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Weapons
With unarmed combat doing pitiful damage and failing to penetrate even the weakest armor, every self-respecting character will want to wield a weapon and Ferelden offers a good array of them.
Weapon Types
The following table shows the base stats for each weapon type. Note that these are just the base values, they are modified by both Weapon Material and weapon specific variations.
| Weapon | Wield Style | Base Damage | Max Damage | Attribute | Attribute Modifier* | Armor Penetration | Aim Time | Speed Modifier | Critical Chance | Range** | Base PreReq |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longsword | 1-Hand | 7 | 10.5 | 100% Strength | 100% | 2 | **** | -0.1 | 2 | 0 | STR 11 |
| Dagger | 1-Hand | 4 | 6 | 50% Strength, 50%Dex | 85% | 4 | **** | -0.5 | 3 | 0 | DEX 10 |
| Mace | 1-Hand | 5 | 6.25 | 100% Strength | 100% | 4 | **** | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | STR 12 |
| Handed Greatsword | 2-Hand | 11 | 15.4 | 100% Strength | 110% | 3 | **** | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | STR 18 |
| Staff | 2-Hand | 4 | 4 | n/a | 100% | 20 | **** | 0.1 | **** | 50 | MAG 16 |
| Claw (Dog) | 1-Hand | 6 | 7.5 | 100% Strength | 100% | 3 | **** | 0 | 1 | 0 | STR 11 |
| Maul | 2-Hand | 9 | 11.25 | 100% Strength | 125% | 7 | **** | 0.05 | 0.5 | 0 | STR 18 |
| Battle Axe | 2-Hand | 10 | 14 | 100% Strength | 110% | 3 | **** | 0.1 | 3 | 0 | STR 18 |
| Waraxe | 1-Hand | 6 | 7.5 | 100% Strength | 110% | 2 | **** | -0.1 | 1 | 0 | STR 11 |
| Shortbow | 2-Hand | 5 | 7.5 | 50% Strength, 50% Dex | 100% | 3 | 0.2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | DEX 10 |
| Longbow | 2-Hand | 6 | 9 | 50% Strength, 50% Dex | 100% | 4 | 0.3 | 0 | 1 | 35 | DEX 14 |
| Crossbow | 2-Hand | 8 | 10 | 100% Dex | 100% | 5 | 0.8 | 0 | 2 | 40 | DEX 10 |
Column Legend
- Min Damage - The minimum damage this weapon type inflicts with every hit, before bonuses.
- Max Damage - The maximum damage this weapon inflicts with every hit, before bonuses.
- Attribute - The attribute(s) which is provide a damage bonus when hitting with this weapon.
- Attribute Modifier - The fraction of damage bonus received from the governing attribute. E.g. Axes get 110% of the character's Strength bonus applied to their damage.
- Armor Penetration - The amount of Armor this weapon ignores on the target when damage is calculated.
- Aim Time - On Ranged weapons only, the base time in seconds this weapon requires to aim before shooting. This is modified by talents like Aim and Rapid Shot.
- Speed Modifier - The modifier to swing speed this weapons applies on top of the base animation speed. Lower values mean faster swing speed.
- Critical Chance - The base chance of generating a critical with this weapon. This is added on top of the character's Melee Critical Chance or Ranged Critical.
- Range - An Attack penalty of -1 is applied for each meter of distance the weapon is shot past this value.
- Base Prereq - The Base Prereq Attribute to wield this weapon. Note that Weapon Materials add to this.
The item display in game shows the fully calculated values, taking material and variation modifiers into account.
Weapon Materials
Below is the way weapons are affected by various materials.
Floating point values are usually multipliers (e.g. 1.1 means 110% of default), most integer values are usually modifiers (e.g. 4 means +4 to default).