Combat

Armor & damage reduction

Armor from your equipped items adds together. More armor means less damage taken, with diminishing returns. The percentages for separate pieces do not add together.

Armor reduces melee, projectile, and explosion damage. Bleeding, drowning, hunger, and thirst damage bypass armor.

Armor & clothing

Reduction below is for wearing that item alone. Click an item for its crafting recipe.

Item	Slot	Armor	Reduction alone
Grenadier Helmet	Head	15	13%
Metal Helmet	Head	15	13%
Leather Helmet	Head	10	9.1%
Bicorne	Head	7.5	7%
Cotton Hat	Head	7.5	7%
Black Bandana	Head	5	4.8%
Blue Bandana	Head	5	4.8%
Red Bandana	Head	5	4.8%
Metal Chestplate	Chest	50	33.3%
Leather Chestpiece	Chest	30	23.1%
Cotton Shirt	Chest	17.5	14.9%
Metal Pants	Legs	25	20%
Leather Pants	Legs	17.5	14.9%
Cotton Pants	Legs	12.5	11.1%
Metal Boots	Feet	10	9.1%
Leather Shoes	Feet	7.5	7%
Cotton Shoes	Feet	5	4.8%
Overcoat Black	Back	15	13%
Overcoat Blue	Back	12.5	11.1%
Overcoat Red	Back	12.5	11.1%
Overcoat Brown	Back	10	9.1%

Metal Chestplate cannot be worn with any overcoat. A full metal set gives 100 armor and 50% damage reduction.

Melee & blocking

Damage below is before armor. Primary, secondary, and alternate values are separate attacks, not a combined hit.

Weapon / tool	Primary	Secondary	Alternate	Melee blocked
Aztec Spear	75	—	—	—
Aztec Sword	65	60	65	80%
Billhook	85	—	—	—
Boarding Axe	70	—	—	—
Boarding Knife	50	—	—	—
Broadsword	70	75	70	80%
Calvary Sabre	55	65	55	80%
Club	40	—	—	—
Cutlass	40	45	40	80%
Hanger	60	60	60	80%
Hatchet	40	—	—	—
Macana	55	—	—	—
Pickaxe	40	—	—	—
Sabre	50	55	50	80%
Stone Axe	30	—	—	—
Stone Pickaxe	40	—	—	—
Sugar Cane Knife	42.5	—	—	—

Face the attacker to block

The listed swords block 80% of an incoming melee hit while you are blocking and facing the attacker. Armor then reduces the remaining damage. A 100-damage melee hit becomes 20 after a successful sword block, then 10 with 100 armor.

Melee reach follows the weapon’s animated swing. The hammer is a repair tool.

Firearms & bows

Damage comes from the ammunition. Weapon differences include reload time, projectile speed, and pellet count.

Weapon	Ammunition	Base damage	Reload	Projectile speed
Blunderbuss	Musket Ball	5 × 40200 if all pellets hit	4 s	300 m/s
Bow	Arrows	30	Draw & release	120 m/s
Buccaneer Gun	Musket Ball	85	5 s	700 m/s
Flintlock Musket	Musket Ball	85	5 s	400 m/s
Flintlock Pistol	Musket Ball	85	5 s	200 m/s
Tribal Bow	Arrows	30	Draw & release	70 m/s

Blunderbuss damage depends on how many pellets connect. Bows use a draw-and-release action, with no firearm reload. Values are before armor.

Throwables

Damage is highest at the blast center and falls to zero at the edge. Cover can block the blast; armor reduces damage that reaches you.

Item	Max player damage	Blast radius	Fuse
Firepot	50	7 m	3 s
Grenade	250	7 m	3 s

Raiding equipment →

Naval combat

Compare cannon ammunition, hits to sink each ship, powderkegs, and damage effects in Ships & Sailing.