Game mechanics/Weapons

Weapon Generation

Weapon generation follows three steps:

1. two weapons are created, their type being randomly and independently selected from the table at Weapon/probabilities,
2. each weapon is randomized according to its type:
   1. a melee weapon has its level randomized following the table at Weapon/random, then acquires an enchantment with a 1/(level+10) probability, following the table at Enchantment/probabilities,
   2. a missile weapon has its quantity randomized,
3. the weapon which required strength is closest to 10 + numberOfGeneratedPotionsOfStrength (theoretical Hero strength, except for Warriors) is selected and dropped on the floor (75 %), put in an unlocked chest (20 %) or hidden in skeletal remains (5 %).

• In flooded vaults and rooms of traps, the generation is more complicated, as it involves armor generation too.

Melee weapon damage

A Melee weapon has its damage values uniformly distributed between a minimum and maximum hit values. These values can be calculated as:

• minHit = tier + level
• maxHit = (tier2 - tier + 10) × delay / accuracy + tier × level
• averageHit = (minHit + maxHit) / 2

Example

A +6 War hammer is tier 5 with delay 1 and accuracy 1.2:

• minHit = 5 + 6 = 11
• maxHit = (52 - 5 + 10) × 1 / 1.2 + 5 × 6 = 55
• averageHit = (11 + 55) / 2 = 33

Individual Weapons

Below are damage values per upgrade, per weapon

Short Sword

Level	Min Dmg	Avg Dmg	Max Dmg
0	1	5	10
+1	2	6	11
+2	3	7	12
+3	4	8	13
+4	5	9	14
+5	6	10	15
+6	7	11	16
+7	8	12	17
+8	9	13	18
+9	10	14	19
+10	11	15	20
+11	12	16	21
+12	13	17	22
+13	14	18	23

Dagger

Level	Min Dmg	Avg Dmg	Max Dmg
0	1	4	8
+1	2	5	9
+2	3	6	10
+3	4	7	11
+4	5	8	12
+5	6	9	13
+6	7	10	14
+7	8	11	15
+8	9	12	16
+9	10	13	17
+10	11	14	18
+11	12	15	19
+12	13	16	20
+13	14	17	21

Knuckleduster

Level	Min Dmg	Avg Dmg	Max Dmg
0	1	3	5
+1	2	4	6
+2	3	5	7
+3	4	6	8
+4	5	7	9
+5	6	8	10
+6	7	9	11
+7	8	10	12
+8	9	11	13
+9	10	12	14
+10	11	13	15
+11	12	14	16
+12	13	15	17
+13	14	16	18

Quarterstaff

Level	Min Dmg	Avg Dmg	Max Dmg
0	2	7	12
+1	3	8	14
+2	4	10	16
+3	5	11	18
+4	6	13	20
+5	7	14	22
+6	8	16	24
+7	9	17	26
+8	10	19	28
+9	11	20	30
+10	12	22	32
+11	13	23	34
+12	14	25	36
+13	15	26	38

Spear

Level	Min Dmg	Avg Dmg	Max Dmg
0	2	10	18
+1	3	11	20
+2	4	13	22
+3	5	14	24
+4	6	16	26
+5	7	17	28
+6	8	19	30
+7	9	20	32
+8	10	22	34
+9	11	23	36
+10	12	25	38
+11	13	26	40
+12	14	28	42
+13	15	29	44

Mace

Level	Min Dmg	Avg Dmg	Max Dmg
0	3	7	12
+1	4	9	15
+2	5	11	18
+3	6	13	21
+4	7	15	24
+5	8	17	27
+6	9	19	30
+7	10	21	33
+8	11	23	36
+9	12	25	39
+10	13	27	42
+11	14	29	45
+12	15	31	48
+13	16	33	51

Sword

Level	Min Dmg	Avg Dmg	Max Dmg
0	3	9	16
+1	4	11	19
+2	5	13	22
+3	6	15	25
+4	7	17	28
+5	8	19	31
+6	9	21	34
+7	10	23	37
+8	11	25	40
+9	12	27	43
+10	13	29	46
+11	14	31	49
+12	15	33	52
+13	16	35	55

Battle Axe

Level	Min Dmg	Avg Dmg	Max Dmg
0	4	11	18
+1	5	13	22
+2	6	16	26
+3	7	18	30
+4	8	21	34
+5	9	23	38
+6	10	26	42
+7	11	28	46
+8	12	31	50
+9	13	33	54
+10	14	36	58
+11	15	38	62
+12	16	41	66
+13	17	43	70

Longsword

Level	Min Dmg	Avg Dmg	Max Dmg
0	4	15	22
+1	5	18	26
+2	6	21	30
+3	7	24	34
+4	8	27	38
+5	9	30	42
+6	10	33	46
+7	11	36	50
+8	12	39	54
+9	13	42	58
+10	14	45	62
+11	15	48	66
+12	16	51	70
+13	17	54	74

