Weapon

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A weapon is an item which inflicts increased damage to a mob when used to hit it than any other item, and/or is used solely as a means of damaging mobs.

Weapon damage

Standard weapons

This table shows the damage per hit dealt by a weapon of a particular category crafted with a particular material. Damage is measured in whole Hearts.

	Wood	Gold	Stone	Bronze	Iron**	Gem*	Diamond
Sword	2	2	2.5	3.5	3	3.5	4
Axe	1.5	1.5	2	?	2.5	2.5	3
Pick	1	1	1.5	?	2	2	2.5
Shovel	0.5	0.5	1	?	1.5	1.5	2
Bow	0.5, 3 or 4.5/5	-	-	-	-	-	-

Gem tools are crafted with Ruby, Sapphire or Green Sapphire.

The Quartz sword is identical to the Iron Sword.

Using any other item, or no item (i.e. an empty hand), will always deal 0.5 damage per hit.

Industrialcraft weapons

Industrialcraft includes new kinds of weapons. This table shows the damage per hit dealt by those weapons. Damage is measured in whole Hearts.

	Damage	Number of uses	EU capacity	Notes
Chainsaw	4.5	50	10,000	-
Advanced Chainsaw	6	100	15,000	-
Mining Laser	3 - 10 Varies with mode Target is ignited	20 - 2,000 Varies with mode	200,000	Causes collateral damage
Nano Saber	2 unpowered 10 powered	?	40,000	-
Vajra	13	150	1,000,000	Also mines any block at a rate of 20 per second Supports 1 tool enchantment
MFFS Defence Station	Instant kill	several dozens	10,000,000 Force Energy	No loot from mobs Steals inventory of players killed