Arena:Base Weapons

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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.

Weapon damage and weight[edit]

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

Materials[edit]

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.


Material Bonus Chance To Hit Bonus Min. Damage Bonus Max. Damage Deterioration rate Color Harms Ice Golems Harms Medusas Harms Stone Golems Harms Fire Daemons Harms Iron Golems Harms Liches Notes
Iron -1 0 -2 20% Teal Ice Golems☒ Medusas☒ Stone Golems☒ Fire Daemons☒ Iron Golems☒ Liches☒
unnamed 0 0 0 (?) Teal Ice Golems☒ Medusas☒ Stone Golems☒ Fire Daemons☒ Iron Golems☒ Liches☒ Material of starting weapons.
Steel 0 0 0 15% Dark, cold gray Ice Golems☒ Medusas☒ Stone Golems☒ Fire Daemons☒ Iron Golems☒ Liches☒
Silver 0 0 0 10% Bright gray Ice Golems☒ Medusas☒ Stone Golems☒ Fire Daemons☒ Iron Golems☒ Liches☒ Does double damage against Vampires.
Elven +1 +1 +1 10% Pale green Ice Golems☑ Medusas☒ Stone Golems☒ Fire Daemons☒ Iron Golems☒ Liches☒
Dwarven +2 +2 +2 8% Gold Ice Golems☑ Medusas☑ Stone Golems☑ Fire Daemons☒ Iron Golems☒ Liches☒
Mithril +3 +3 +3 8% Blueish white Ice Golems☑ Medusas☑ Stone Golems☑ Fire Daemons☑ Iron Golems☑ Liches☑
Adamantium +4 +4 +4 5% Dark blueish gray Ice Golems☑ Medusas☑ Stone Golems☑ Fire Daemons☑ Iron Golems☑ Liches☑
Ebony +5 +5 +5 3% Dark, warm gray Ice Golems☑ Medusas☑ Stone Golems☑ Fire Daemons☑ Iron Golems☑ Liches☑

One-handed weapons[edit]

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.

Daggers[edit]

Show complete listing of Daggers

Tantos[edit]

Show complete listing of Tantos

Shortswords[edit]

Show complete listing of Shortswords


Wakizashis[edit]

Show complete listing of Wakizashis


Broadswords[edit]

Show complete listing of Broadswords


Katanas[edit]

Show complete listing of Katanas


Maces[edit]

Show complete listing of Maces


Longswords[edit]

Show complete listing of Longswords

Sabers[edit]

Show complete listing of Sabers



Two-Handed Weapons[edit]

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 Axes[edit]

Show complete listing of Battle Axes

Claymores[edit]

Show complete listing of Claymores

Dai-Katanas[edit]

Show complete listing of Dai-Katanas

Flails[edit]

Show complete listing of Flails

Long Bows[edit]

Show complete listing of Long Bows

Short Bows[edit]

Show complete listing of Short Bows

Staves[edit]

Show complete listing of Staves

War Axes[edit]

Show complete listing of War Axes

War Hammers[edit]

Show complete listing of War Hammers


Oversights[edit]

  • Battle- an war axe sprites are identical to eachother 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.

Trivia[edit]

  • Tantos, washikashis and katanas are Japanese daggers, short- and long swords respectively. A sabre 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

Gallery[edit]

See Also[edit]

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