War Hammer

Level	Min Dmg	Avg Dmg	Max Dmg
0	5	15	25
+1	6	18	30
+2	7	21	35
+3	8	24	40
+4	9	27	45
+5	10	30	50
+6	11	33	55
+7	12	36	60
+8	13	39	65
+9	14	42	70
+10	15	45	75
+11	16	48	80
+12	17	51	85
+13	18	54	90

Glaive

Level	Min Dmg	Avg Dmg	Max Dmg
0	5	17	30
+1	6	20	35
+2	7	23	40
+3	8	26	45
+4	9	29	50
+5	10	32	55
+6	11	35	60
+7	12	38	65
+8	13	41	70
+9	14	44	75
+10	15	47	80
+11	16	50	85
+12	17	53	90
+13	18	56	95

Boomerang

Level	Min Dmg	Avg Dmg	Max Dmg
0	1	2	4
+1	2	4	6
+2	3	5	8
+3	4	7	10
+4	5	8	12
+5	6	10	14
+6	7	11	16
+7	8	13	18
+8	9	14	20
+9	10	16	22
+10	11	17	24
+11	12	19	26
+12	13	20	28
+13	14	22	30

Melee weapon required strength

The Strength that a Hero must have to wield a weapon without a strength penalty/bonus in calculated as:

requiredStrength = 8 + 2 × Weapon.tier - Weapon.level

Example

A +4 Mace’s required strength is:

8 + 2 × 3 - 4 = 10

Enchantment Probabilities

Effect of Weapon's Level on Enchantment Application Probability

Level	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Blazing	33%	50%	60%	67%	71%	75%	78%	80%	82%	83%	85%
Venomous	33%	50%	60%	67%	71%	75%	78%	80%	82%	83%	85%
Stunning	13%	22%	30%	36%	42%	46%	50%	53%	56%	59%	61%
Vampiric	33%	43%	50%	56%	60%	64%	67%	69%	71%	73%	1
Chilling	25%	40%	50%	57%	63%	67%	70%	73%	75%	77%	79%
Unstable	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Eldritch	20%	33%	43%	50%	56%	60%	64%	67%	69%	71%	73%
Grim	8%	9%	10%	11%	12%	12%	13%	14%	15%	16%	16%
Lucky	33%	50%	60%	67%	71%	75%	78%	80%	82%	83%	85%
Shocking	25%	40%	50%	57%	63%	67%	70%	73%	75%	77%	79%
Tempered	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

For melee weapons:

Enchantment	Probability
Blazing	5/21	23.81 %
Venomous	5/21	23.81 %
Grim	1/42	2.38 %
Stunning	1/21	4.76 %
Vampiric	1/42	2.38 %
Chilling	1/21	4.76 %
Shocking	1/7	14.29 %
Unstable	1/14	7.14 %
Eldritch	1/21	4.76 %
Lucky	1/21	4.76 %
Tempered	1/14	7.14 %

When unstable procs on melee weapons:

Enchantment	Probability
Blazing	10/39	25.64 %
Venomous	10/39	25.64 %
Grim	1/39	2.56 %
Stunning	2/39	5.13 %
Vampiric	1/39	2.56 %
Chilling	2/39	5.13 %
Shocking	2/13	15.38 %
Unstable	1/13	7.69 %
Eldritch	2/39	5.13 %
Lucky	2/39	5.13 %
Tempered	0	0 %

For boomerang:

Enchantment	Probability
Blazing	5/21	23.81 %
Venomous	5/21	23.81 %
Grim	1/42	2.38 %
Stunning	1/21	4.76 %
Vampiric	1/42	2.38 %
Chilling	1/21	4.76 %
Shocking	1/7	14.29 %
Unstable	1/14	7.14 %
Eldritch	1/21	4.76 %
Lucky	1/21	4.76 %
Tempered	1/14	7.14 %

When unstable procs on boomerang:

Enchantment	Probability
Blazing	10/39	25.64 %
Venomous	10/39	25.64 %
Grim	1/39	2.56 %
Stunning	2/39	5.13 %
Vampiric	1/39	2.56 %
Chilling	2/39	5.13 %
Shocking	2/13	15.38 %
Unstable	1/13	7.69 %
Eldritch	2/39	5.13 %
Lucky	2/39	5.13 %
Tempered	0	0 %

Enchantment Loss Probability

This is the chance that upgrading an enchanted weapon with a scroll of upgrade will destroy that enchantment:

Chance of Destruction = CoD = (L - 1)/L, where L = Weapon Level

Main article: Scroll of Upgrade