Weapons

Your weapon decides how a melee or ranged character actually fights: how hard you hit, how fast you swing, which combat skill you train, and which two special moves you can unleash. This page explains the stats, then gives a source-verified stat table for every one of the 135 weapons in the ServUO source, grouped by family.

Tip

Stats below are the AOS-era values our shard (EJ) uses, read straight from each weapon’s .cs class. Swing speeds are shown in seconds (the ML/EJ MlSpeed value — lower is faster). For a browsable, art-rich index of every weapon by era, see the Weapons catalog.

How weapons work

Every equippable weapon shares the same handful of stats. Understanding them is the whole game of picking a weapon.

Damage range

Each weapon lists a minimum and maximum base damage (e.g. a katana is 10–14). Every swing rolls a random value in that range, and that base is then heavily modified before it lands — by your Tactics and Anatomy skills, Strength, the weapon’s damage-increase properties, and the target’s resistances. The table values are the base range only; a GM warrior with high Tactics and Anatomy hits for far more. See Combat Basics for the full damage pipeline and Mechanics for the underlying formulas.

Weapon speed (swing delay)

Speed is how often you can attack. On our ML/EJ shard each weapon has an MlSpeed in seconds — the table shows this directly, and lower is faster (a 2.0s dagger swings more than twice as often as a 4.5s heavy crossbow). The actual delay between swings is shortened by your Stamina and by Swing Speed Increase properties on gear: more stamina = faster swings, and losing stamina in a fight slows you down. Because fast weapons land more hits, they apply on-hit effects (poison, leech, specials) more often, while slow weapons put more raw damage into each blow. See Combat Advanced for how stamina and swing-speed bonuses combine.

The governing skill

Each weapon trains exactly one combat skill, set by its class. The four melee skills and the two ranged skills are:

• Swordsmanship — swords, axes, polearms
• Mace Fighting — maces, hammers, staves, wands
• Fencing — daggers, kryss, spears, forks
• Archery — bows and crossbows
• Throwing — gargoyle thrown weapons

Your combat skill governs your chance to hit; Tactics and Anatomy then boost your damage and apply to every weapon, which is why almost every melee template carries them (see the 7×GM warrior template). A few weapons are built on one family’s chassis but train a different skill — those are flagged in the tables (^Sw Swordsmanship, ^Fe Fencing, ^Ma Mace Fighting).

Strength requirement

Each weapon has a Strength requirement. Equip a weapon while below its requirement and you swing at a penalty. Heavy two-handers (halberd, war hammer, heavy crossbow) demand 80–95 Strength; light daggers and wands need as little as 5–10.

One- vs two-handed

A one-handed weapon leaves your other hand free for a shield (Parrying) or a spellbook. A two-handed weapon occupies both hands: no shield, and it blocks casting that needs a free hand. Two-handers generally hit harder to compensate. The Hands column shows 1H or 2H.

Damage types

Weapons deal a base damage type tied to their family: swords and knives slash, spears and kryss pierce, maces and staves bash. The damage type is matched against the target’s resistances, and magical weapons can split their damage across fire/cold/poison/energy.

Special moves

Every weapon grants two special moves — a primary and a secondary weapon ability. You arm one from your combat book or the war-mode buttons; the next qualifying hit spends mana (and sometimes stamina) to trigger it. Your primary ability unlocks around 70 skill in the weapon’s combat skill, the secondary around 90. The two abilities a weapon offers are fixed by its class — choosing a weapon is partly choosing its specials. See Combat Advanced for activation, mana costs and timing.

The common abilities (from Scripts/Abilities/WeaponAbility.cs):

Ability	What it does
Armor Ignore	Bypasses the target’s armor — lower damage, but it lands almost in full.
Bleed Attack	Inflicts a bleed that deals damage over time.
Concussion Blow	Burst damage scaled to the target’s current mana.
Crushing Blow	A heavy hit for roughly +50% damage.
Disarm	Knocks the target’s weapon from their hands (needs a free hand).
Dismount	Knocks a mounted target off their mount — a PvP staple.
Double Strike	Two swings in one action.
Infectious Strike	Delivers the weapon’s poison without consuming all charges.
Mortal Strike	Wounds the target so healing fails for several seconds.
Moving Shot	(Ranged) lets you fire while moving.
Paralyzing Blow	Freezes the target in place for a short time.
Shadow Strike	A hit that briefly hides/stealths the attacker.
Whirlwind Attack	Strikes every enemy adjacent to you at once.
Frenzied Whirlwind	An area attack that hits nearby foes repeatedly.
Riding Swipe	Dismounts the target and can lame their mount.
Block / Defense Mastery	Defensive specials that raise your damage reduction.
Feint	Reduces the damage the target deals to you for a few seconds.
Dual Wield / Double Shot	Extra-swing / extra-shot specials on certain Tokuno and ranged weapons.
Armor Pierce	Reduces the target’s physical resistance on hit.
Bladeweave	Randomly triggers one of several abilities on hit.
Force Arrow / Lightning Arrow / Serpent Arrow	Elven bow specials adding elemental or magic effects.
Psychic Attack	Raises the target’s mana cost and lowers their damage output.
Mystic Arc / Infused Throw	Gargoyle throwing specials (arcing/multi-target throws).

