A short-medium ranged weapon that has a long wind-up and cooldown time but deals high damage on hit. They don't deal much damage per shot, either, not enough to be lethal or to incapacitate.

While these have a decent maximum range 23 to 30 tilesin actual combat they are only practical at around half that range. Low-tech weapons with moderate-long range. Often used by tribal archers during battles. They include the short bowrecurve bowgreat bow and the pila. These weapons are crafted cheaply using wood, but have low overall DPS and only perform well in short range.

There is one current combat bionic body part, the power clawand another that has been removed, the scyther blade.īoth deal higher damage than unarmed, and are hand replacements. Spears or longswords should be your choice for raw damage. There is a much larger variety of sharp weapons, from the cheapest and weakest shivto the strongest but most expensive longsword. The mace is always the smarter choice due to superior DPS. Many melee weapons outdamage guns at melee range, and have the added benefit of forcing enemies into melee combat-putting gun-armed raiders at a grave disadvantage as they can only fight using their guns as melee weapons-and staggering any pawn that's even attacked in melee.īlunt weapons include the club or mace. Weapons that can only deal damage in hand-to-hand combat. More detailed information on using each individual weapon can be found on their respective pages. Here is a complete list of ways to use each weapon, and how to counter enemies that are using them. Allocating and using weapons effectively gives you a sizable advantage against raiders, who barely have any knowledge on how to properly use them.

Rimworld best melee weapons