One-handed weapon · Spears

Bronze Spear

A sturdy spear with a head of burnished bronze.

Damage

35 Pierce

Block

parry ×2

Attack stamina

Max level

Materials fromSwamp· in the developers' Swamps test kit

Item IDSpearBronzeSpawnspawn SpearBronze 1 4

Recipe

Crafted at

Forgelevel 1

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

Upgrades by level

Level	Damage	Block	Durability	Station lvl	Materials
1	35 Pierce	12	100	1	5× Wood 6× Bronze 2× Deer Hide
2	41 Pierce	12	150	2	3× Wood 4× Bronze 1× Deer Hide
3	47 Pierce	12	200	3	6× Wood 8× Bronze 2× Deer Hide
4	53 Pierce	12	250	4	12× Wood 16× Bronze 4× Deer Hide

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

Stats

Skill: Spears
Primary attack stamina: 8
Secondary attack: 10 stamina, ×1.5 damage
Knockback: 20
Backstab bonus: ×3
Block armor: 12
Parry bonus: ×2
Block force: 20
Movement speed: -5%
Tool tier: 1
Durability: 100 (+50 per level)
Weight: 1.5

Hits to kill in the Swamp

Creature	Health	Per hit	Hits	2★ hits
Skeleton	40	18.5	3	7
Blob	50	18.5	3	9
Leech	60	37.1	2	5
Draugr	100	37.1	3	9
Wraith	100	18.5	6	17
Oozer	150	18.5	9	25
Draugr Elite	200	37.1	6	17
Writhan	400	37.1	11	33
Abomination	800	9.3	87	259
Bonemass	5,000	9.3	540	—

Level 4 Bronze 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