Note

Some weapons (e.g. the Thin Longsword) define no special moves and fall back to the engine default of none — those show ”—” in the Primary/Secondary columns.

Weapon families

Each section below gives the family’s combat skill, its playstyle, and a stat table built straight from the ServUO source. Table legend: Damage = base min–max; Speed = seconds per swing (lower is faster); Hands = 1H/2H; Str = strength requirement; flags after a weapon name mean ^G = Gargoyle-only, and ^Sw/Fe/Ma = trains a different skill than its family’s default.

Crafted weapons come from Blacksmithy (metal weapons) and Bowfletching (bows, crossbows and ammunition). For the full art-and-era index, see the Weapons catalog.

Swords

Skill: Swordsmanship · Weapons: 33

The Swordsmanship family is the broadest in the game: katanas and longswords for fast one-handed DPS, two-handed slashers, and a deep roster of Samurai (Tokuno) and Gargoyle blades. Most are slashing-damage, one-handed weapons that pair with a shield. A handful declared as swords actually train Fencing (the kryss and lance — flagged ^Fe).

Icon	Weapon	Damage	Speed	Hands	Str	Primary	Secondary
	Blood Blade G·Fe	10–12	2s	1H	10	Bleed Attack	Paralyzing Blow
	Bokuto	10–12	2s	1H	20	Feint	Nerve Strike
	Bone Harvester	12–16	3s	1H	25	Paralyzing Blow	Mortal Strike
	Bone Machete	11–15	2.75s	1H	20	Defense Mastery	Bladeweave
	Broadsword	13–17	3.25s	1H	30	Crushing Blow	Armor Ignore
	Crescent Blade	12–15	2.5s	2H	55	Double Strike	Mortal Strike
	Cutlass	10–14	2.5s	1H	25	Bleed Attack	Shadow Strike
	Daisho	13–16	2.75s	2H	40	Feint	Double Strike
	Dread Sword G	14–18	3.5s	1H	35	Crushing Blow	Concussion Blow
	Elven Machete	11–15	2.75s	1H	20	Defense Mastery	Bladeweave
	Gargish Bone Harvester G	12–16	3s	1H	25	Paralyzing Blow	Mortal Strike
	Gargish Daisho G	13–16	2.75s	2H	40	Feint	Double Strike
	Gargish Katana G	10–14	2.5s	1H	25	Double Strike	Armor Ignore
	Gargish Kryss G·Fe	10–12	2s	1H	10	Armor Ignore	Infectious Strike
	Gargish Lance G·Fe	18–22	4.25s	1H	95	Dismount	Concussion Blow
	Gargish Skull Longsword G	14–18	3.5s	1H	35	Armor Ignore	Concussion Blow
	Gargish Talwar G	16–19	3.5s	2H	40	Whirlwind Attack	Dismount
	Glass Sword G	11–15	2.75s	1H	20	Bleed Attack	Mortal Strike
	Katana	10–14	2.5s	1H	25	Double Strike	Armor Ignore
	Kryss Fe	10–12	2s	1H	10	Armor Ignore	Infectious Strike
	Lance Fe	18–22	4.25s	1H	95	Dismount	Concussion Blow
	Longsword	14–18	3.5s	1H	35	Armor Ignore	Concussion Blow
	No Dachi	16–19	3.5s	2H	40	Crushing Blow	Riding Swipe
	Paladin Sword	20–24	5s	1H	85	Whirlwind Attack	Disarm
	Radiant Scimitar	10–14	2.5s	1H	20	Whirlwind Attack	Bladeweave
	Rune Blade	14–17	3s	2H	30	Disarm	Bladeweave
	Scimitar	12–16	3s	1H	25	Double Strike	Paralyzing Blow
	Shortblade G·Fe	10–13	2.25s	1H	45	Armor Ignore	Mortal Strike
	Skull Longsword G	14–18	3.5s	1H	35	Armor Ignore	Concussion Blow
	Stone War Sword G	15–19	3.75s	1H	40	Armor Ignore	Paralyzing Blow
	Thin Longsword	15–16	3.5s	1H	35	—	—
	Viking Sword	15–19	3.75s	1H	40	Crushing Blow	Paralyzing Blow
	Wakizashi	10–14	2.5s	1H	20	Frenzied Whirlwind	Double Strike

