One-handed weapon · Spears

Ancient Bark Spear

Despite its gnarled look, this spear is strong and perfectly balanced.

Damage

55 Pierce

Block

parry ×2

Attack stamina

Max level

Materials fromSwamp· in the developers' Mountains test kit

Item IDSpearElderbarkSpawnspawn SpearElderbark 1 4

Recipe

Crafted at

Forgelevel 3

Beyond level 4 at the Forge of Potential: 1× Iron Battle Idol per attempt.

Upgrades by level

Level	Damage	Block	Durability	Station lvl	Materials
1	55 Pierce	21	100	3	4× Troll Hide 10× Iron 10× Ancient Bark
2	61 Pierce	21	150	4	1× Troll Hide 5× Iron 5× Ancient Bark
3	67 Pierce	21	200	5	2× Troll Hide 10× Iron 10× Ancient Bark
4	73 Pierce	21	250	6	4× Troll Hide 20× Iron 20× Ancient Bark

Upgrade cost per level = materials per level × (level − 1), and × 4 at level 4 (Piece.Requirement.GetAmount in the game code). Station level = recipe level + level − 1.

Total cost

Craft it and upgrade to level 4:

One Ancient Bark Spear, broken down to what you gather (bars smelted from ore, with the coal the smelter burns):

Stats

Skill: Spears
Primary attack stamina: 10
Secondary attack: 12 stamina, ×1.5 damage
Knockback: 20
Backstab bonus: ×3
Block armor: 21
Parry bonus: ×2
Block force: 20
Movement speed: -5%
Tool tier: 2
Durability: 100 (+50 per level)
Weight: 1.5

Hits to kill in the Swamp

Creature	Health	Per hit	Hits	2★ hits
Skeleton	40	25.5	2	5
Blob	50	25.5	2	6
Leech	60	51.1	2	4
Draugr	100	51.1	2	6
Wraith	100	25.5	4	12
Oozer	150	25.5	6	18
Draugr Elite	200	51.1	4	12
Writhan	400	51.1	8	24
Abomination	800	12.8	63	188
Bonemass	5,000	12.8	392	—

Level 4 Ancient Bark Spear, primary attack, skill 50 (each hit rolls 55–85% of the damage), after each creature's resistances. Try other levels and skills in the damage calculator.

Compared with similar weapons

Item	Damage	Max level	Stamina	Weight
Wooden Spear	1	4	4	1.5
Abyssal Harpoon	10	10	15	1.5
Flint Spear	20	38	6	1.5
Bronze Spear	35	53	8	1.5
Ancient Bark Spear	55	73	10	1.5
Fang Spear	75	93	12	1.5
Carapace Spear	115	133	16	1.5
Splitnir	135	153	16	1.5
Splitnir the Bleeding	135	153	16	1.5