Talk:Weapons

Hello all: I took the liberty of completely reformatting and fleshing out this page, along with creating new pages or standardizing already existing ones for each of the category headings. Please look them over. --440Music

Ideally there would be a Weapons category as well as this page. I don't really know how to start a category, though. --RBrandon 15:46, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Category:Weapon items -- Wynthyst [[Image:User Wynthyst sig icon.png ]] talk  04:44, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

Craftable / Hardmode
Maybe the weapons should have a (c) and/or a (h) after them to tell if they can be crafted or if they are available only on hardmode.

Format question
Would it be more informative to have this page as a table with all weapon stats visible right away? So it would be possible to sort them by damage, or say knockback --The dnmr 00:47, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I agree, the layout of this page is difficult to navigate. A table with sortable columns will be much more handy. In fact, all of the weapon pages (melee weapons, flails etc.) should also be reformatted similarly. --ILiaWneK 11:35, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Edit: should we instead merge Weapons List into this page? --ILiaWneK 11:37, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Дa. Yes we need. :D --Igor09 08:00, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

Demonite tier tools
Should this page have the Breaker and War Axe of the night? They hit hard but they are still tools after all. --GauHelldragon 13:34, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
 * They are meant to be a cross between tools and weapons, hence why they have more attack than their upgraded hamaxe counterparts. --Moxxy 15:36, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

Damage variance and critical hits
Does anybody know how this exactly works? I know it's +/- 15% of the base damage, but what does it round to? Critical hits also have varying damage, so I'm wondering if the +/- 15% variance is calculated first, before doubling the damage. Once we find this all out, we can update every page to show the proper damage i.e. 15-19, as well as the "base" damage i.e. 17. &bull; iLiaWneK &bull; T &bull; C &bull; 11:07, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

Weapon Speed
Dear wiki editors. Please add weapon speeds. Many weapon pages either completely lack that information, or the listed information is wrong. Thank you. ~ChroniclerC --72.48.102.6 05:18, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Use Time is listed on almost every weapon article. It's a more accurate measure of weapon speed than the "Very Fast" etc. shown in the game.  Equazcion ( talk ) 05:29, 14 Aug 2011 (UTC)
 * Please note the part where I point out how that field is either missing or wrong on most weapons. It also doesn't help that the "use time" stat is completely unintelligible to the uninitiated since it is terminology that appears nowhere in-game and so lacks context.  IE: I can tell that "use time" is how long it takes to use the item (duh), but is 100 fast?  Slow?  I have no standard to compare it to, and the wiki gives me none. ~ChroniclerC --72.48.102.6 03:03, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Ice Rod
The Ice Rod IS a weapon because it behaves exactly as the other missile type weapons when aimed at enemies. So It's not only a tool but a weapon also and does fairly enough damage to use it as one.
 * Really? Oh dear, I'm sorry!  I don't have one yet - we should clarify its dual-purpose nature on its page.  --Theothersteve7 17:06, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
 * You can watch it in action in the video posted on it's page.--EstebanLB 17:09, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

On Flails
I believe the Flails section has a small issue: it's becoming a dumping site. The KO Cannon, Golem Fist, and Chain Knife are already somewhat out of place, since they can't be "flailed" around, have a one-way trip, and no piercing capabilities, but at least they deal Melee Damage. Then the Harpoon, which on top of all that deals Ranged Damage, seems to be completely out of place there. Also, the latter's projectile trajectory is different from either type of flail; it doesn't bounce off walls; it's not even listed in the Flails page, while all the others are. In fact the Harpoons mechanics are slightly different from every other kind of weapon. In short, I believe we need a new weapon category for the KO Cannon, Golem Fist and Chain Knife, and that the Harpoon should be moved into the "Other" category, along other unique weapons such as the Scourge and the Vamp Knives. Any thoughts? --186.136.108.121 23:49, 5 November 2013 (UTC)

New Christmas Patch?
I have been playing today and found presents to be completely re-done, and have received both Fruitcake chakram (boomerang) and Star Anish (Consumable). These appear to be absent. Not updated or overlooked?

Is the Scourge of the Corruptor a spear?
Spears tend to have a poking animation that extends and then retracts. Scourge just fires projectiles, the same way many magic weapons do -- albeit without actually being a magic weapon. I'd say it's unique and doesn't really fit a category.  Equazcion ( talk ) 13:37, 8 Sep 2014 (UTC)
 * IMO it's not a spear, the item page states: "The Scourge of the Corruptor is a [...] weapon that fires projectiles, yet inflicts melee damage and has no mana or ammunition cost...", is just a special projectile-firing melee weapon (just like the vampire knives) that looks like a spear.