Axes

Skill: Swordsmanship · Weapons: 14

Axes also train Swordsmanship but skew toward heavy two-handed weapons with high damage and strength requirements. Many double as lumberjacking tools (the hatchet, two-handed axe, large battle axe), and lumberjacks get a bonus to axe damage. The war axe (^Ma) is the odd one out — it trains Mace Fighting.

Icon	Weapon	Damage	Speed	Hands	Str	Primary	Secondary
	Axe	14–17	3s	2H	35	Crushing Blow	Dismount
	Battle Axe	16–19	3.5s	2H	35	Bleed Attack	Concussion Blow
	Double Axe	15–18	3.25s	2H	45	Double Strike	Whirlwind Attack
	Dual Short Axes G	14–17	3s	2H	35	Double Strike	Infectious Strike
	Executioners Axe	15–18	3.25s	2H	40	Bleed Attack	Mortal Strike
	Gargish Axe G	14–17	3s	2H	35	Crushing Blow	Dismount
	Gargish Battle Axe G	16–19	3.5s	2H	35	Bleed Attack	Concussion Blow
	Hatchet	13–16	2.75s	2H	20	Armor Ignore	Disarm
	Heavy Ornate Axe	17–20	3.75s	2H	45	Disarm	Crushing Blow
	Large Battle Axe	17–20	3.75s	2H	80	Whirlwind Attack	Bleed Attack
	Ornate Axe	17–20	3.75s	2H	45	Disarm	Crushing Blow
	Pickaxe	12–16	3s	1H	50	Double Strike	Disarm
	Two Handed Axe	16–19	3.5s	2H	40	Double Strike	Shadow Strike
	War Axe Ma	12–16	3s	1H	35	Armor Ignore	Bleed Attack

Maces & Hammers

Skill: Mace Fighting · Weapons: 20

Maces train Mace Fighting and deal bashing damage. Their signature trait: against players, mace weapons can damage stamina and (in older rulesets) ignore part of armor. They range from the light club to the brutal two-handed war hammer. A couple of decorative “wand” items (the magic wand / fireworks wand) are actually bashing weapons and sit here, not in the Wands family.

Icon	Weapon	Damage	Speed	Hands	Str	Primary	Secondary
	A Fireworks Wand	9–11	2.75s	1H	5	Dismount	Disarm
	Club	10–14	2.5s	1H	40	Crushing Blow	Dismount
	Diamond Mace	13–17	3.25s	1H	35	Concussion Blow	Crushing Blow
	Disc Mace G	11–15	2.75s	1H	45	Armor Ignore	Disarm
	Emerald Mace	13–17	3.25s	1H	35	Concussion Blow	Crushing Blow
	Gargish Maul G	14–18	3.5s	1H	45	Double Strike	Concussion Blow
	Gargish Tessen G	10–13	2s	2H	10	Feint	Dual Wield
	Gargish War Hammer G	17–20	3.75s	2H	95	Whirlwind Attack	Crushing Blow
	Hammer Pick	13–17	3.25s	1H	45	Armor Ignore	Mortal Strike
	Mace	11–15	2.75s	1H	45	Concussion Blow	Disarm
	Magic Wand	9–11	2.75s	1H	5	Dismount	Disarm
	Maul	14–18	3.5s	1H	45	Double Strike	Concussion Blow
	Nunchaku	12–15	2.5s	2H	15	Block	Double Strike
	Ruby Mace	13–17	3.25s	1H	35	Concussion Blow	Crushing Blow
	Scepter	14–18	3.5s	1H	40	Crushing Blow	Mortal Strike
	Silver-Etched Mace	13–17	3.25s	1H	35	Concussion Blow	Crushing Blow
	Tessen	10–13	2s	2H	10	Feint	Dual Wield
	Tetsubo	12–15	2.5s	2H	35	Frenzied Whirlwind	Crushing Blow
	War Hammer	17–20	3.75s	2H	95	Whirlwind Attack	Crushing Blow
	War Mace	16–20	4s	1H	80	Crushing Blow	Mortal Strike

Staves

Skill: Mace Fighting · Weapons: 10

Quarterstaves, gnarled staves and black staves are two-handed Mace Fighting weapons. They are popular on mages and tamers because the two-handed staff art still allows certain caster builds, and several gnarled staves carry the Gargoyle Force of Nature special.

