither bonuses nor penalties for chance to hit and minimum/maximum damage
Silver	0	0	0	10%	Bright gray	Ice Golems	Medusas	Stone Golems		Iron Golems	Vampires	Liches	Along with Unnamed and Steel, it has neither bonuses nor penalties for chance to hit and minimum/maximum damage. Does double damage against Vampires, does, however, not prevent their regeneration ability
Elven	+1	+1	+1	10%	Pale green	Ice Golems	Medusas	Stone Golems		Iron Golems	Vampires	Liches	Lowest quality that gains a positive multiplier for bonus chance to hit and bonus minimum and maximum damage
Dwarven	+2	+2	+2	8%	Gold	Ice Golems	Medusas	Stone Golems		Iron Golems	Vampires	Liches
Mithril	+3	+3	+3	8%	Blueish white	Ice Golems	Medusas	Stone Golems		Iron Golems	Vampires	Liches	Lowest material required to hit all monsters with immunity to mundane weapons
Adamantium	+4	+4	+4	5%	Dark blueish gray	Ice Golems	Medusas	Stone Golems		Iron Golems	Vampires	Liches	Has the distinction of having the best price/damage ratio as Ebony weapons cost disproportionately more than their additional 1 bonus in chance to hit and minimum/maximum
Ebony	+5	+5	+5	3%	Dark, warm gray	Ice Golems	Medusas	Stone Golems		Iron Golems	Vampires	Liches

One-handed weaponsEdit

The following sections provide an exhaustive albeit extremely incomplete list each one-handed weapon by type, material, effects, cost, and location. All images are of iron weapons.

Please note that this list is valid only for classes which have no weapon restrictions.

DaggersEdit

Show complete listing of Daggers

TantosEdit

Show complete listing of Tantos

ShortswordsEdit

Show complete listing of Shortswords

WakizashisEdit

Show complete listing of Wakizashis

BroadswordsEdit

Show complete listing of Broadswords

KatanasEdit

Show complete listing of Katanas

MacesEdit

Show complete listing of Maces

LongswordsEdit

Show complete listing of Longswords

SabersEdit

Show complete listing of Sabers

Two-Handed WeaponsEdit

The following sections provide an exhaustive albeit extremely incomplete list each two-handed weapon by type, material, effects, cost, and location. All images are of iron weapons.

Please note that this list is valid only for classes which have no weapon restrictions.

Battle AxesEdit

Show complete listing of Battle Axes

ClaymoresEdit

Show complete listing of Claymores

Dai-KatanasEdit

Show complete listing of Dai-Katanas

FlailsEdit

Show complete listing of Flails

Long BowsEdit

Show complete listing of Long Bows

Short BowsEdit

Show complete listing of Short Bows

StavesEdit

Show complete listing of Staves

War AxesEdit

Show complete listing of War Axes

War HammersEdit

Show complete listing of War Hammers

OversightsEdit

• Battle- and war axe sprites are identical to each other for the same character, all other weapons' appearances differ.
  • The aforementioned battle- and war axe sprites for male characters incorrectly depict a Halberd, a polearm not included in the game.

• The Katana and Dai-Katana's sprites appear the same length despite the former being a one handed weapon, the latter being depicted as a two handed weapon

TriviaEdit

• Tantos, wakizashis and katanas are Japanese daggers, shortswords and longswords respectively. A saber is a backsword commonly associated with European cavalry and derives its name from the French sabre. The inclusion of the weapon names listed is somewhat questionable but might have been done be for recognizability by players

GalleryEdit

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  Broadsword (male)

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  Broadsword (female)

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  Dagger (male)

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  Dagger (female)

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  Katana (male)

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  Katana (female)

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  Longsword (male)

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  Longsword (female)

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  Mace (male)

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  Mace (female)

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  Saber (male)

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  Saber (female)

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  Shortsword (male)

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  Shortsword (female)

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  Tanto (male)

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  Tanto (female)

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  Wakizashi (male)

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  Wakizashi (female)

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  Battle Axe (male)

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  Battle Axe (female)

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  Claymore (male)

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  Claymore (female)

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  Dai-Katana (male)

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  Dai-Katana (female)

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  Flail (male)

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  Flail (female)

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  Long Bow (male)

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  Long Bow (female)

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  Short Bow (male)

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  Short Bow (female)

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  Staff (male)

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  Staff (female)

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  War Axe (male)

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  War Axe (female)

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  War Hammer (male)

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  War Hammer (female)

See AlsoEdit

• Artifacts — A list of special magical items, including unique weapons.