Weapons

WEAPONS -------------------

Weapon melee damage is built from two parts:

• Base Weapon Damage

    The weapon's DMG value (item damage), used in base hit calculations.

• Weapon Bonus Damage

    An extra flat value added to hit floor (min_damage).
    This smooths low hits and raises consistent damage.

MAIN-HAND BONUS DAMAGE -------------------

Main-hand weapon bonus damage applies when all are true:

• You are a melee class (Warrior/Paladin/Ranger/ShadowKnight/Monk/Bard/Rogue/Beastlord/Berserker)
• You are level 28+
• The attack is from your main hand

OFFHAND BONUS DAMAGE -------------------

Offhand bonus damage does not apply by default. It applies when you have SecondaryDmgInc effects (for example, Sinister Strikes style effects).

QUALITY EFFECTS -------------------

Item quality improves both weapon damage components:

Epic

• Base weapon damage: +1
• Weapon bonus damage: +10%

Legendary

• Base weapon damage: +2
• Weapon bonus damage: +25%

NOTES -------------------

• Base damage and bonus damage are separate and both matter.
• Slower/heavier weapons generally gain more from bonus-damage formulas.
• Quality bonus-damage scaling applies after normal bonus-damage calculation.
• Item inspect no longer labels damage bonus as "level 65" only.

See also: help item_rarity, help attack, help equipment