Karmis' Castle

Guide to GS3 Weapons

Compiled by Grimslade

2 Handed Weapons

2 Handed Weapon List For a list of 2 Handed Weapons including their type, location and notes on each weapon.

Pros: Two-handed weapons hit so much better then one-handed ones there is almost no comparison (of course there's a couple exceptions). The damage factors are much higher then single-handed weapons. Common too. The claidhmore has natural crit weighting to it. In extremely technical terms, the highest damage factor that a one-handed edged weapon has is .450, and that's against skin. The lowest a 2hander has against skin is .550, not counting the staff (the higher damage factor the more damage it does).

Cons: No shield! Even with no training, that +20 DS can be a life-saver. During the younger years, if you get the first swing off normally a second isn't necessary. But that changes, for the worst. Elemental spell casting creatures will nail you time and time again. And they're heavy, too! They'll add significant round time to you, which may spell death in the later years if you don't rigorously train in armor use. .

One Hand Edged Weapons

Edged Weapon List For a list of Edged Weapons including their type, location and notes on each weapon.

Pros: The most common weapon group in the game. These are pretty good hitters. The closest to a 2handed crit is the Fish Spine Sword. Most of these weapons are fairly cheap. They crit fairly well and add little RT.

Cons: Really the only bad thing about these is the abundance of people using them. Because of the amount of people using them bids may be lower for them.

Blunt Weapons

Blunt Weapon List For a list of Blunt Weapons including their type, location and notes on each weapon.

Pros: Less people use these, which means prices may be cheaper. Since these crush rather than tear, you will be breaking more bones more then cutting them off. In some cases that's better, in others its worse. Sometimes its nicer to crush the skull like a ripe melon than to remove it from the neck entirely.

Cons: Since these rely on a big impact, most tend to weigh more than edged weapons. And there are less of them around. While that's less work for me, its worse for blunt users because they have less of a selection to choose from. This is an extremely unbalanced weapon class and in my opinion, the gods have lots of work here. Unlike edged weapons, the selection of weapons is so small, and one weapon does better then the rest, it needs to be adjusted.

Pole-Arm Weapons

Pole-Arms Weapon List For a list of Pole-Arm Weapons including their type, location and notes on each weapon.

Pros: Well, there are both two-handed and one-handed pole-arms, which means for those that like the company of their shield can use 'em, and those that dislike shields can use 'em too. Not to mention these monsters have some of the highest damage factors in the game. In fact, the lance has the highest damage factor among any weapon against skin (an amazing .725). And, I expect once the new combat system gets introduced, pole-arm users will have an added advantage. By that's just a guess, don't take it for granted.

Cons: The 2handed ones you can't use a shield with, the one handed ones can't even compare to the 2handed ones as far as damage is concerned. And the two-handed ones are heavier than the one-handed ones.

**NOTE! I have only used pole-arms once in my 2.5 years in GemStone. So...any help is appreciated. Email Grimslade.

Ranged and Thrown

If any players have any information on these two types of weapons please contact me or contact the author. Thank you.

Magic Metals

Magic Metals ListFor a list of Magic Metals including their AS bonus and crits for each metal.

In this section, I'm going to list the metals found in the land and their properties. They each have a bonus to AS, flare with elemental crits, or both. I split it up listing the ones which increase your AS first, flaring ones second, and spell that enhance weapons third. NOTE!! If the metal has an AS bonus you must be at least the level of half the bonus (rounded up) to use the weapon.