Blunt Weapons

The purpose of most blunt weapons is to crush. Many of these weapons also deal puncture damage due to added spikes. One-handed blunt weapons are small and light enough to be wielded in a single hand, allowing the user to make use of a shield or a second weapon if so desired.

Blunt weapons are less commonly used than edged weapons among adventurers, and some professions require higher training point costs to become proficient at wielding them. Blunt weapons tend to be quite effective against chain and plate armors, having higher damage factors against those armor types. The morning star, notably, has the highest damage factors against all armor types among one-handed weapons. Specialization in crushing damage also makes blunt weapons a potent choice for aimed attacks to the head, where a sufficiently powerful strike will guarantee a fatal blow.

Ranks and Training Costs

Type	Square			Semi			Pure
Profession	Rogue	Warrior	Monk	Bard	Paladin	Ranger	Cleric	Empath	Savant	Sorcerer	Wizard
Max Ranks Per Level	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	-	1	1
Training Point Cost	3/1	2/1	3/1	4/1	3/1	4/1	6/1	6/2	-	6/2	6/1

Damage Factors and Attack vs. Defense

Weapon	AG	Cloth	Leather				Scale				Chain				Plate				RT	Min RT	Damage Type	STR/DU
	AsG	1	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Leather whip	DF	.275	.150				.090				.100				.035				2	3	Crush	10/75
	AvD	35	25	24	23	22	20	18	16	14	25	21	17	13	15	9	3	-3
Crowbill	DF	.350	.250				.200				.150				.125				3	3	Puncture/Crush	65/250
	AvD	40	36	35	34	33	30	28	26	24	30	26	22	18	20	14	8	2
Cudgel	DF	.350	.275				.200				.225				.150				4	4	Crush	8/130
	AvD	20	20	19	18	17	25	23	21	19	25	21	17	13	30	24	18	12
Mace	DF	.400	.300				.225				.250				.175				4	4	Crush	65/250
	AvD	31	32	31	30	29	35	33	31	29	42	38	34	30	36	30	24	18
Ball and chain	DF	.400	.300				.230				.260				.180				6	4	Crush	75/175
	AvD	15	20	19	18	17	27	25	23	21	35	31	27	23	30	24	18	12
War hammer	DF	.410	.290				.250				.275				.200				4	4	Puncture/Crush	60/155
	AvD	25	30	29	28	27	32	30	28	26	41	37	33	29	37	31	25	19
Morning star	DF	.425	.325				.275				.300				.225				5	4	Crush/Puncture	65/250
	AvD	33	35	34	33	32	34	32	30	28	42	38	34	30	37	31	25	19

Weapon Damage Type Ratios

This table contains the blunt weapon critical damage type percentages for successful attacks (based on player research). As an example, the mace will result in 100% crush critical damage for all attacks. The mace does not do slash critical damage or puncture critical damage.

Weapon	Slash %	Crush %	Puncture%
Leather whip	0	100	0
Crowbill	0	50	50
Cudgel	0	100	0
Mace	0	100	0
Ball and Chain	0	100	0
War hammer	0	66.7	33.3
Morning star[1]	0	66.7	33.3

Resources

• Forging
• Damage factor
• Material
• http://www.play.net/gs4/info/armory/concussion.asp
• Weapons Officials folder