Armor & Weapons

Weapons and Armor Overview

Weapons and armor mechanics on Outlands feature various balance changes to improve gameplay.

Weapons are Insta-Hit and Quick Switch, meaning a player who swings with a halberd and then switches to a katana will only wait for the katana's swing delay before attacking again.
Ranged weapons have a flat 0.5-second stationary delay, regardless of Dexterity.
Armor Values are cumulative, meaning melee damage reduction is based on total armor value rather than individual armor pieces.
Meditation Penalties are cumulative, rather than being dictated by the worst piece of armor worn.
Dexterity penalties have been removed from armor/shields and replaced with a Stamina Fatigue Penalty that increases stamina loss when taking damage.
Mind Blast deals more damage based on a player’s Meditation Penalty from armor.
Players can inspect full weapon and armor stats via the Arms Lore skill.
Players can access their Player Stats Profile page to view their equipped gear and overall stats.

Colored Materials

In addition to traditional colored ores for blacksmithing, there are colored boards and colored leathers that serve as equivalents.

For example:

A Valorite Viking Sword provides the same material bonuses as a Valewood Quarterstaff.
A Shadow Iron Ringmail set offers the same bonuses as a Shadowhide Leather Armor set.

Accuracy Bonuses

Melee accuracy bonuses from materials, magical properties, aspects, and mastery chains are capped by a player's melee skill.

Examples:

A player with 100 Swordsmanship can receive a maximum +100% melee accuracy bonus from items.
A player with 50 Swordsmanship can receive a maximum +50% melee accuracy bonus from items.
A player with 0 Swordsmanship receives no bonus from accuracy-enhancing items.

Swing Speed Bonuses

Swing Speed determines the delay between weapon swings.
Swing Speed is affected by current Stamina, up to a max of 100 Stamina.
Swing Speed can be increased via:
- Delectable Foods
- Air/Holy Aspects
- Chivalry/Focus/Taste ID/Cooking/Resisting Spells Skills
- Swing Speed Increase Links
- Fencing/Wrestling Codexes
Swing Speed Increase cap: 50% base, 60% Hard Cap (with the Redline System)
Weapon Speed is capped at 0.5s per swing, regardless of Swing Speed Increase.

Weapon Timers

Weapons are Insta-Hit and Quick Switch.
After attacking with a halberd (3.0s swing speed), equipping and attacking with a katana (1.5s swing speed) would take only 1.5 seconds.
Ranged weapons (except Ocean Weapons) have a 0.5s stationary delay before firing.
- PvP scaling: 1.0s delay at 25 Dex, decreasing to 0.5s at 100 Dex.
Ocean Weapons (Harpoons, Tridents, etc.) have a flat 1.0s stationary delay.

Damage Delays in PvP

Ranged Weapon PvP attacks have a randomized damage delay based on Dexterity.
The delay scales between 0 seconds (100 Dex) and 0.5 seconds (25 Dex or lower).

Weapons Chart

Weapon Roles

Weapons are grouped into PvP roles:

Interrupt – Fast weapons used to disrupt spellcasting.
Grinding (Light/Medium) – Steady damage over time.
- Light = One-handed weapons.
- Medium = Two-handed weapons.
Burst – Slow weapons with high max damage, useful for burst combos.

