Weapons¶

Weapons in Age of Time include crafted gear, shop-bought ranged weapons, and a few special-purpose combat items.

Sword¶

The standard offensive item. All swords have the same damage output.

Crafted from: 5 Metal, 2 other Metal, 1 Wood, 900 Gold
No matter what Metal or Wood is used, all swords deal the same damage and do not gain special metal effects.
Free starter sword: new players can obtain a basic Crap Sword at no cost from the Sword Giver NPC near the Port Town docks (the spawn point).
The Crap Sword is not weaker than other swords; it has the same damage as every other sword.
You keep your Crap Sword when you die, because death normally drops Gold rather than your inventory. The one notable exception here is the Rusty Sword, which is a quest item and cannot be dropped at all. The free Crap Sword giveaway only happens once per character.

The standard defensive item.

Crafted from: 10 Metal, 2 other Metal, 1 Wood, 500 Gold
Special shield effects trigger when a monster deals contact damage to the shield user, or when a player attacks the shield user with a sword.
Only the shield's body metal matters for these effects; the crest and trim are cosmetic.
See Blacksmith § Shield metal effects for the community-reported per-metal behavior.

The standard ranged offensive item.

Crafted from: 5 Metal, 2 other Metal, 1 Wood, 500 Gold
Plutonium is the strongest crossbow metal.
The pre-made Quality Crossbow sold in Port Town is generally a bad deal: it costs more and performs worse than simply crafting a plutonium crossbow.

Dynamite — dropped by Dynamite Orcs and by Fire Orcs in the Volcano; explodes in a medium radius where dropped. It is the only weapon that can deal damage inside Port Town, and it can instantly kill players. A shield can block the direct damage, but the blast will still launch the defender, with stronger knockback the closer they are to the explosion; the launch itself can still be lethal from the speed or the impact.
Steel Bolts — dropped by Imps and Sea Monsters or sold in the Port Town Shop. Standard crossbow ammunition.
Exploding Bolts — dropped by Imps or sold in the Port Town Shop. Explosive crossbow ammunition.
Throwing Knives — sold in the Port Town Shop. Projectile weapon. After a knife is thrown or dropped, its owner can usually auto-collect it for about a minute by touching it. Once it shows a V above it, that protection has expired and anyone can take it without triggering Throwing Knife Theft.
Police Baton — granted by joining the Police. It briefly stuns players. NPCs still show the stunned visual effect, but are not actually stunned by it.