To defend oneself in Vintage Story one must master the art of combat, as there are many silent dangers lurking in the shadows.
- Melee Combat - First punch, then ask. Every adversary can be attacked with a left mouse click, but beware, your normal attack range is pretty short unless you have something in your hands to extend your reach
- Ranged Combat - Stones, Arrows and Spears can be used to inflict damage at great range. When you hold down your right mouse button a shrinking rectangle will appear on your screen. When that rectangle is the smallest, your accuracy will be the greatest, so timing is important!
Stone Age Weapons
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Any Stone you mine or pick up can be thrown from a safe distance at living things to perform minor damage (0.5 damage)
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If everything fails, a plain old stick still has better range than just punching your way out (0.5 damage)
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Carved from a log with the help of a knife this weapon is sturdy and reliable, but does not inflict a lot of damage (0.5 damage)
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The spear is very fragile, but it's long range is a tremendous advantage. As with all stone tools, it can be made from granite, andesite, basalt, obsidian and flint. A flint spear does 1.25 damage during a melee attack and 3.5 damage when thrown
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The bow with flint arrow heads - a reliable and powerful long range weapon, but requires you to farm or find enough flax to craft the bowstring. (2.5 damage)
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Metal Age Weapons
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Your good old trusty sword. Nothing beats it's reliability and damage output. Higher metal tiers have higher durability and greater damage (2.5 - 4.5 damage)
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The bow with metal arrow heads improves damage output (+0.5 dmg for copper, +1 dmg for gold/silver/tinbronze/bisbronze, +1.5 dmg for blackbronze, +2 dmg for iron)
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If you need great melee range without the loss of durability, upgrade your spears to copper or bronze!
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