Weapons Chart
Interrupt
	Speed	Sec/Swing	Base	DiceCount	DiceMax	MinDmg	MaxDmg	Avg Dmg	Avg Dmg vs 35AR	Avg Dmg vs 95AR	Avg DPS	Avg DPS 35AR	Avg DPS 95AR	Sec/Swing 40% SSi	Sec/Swing 50% SSi	Sec/Swing 60% SSi
Fencing	58	1.29	4	4	4	8	20	14	11.57	7.42	10.85	8.97	5.75	0.77	0.65	0.52	(1H) Kryss, Assassin's Knife, Hunting Knife, Kukri
Swordsmanship	56	1.34	5	5	3	10	20	15	12.4	7.95	11.19	9.25	5.93	0.8	0.67	0.54	(1H) Katana, Cutlass, Scimitar
Mace Fighting	54	1.39	3	6	3	9	21	15	12.40	7.95	10.79	8.92	5.72	0.83	0.7	0.56	(1H) Club, Hammerpick, War Axe, Cudgel, Skull Club
Grinding (Light)
Fencing	50	1.5	7	4	4	11	23	17	14.05	9.01	11.33	9.37	6.01	0.9	0.75	0.6	(1H) Warfork, Epee, Rapier, Fencing Sabre
Swordsmanship	48	1.56	8	5	3	13	23	18	14.88	9.54	11.54	9.54	6.12	0.94	0.78	0.62	(1H) Longswords, Broadsword, Viking Sword, Norse Axe
Mace Fighting	46	1.63	6	6	3	12	24	18	14.88	9.54	11.04	9.13	5.85	0.98	0.82	0.65	(1H) Mace, Maul, War Mace, Flanged Mace, Flail, (2H) Pickaxe
Archery	34	2.21	9	4	4	13	25	19	15.71	10.07	8.6	7.11	4.56	1.33	1.11	0.88	(2H) Bow, Hunting Bow, Recurve Bow
Wrestling	50	1.5	8	5	3	13	23	18	14.88	9.54	12	9.92	6.36	0.9	0.75	0.6	(2H) Martial Manual, Cestus, Fistblade
Grinding (Medium)
Fencing	40	1.88	9	4	6	13	33	23	19.02	12.18	12.23	10.12	6.48	1.13	0.94	0.75	(2H) Short Spear, Pitchfork
Swordsmanship	38	1.97	12	5	4	17	32	24.5	20.26	12.98	12.44	10.28	6.59	1.18	0.99	0.79	(2H) Axe, Battle Axe, Double Axe, Large Battle Axe, Executioner's Axe, Two-Handed Axe, Hatchet
Mace Fighting	36	2.08	9	6	4	15	33	24	19.84	12.71	11.54	9.54	6.11	1.25	1.04	0.83	(2H) Gnarled Staff, Black Staff, Quarters Staff, Shepherds Crook
Archery	28	2.68	11	4	6	15	35	25	20.67	13.24	9.33	7.71	4.94	1.61	1.34	1.07	(1H) Crossbow, Balestra, Pistol Crossbow
Burst
Fencing	30	2.5	13	4	6	17	37	27	22.32	14.3	10.8	8.93	5.72	1.5	1.25	1	(2H) Spear, Sarissa
Swordsmanship	25	3	16	5	6	21	46	33.5	27.7	17.75	11.17	9.23	5.92	1.8	1.5	1.2	(2H) Halberd, Bardiche, Zweihander, Great Axe
Mace Fighting	27	2.78	12	6	5	18	42	30	24.80	15.89	10.79	8.92	5.72	1.67	1.39	1.11	(2H) Warhammer, Great Sledge, Great Mace, Giant Spiked Mace, Giant Club
Archery	20	3.75	13	4	8	17	45	31	25.63	16.42	8.27	6.83	4.38	2.25	1.88	1.5	(2H) Heavy Crossbow, Rampart Crossbow, Great Bow
Fishing	20	3.75	14	4	8	15	43	29	23.98	15.36	7.73	6.39	4.1	2.25	1.88	1.5	(2H) Harpoon, Trident
Arcane	20	3.75	6	6	3	12	24	18	14.88	9.54	4.8	3.97	2.54	2.25	1.88	1.5	(2H) Arcane Staves
Swing Speed Caps at 60% - Seconds per Swing Caps at 0.50 seconds per swing (highlighted in red - currently none)
Training Weapons - Training weapons all have normalized attack speed and damage dealing a max of 1 HP per swing
Two Handed Weapons in PvM - Two-Handed Close Range Weapons (Non-Archery) grant players a 20% Damage Bonus towards Creatures (This is to offset not being able to use a shield)

Armor Mechanics

Armor Values

Armor reduces physical attack damage (melee, breath attacks, boss abilities) based on total armor value.

Damage reduction range:

Minimum: 0.333% * (Total Armor Value)
Maximum: 0.666% * (Total Armor Value)

Example:

A player with 50 Armor Value reduces melee damage by 16.5% to 33%.

Durability

Armor and weapons degrade over time and suffer penalties when durability reaches 0 HP.