Icon	Weapon	Damage	Speed	Hands	Str	Primary	Secondary
	Black Staff	13–16	2.75s	2H	35	Whirlwind Attack	Paralyzing Blow
	Gargish Gnarled Staff G	15–18	3.25s	2H	20	Concussion Blow	Force of Nature
	Gargish Skull Gnarled Staff G	15–18	3.25s	2H	20	Concussion Blow	Force of Nature
	Glass Staff G	11–14	2.25s	2H	20	Double Strike	Mortal Strike
	Gnarled Staff	15–18	3.25s	2H	20	Concussion Blow	Force of Nature
	Quarter Staff	11–14	2.25s	2H	30	Double Strike	Concussion Blow
	Serpent Stone Staff G	16–19	3.5s	2H	35	Crushing Blow	Dismount
	Shepherds Crook	13–16	2.75s	2H	20	Crushing Blow	Disarm
	Skull Gnarled Staff G	15–18	3.25s	2H	20	Concussion Blow	Force of Nature
	Wild Staff	10–13	2.25s	1H	15	Block	Force of Nature

Daggers & Knives

Skill: Fencing · Weapons: 17

Light, very fast Fencing weapons. Daggers swing about as fast as anything in the game and excel at applying poison and the Infectious Strike special. The butchering knives (butcher knife, cleaver, skinning knife — flagged ^Sw) are knife-shaped but train Swordsmanship and double as skinning tools.

Icon	Weapon	Damage	Speed	Hands	Str	Primary	Secondary
	Assassin Spike	10–12	2s	1H	15	Infectious Strike	Shadow Strike
	Butcher Knife Sw	10–13	2.25s	1H	10	Infectious Strike	Disarm
	Cleaver Sw	10–14	2.5s	1H	10	Bleed Attack	Infectious Strike
	Dagger	10–12	2s	1H	10	Shadow Strike	Infectious Strike
	Elven Spellblade	12–15	2.5s	2H	35	Psychic Attack	Bleed Attack
	Gargish Butcher Knife G·Sw	10–13	2.25s	1H	10	Infectious Strike	Disarm
	Gargish Cleaver G·Sw	10–14	2.5s	1H	10	Bleed Attack	Infectious Strike
	Gargish Dagger G	10–12	2s	1H	10	Shadow Strike	Infectious Strike
	Gargish Tekagi G	10–13	2s	2H	10	Dual Wield	Talon Strike
	Kama	10–13	2s	2H	15	Whirlwind Attack	Defense Mastery
	Lajatang	16–19	3.5s	2H	65	Defense Mastery	Frenzied Whirlwind
	Leafblade	11–15	2.75s	1H	20	Feint	Armor Ignore
	Sai	10–13	2s	2H	15	Dual Wield	Armor Pierce
	Serrated War Cleaver	10–13	2.25s	2H	15	Disarm	Bladeweave
	Skinning Knife Sw	10–13	2.25s	1H	5	Shadow Strike	Bleed Attack
	Tekagi	10–13	2s	2H	10	Dual Wield	Talon Strike
	War Cleaver	10–13	2.25s	2H	15	Disarm	Bladeweave

Spears & Forks

Skill: Fencing · Weapons: 11

Spears, pikes and war forks are piercing Fencing weapons, mostly two-handed with good reach-style damage. The bladed staff (^Sw) is built on the spear chassis but trains Swordsmanship.

Icon	Weapon	Damage	Speed	Hands	Str	Primary	Secondary
	Bladed Staff Sw	14–17	3s	2H	40	Armor Ignore	Dismount
	Double Bladed Staff	11–14	2.25s	2H	50	Double Strike	Infectious Strike
	Dual Pointed Spear G	11–14	2.25s	2H	50	Double Strike	Disarm
	Gargish Pike G	14–17	3s	2H	50	Paralyzing Blow	Infectious Strike
	Gargish War Fork G	10–14	2.5s	1H	45	Bleed Attack	Disarm
	Pike	14–17	3s	2H	50	Paralyzing Blow	Infectious Strike
	Pitchfork	12–15	2.5s	2H	55	Bleed Attack	Dismount
	Short Spear	10–13	2s	2H	40	Shadow Strike	Mortal Strike
	Spear	13–16	2.75s	2H	50	Armor Ignore	Paralyzing Blow
	Tribal Spear	13–15	2.75s	2H	50	Armor Ignore	Paralyzing Blow
	War Fork	10–14	2.5s	1H	45	Bleed Attack	Disarm

Polearms

Skill: Swordsmanship · Weapons: 5

Bardiches, halberds and scythes are massive two-handed Swordsmanship polearms — the highest base damage and strength requirements in melee, traded against slow swing speed. They are whirlwind/area-damage staples.

