Weapons

Weapons of Britannia

A comprehensive master index of all melee and ranged weapons in Ultima Online: Renaissance, detailing base damage, attack speeds, hand requirements, and combat mechanics.

Weapon Mechanics in the Renaissance Era

Weapons in Ultima Online: Renaissance dictate your character's combat pace, damage range, and defensive ability. Every weapon belongs to one of four core weapon skills: Swordsmanship, Fencing, Mace Fighting, or Archery.

Damage output in the Renaissance era is computed using:

Base Weapon Damage: The randomized min-to-max range inherent to the weapon type.
Tactics & Anatomy Multipliers: Tactics provides a percentage modifier to base damage, while Anatomy gives an additional scaling bonus.
Strength Bonus: High strength grants passive bonus melee damage.
Attack Speed (Swing Delay): Governed by your current Stamina and the weapon's base speed rating. Faster weapons land hits quicker and interrupt spellcasting more frequently, while heavier, slower two-handed weapons deliver devastating burst hits.
Hands Required: One-handed weapons allow carrying a shield (enabling Parrying and potion consumption with a free hand). Two-handed weapons deliver higher raw damage or reach, but forfeit shield defense and require disarming to drink potions.

Swordsmanship Weapons

Swordsmanship encompasses bladed and hacking weapons capable of inflicting lacerating wounds and chopping blows. Swords can be coated with lethal poisons if one-handed, or used to execute the concussive and paralyzing special combat maneuvers.

**Swordsmanship Weapon Statistics**
Weapon	Type	Hands	Base Damage	Speed	Min Str	Primary Resource
Katana	Slashing	1-Handed	5 – 26	58	10	8 Ingots
Kryss-comparable Cutlass	Slashing	1-Handed	6 – 28	56	10	8 Ingots
Broadsword	Slashing	1-Handed	5 – 29	45	25	10 Ingots
Longsword	Slashing	1-Handed	5 – 33	35	25	12 Ingots
Viking Sword	Slashing	1-Handed	6 – 34	30	40	14 Ingots
Scimitar	Slashing	1-Handed	5 – 30	43	25	10 Ingots
Halberd	Polearm	2-Handed	5 – 49	25	45	20 Ingots
Bardiche	Polearm	2-Handed	5 – 43	26	40	18 Ingots
Two-Handed Axe	Axe	2-Handed	5 – 39	30	35	16 Ingots
Double Axe	Axe	2-Handed	5 – 35	37	45	12 Ingots
Battle Axe	Axe	2-Handed	6 – 38	31	35	14 Ingots
Executioner's Axe	Axe	2-Handed	6 – 33	37	35	14 Ingots

Note: Axes also benefit from Lumberjacking damage bonuses when used by grandmaster woodsmen.

Fencing Weapons

Fencing weapons specialize in piercing thrusts, rapid speed, and deadly precision. Fencers frequently coat their weapons with venom using Poisoning, taking advantage of high attack speeds to repeatedly afflict adversaries.

**Fencing Weapon Statistics**
Weapon	Type	Hands	Base Damage	Speed	Min Str	Primary Resource
Kryss	Piercing	1-Handed	3 – 28	53	10	8 Ingots
War Fork	Piercing	1-Handed	4 – 32	45	35	12 Ingots
Dagger	Piercing	1-Handed	3 – 15	65	10	3 Ingots
Short Spear	Polearm	2-Handed	4 – 32	55	15	6 Ingots
Spear	Polearm	2-Handed	2 – 36	46	30	12 Ingots

Mace Fighting Weapons

Mace Fighting weapons deliver crushing kinetic trauma designed to shatter bone and batter armored opponents. Maces drain stamina on impact and cause double durability loss to enemy armor.

**Mace Fighting Weapon Statistics**
Weapon	Type	Hands	Base Damage	Speed	Min Str	Primary Resource
War Axe	Crushing	1-Handed	9 – 27	40	35	16 Ingots
Mace	Crushing	1-Handed	6 – 28	40	20	6 Ingots
Maul	Crushing	1-Handed	10 – 30	37	20	10 Ingots
Hammer Pick	Crushing	1-Handed	4 – 30	37	35	16 Ingots
Club	Crushing	1-Handed	8 – 24	44	10	6 Wood
War Hammer	Crushing	2-Handed	8 – 36	31	40	16 Ingots
Black Staff	Staff	2-Handed	8 – 33	35	35	9 Wood
Gnarled Staff	Staff	2-Handed	10 – 30	33	20	7 Wood
Quarter Staff	Staff	2-Handed	8 – 28	48	30	6 Wood

Archery Weapons

Archery weapons provide lethal projectile damage from distance, allowing marksmen to strike without entering melee range. Archery consumes ammunition (arrows or crossbow bolts) crafted via Bowcraft and Fletching.

**Archery Weapon Statistics**
Weapon	Ammunition	Hands	Base Damage	Speed	Min Str	Primary Resource
Bow	Arrow	2-Handed	9 – 41	25	20	7 Wood
Crossbow	Bolt	2-Handed	8 – 43	22	30	7 Wood
Heavy Crossbow	Bolt	2-Handed	11 – 56	18	40	10 Wood

Magical Weapon Modifiers

Monster loot and runic crafting produce magic weapons featuring precision, damage, and durability affixes:

Accuracy (Hit Chance): Accurate (+5), Surpassingly Accurate (+10), Eminently Accurate (+15), Exceedingly Accurate (+20), Supremely Accurate (+25).
Damage (Raw Power): Ruin (+1), Might (+3), Force (+5), Power (+7), Vanquishing (+9).
Durability: Durable (+20), Substantial (+50), Massive (+70), Fortified (+100), Indestructible (+120).
Slayer Affixes: Weapons imbued with slaying properties deal double damage against specific creature families (Undead, Reptilian, Arachnid, Demon, Elemental).

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