Weapon Durability:
- Broken weapons suffer -25% damage.
- Starting durability: 50 HP.

Spellbook & Arcane Staff Durability:
- Broken books/staves suffer -25% spell damage.
- Starting durability: 150 HP.

Armor Durability:
- Broken armor suffers -50% armor rating.
- Starting durability: 50 HP.

Meditation & Armor

Base mana regen: 1 mana every 2 seconds.
Passive meditation: +100% mana regen.
Active meditation: +100% additional mana regen.
Armor Meditation Penalty reduces regen by: 2% * (player's Total Armor Meditation Penalty)
Max mana regen: 1 mana every 0.5 seconds.
Min mana regen: 1 mana every 8 seconds.

Armor Location Penalty

Shield	Chest	Legs	Arms	Helmet	Gloves	Gorget
35%	35%	22%	15%	14%	7%	7%

Armor Material Penalty

Image	Material	Penalty
	No Armor, Leather Armor, Buckler, or Wooden Shield	0%
	Studded Armor or Wooden Kite Shield	20%
	Bone Armor, Metal Shield or Bone Shield	40%
	Ringmail Armor or Bronze Shield	60%
	Chainmail Armor or Metal Kite Shield	80%
	Platemail Armor, Heater Shield, or Chaos/Order Shield	100%

Example

A player wearing a suit of all studded leather but with a platemail gorget would have:

(.35 * .20) + (.22 * .20) + (.15 * .20) + (.14 * .20) + (.07 * .20) + (.07 * 1.0)) = 25.6% Total Armor Meditation Penalty.

Which would result in a (2 * 25.6%) = -51.2% effect on their Mana Regen rate.

Stamina Fatigue & Armor

Dexterity penalties have been replaced with Stamina Fatigue Penalty, increasing stamina loss when taking damage.

Total Stamina Fatigue Penalty = (Total Armor Meditation Penalty / 2)
Example: Chainmail armor (80% penalty) → 40% stamina fatigue penalty

Piece	Material	Armor Rating	Material Penalty	Location Penalty
Chest/ Bustier	Leather	9	0%	35%
	Studded	11	10%
	Bone	12	25%
	Ringmail	14	50%
	Chainmail	16	75%
	Platemail	18	100%
Legs/ Skirt	Leather	6	0%	22%
	Studded	7	10%
	Bone	8	25%
	Ringmail	9	50%
	Chainmail	10	75%
	Platemail	11	100%
Arms	Leather	4	0%	15%
	Studded	5	10%
	Bone	5	25%
	Ringmail	6	50%
	Chainmail	7	75%
	Platemail	8	100%
Gloves	Leather	2	0%	7%
	Studded	2	10%
	Bone	2	25%
	Ringmail	3	50%
	Chainmail	3	75%
	Platemail	4	100%
Gorget	Leather	2	0%	7%
	Studded	2	10%
	Bone	2	25%
	Ringmail	3	50%
	Chainmail	3	75%
	Platemail	4	100%
Helmet	Leather	4	0%	14%
	Studded	4	10%
	Bone	5	25%
	Ringmail Orc Helm	6	50%
	Chainmail	6	75%
	Platemail	7	100%
Shield	Buckler Wooden	4	0%	35%
	Wooden Kite	5	10%
	Metal	6	25%
	Bronze	7	50%
	Metal Kite	8	75%
	Heater Order Chaos	9	100%
Non-GM, NPC bought armors

Mind Blast & Armor

The Mind Blast does additional damage to players based on their current Meditation Penalty from armor. The spell also does additional damage to creatures based on their armor value.

Against Players:

Total Meditation Penalty % / 3

Example: A 100% penalty results in +50% Mind Blast damage.

Against Creatures:

0.25% * Total Armor Value

Example: A creature with 100 Armor takes +25% Mind Blast damage.

Viewing Weapon & Armor Stats

Players can use the Arms Lore skill to view detailed stats of their equipped weapons and armor.

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The Arms Lore Window displays:
- Base and effective weapon stats.
- Full armor suit values.
- Player-specific adjustments (e.g., Swing Delays, Tactics modifiers).
Players can also access their Player Stats Profile to view a full summary of their gear.