Icon	Weapon	Damage	Speed	Hands	Str	Primary	Secondary
	Bardiche	17–20	3.75s	2H	45	Paralyzing Blow	Dismount
	Gargish Bardiche G	17–20	3.75s	2H	45	Paralyzing Blow	Dismount
	Gargish Scythe G	16–19	3.5s	2H	45	Bleed Attack	Paralyzing Blow
	Halberd	18–21	4s	2H	95	Whirlwind Attack	Concussion Blow
	Scythe	16–19	3.5s	2H	45	Bleed Attack	Paralyzing Blow

Bows & Crossbows

Skill: Archery · Weapons: 11

Ranged Archery weapons. Every bow and crossbow is two-handed, requires a free hand (no shield), and consumes ammunition — arrows for bows, bolts for crossbows. Heavier crossbows hit harder but swing slowly; repeating crossbows and shortbows trade damage for speed.

Icon	Weapon	Damage	Speed	Hands	Str	Primary	Secondary
	An Orcish Bow	17–21	4.25s	2H	30	Paralyzing Blow	Mortal Strike
	Bow	17–21	4.25s	2H	30	Paralyzing Blow	Mortal Strike
	Composite Bow	16–20	4s	2H	45	Armor Ignore	Moving Shot
	Crossbow	18–22	4.5s	2H	35	Concussion Blow	Mortal Strike
	Elven Composite Longbow	15–19	3.75s	2H	45	Force Arrow	Serpent Arrow
	Heavy Crossbow	20–24	5s	2H	80	Moving Shot	Dismount
	Juka Bow	17–21	4.25s	2H	100	Paralyzing Blow	Mortal Strike
	Lightweight Shortbow	12–16	3s	2H	45	Lightning Arrow	Psychic Attack
	Magical Shortbow	12–16	3s	2H	45	Lightning Arrow	Psychic Attack
	Repeating Crossbow	11–15	2.75s	2H	30	Double Strike	Moving Shot
	Yumi	13–17	3.25s	2H	35	Armor Pierce	Double Shot

Thrown

Skill: Throwing · Weapons: 3

Gargoyle-only Throwing weapons (boomerang, cyclone, soul glaive). They are thrown at range like archery but governed by the Throwing skill and benefit from Strength for extra range. One-handed.

Icon	Weapon	Damage	Speed	Hands	Str	Primary	Secondary
	Boomerang G	11–15	2.75s	1H	25	Mystic Arc	Concussion Blow
	Cyclone G	13–17	3.25s	1H	40	Moving Shot	Infused Throw
	Soul Glaive G	16–20	4s	1H	60	Armor Ignore	Mortal Strike

Wands

Skill: Mace Fighting · Weapons: 11

Wands are one-handed Mace Fighting weapons that also hold magic charges (Heal, Harm, Fireball, etc.). As melee weapons they are uniformly weak (9–11 damage, low str requirement) with the Dismount/Disarm special set inherited from BaseWand; their value is the spell charges, not the swing.

Icon	Weapon	Damage	Speed	Hands	Str	Primary	Secondary
	Clumsy Wand	9–11	2.75s	1H	5	Dismount	Disarm
	Feeble Wand	9–11	2.75s	1H	5	Dismount	Disarm
	Fireball Wand	9–11	2.75s	1H	5	Dismount	Disarm
	Greater Heal Wand	9–11	2.75s	1H	5	Dismount	Disarm
	Harm Wand	9–11	2.75s	1H	5	Dismount	Disarm
	Heal Wand	9–11	2.75s	1H	5	Dismount	Disarm
	Id Wand	9–11	2.75s	1H	5	Dismount	Disarm
	Lightning Wand	9–11	2.75s	1H	5	Dismount	Disarm
	Magic Arrow Wand	9–11	2.75s	1H	5	Dismount	Disarm
	Mana Drain Wand	9–11	2.75s	1H	5	Dismount	Disarm
	Weakness Wand	9–11	2.75s	1H	5	Dismount	Disarm

See also

• Combat Basics and Combat Advanced — how swings, hit chance, damage and specials resolve
• Swordsmanship · Mace Fighting · Fencing · Archery — the combat skills
• Tactics and Anatomy — the universal damage skills every warrior carries
• 7×GM warrior template — a complete melee build
• Blacksmithy and Bowfletching — crafting your own weapons
• Weapons catalog — every weapon by era, with art and item IDs