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Spears

Overview[]

The spear is a long-ranged weapon used primarily for hunting and base defence. The more upgraded the spear is, the more damage it deals to mobs/players. Spears deal less damage, but have longer range than swords. When holding a spear, one's movement speed is substantially decreased, similar to swords. Like other weapons, spears cannot be unequipped immediately after equipping. You must first wait for several seconds, shown by a circular timer at the bottom left of the screen. Do not right click while it is loading, as you will stop the crafting and you will not get your items back.

Use[]

The spear is a weapon for hunting and killing mobs, and potentially players. Spears are unique for their ability to attack targets from a distance. This allows players to safely attack through obstacles, such as structures, small resource nodes, and berry bushes. The increased range is especially useful when attacking piranhas from the safety of an island, or hunting penguins and rabbits.

The crab spear is unique among spears in having the ability to calm down angry crabs and heal them. It allows players to safely utilize crabs as a defense and weapon.

Wooden Spear[]

The Wooden spear is the lowest tier of spears, having the lowest damage to either mobs and buildings of spears.

Made out of 40 wood, it only deals 10 damage and 3 building damage.

It don't need a workbench to be crafted.

Stone Spear

The Stone spear is the second tier of spears, having a considerable amount of damage, easily killing early game mobs, like spiders and wolves.

Made out of 60 wood, 10 stone and a wooden spear, it deals 14 damage and 4 building damage.

Only need a workbench in order to be crafted.

Crab Spear

The Crab spear is the second tier of spears, having the same amount of damage as of a Stone spear, has a considerable amount of damage, easily killing early game mobs, like spiders and wolves.

Made out of 5 crab claws, 6 threads and a Wooden spear, it deals 14 damage and 4 building damage.

Unlike other spears, the Crab spear has a unique ability to cure crabs and make them not aggressive. When used while wearing the Crab Helmet and riding a tamed king crab, it gets a +10 damage bonus, bringing it up to the damage of a Lava Spear, or a Diamond Sword.


Only need a workbench in order to be crafted.

Golden Spear

The Golden spear is the third tier of spears, providing good damage against early game mobs, but not very effective against middle game mobs, like arctic foxes and polar bears.

Made out of 80 wood, 30 stone, 30 gold and a Stone spear, it deals 15 damage and 5 building damage.

Only need a workbench in order to be crafted.

Diamond Spear

The Diamond spear is the fourth tier of spears, it provide good damage against middle game mobs, like arctic foxes and polar bears.

Made out of 200 wood, 60 gold, 40 diamond and a golden spear, it deals 17 damage and 5 building damage.

Only need a workbench in order to be crafted.

Amethyst Spear

The Amethyst spear is the fifth tier of spears, being the third most powerful spear in the game, having a good amount of damage against middle game mobs, like arctic foxes and polar bears, killing said mobs with ease.

Made out of 90 gold, 80 diamond, 40 amethyst and a diamond spear, it deals 18 damage and 6 building damage.

Only need a workbench in order to be crafted.

Reidite Spear

The Reidite spear is a end game spear, wielded only by those who accomplished to reach the lava biome, it is the sixth tier of spears, and is the second most powerful spear in the game, along with the Dragon spear, losing only to the Lava spear, it can kill pretty much any middle game mob with ease, having a little problem with end game mobs, like bosses.

Made out of 90 diamond, 80 amethyst, 40 reidite and a amethyst spear, it deals 22 damage and 7 building damage.

Originally, you needed reidite to kill lava monsters, since other weapons only dealt 20% damage. Now, you can use any weapon, but this change is not documented in the changelog, and the reidite spear tooltip still says "Really useful against lava monsters".

Only need a workbench in order to be crafted.

Dragon Spear

The Dragon spear is a middle game spear, wielded only by those who accomplished to kill three dragons, and at least one in a period of six days, counting from the start of the game, it is the sixth tier of swords, and is the second most powerful spear in the game, along with the Reidite spear. It can kill pretty much any middle game mob with ease, having a little problem with end game mobs, like bosses. In conjunction with a Dragon Helmet, it deals as much damage as a Lava Spear. A lava helmet does not have this effect, so it is not recommended to upgrade a dragon helmet if you have a dragon spear.

Made out of 20 blue threads, 100 amethyst, 3 dragon hearts and 1 blue orb, it deals 22 damage and 7 building damage.

Need a workbench, a fire source and a water source in order to be crafted.

Lava Spear

The Lava Spear is a end game spear, wielded only by those who proved to be suitable to wield it, killing both dragon and lava dragon in less than 10 days, and gathering all the other resources needed to create it. Being in the seventh tier of spears, and also the most powerful of them all, it can kill almost any mob with ease. Even with problems to kill bosses, with proper strategy it can last just about a minute less, in the best of scenarios. It deals extra damage if you are also wearing a Lava Helmet.

Made out of 100 reidite, 2 lava hearts, 1 lava orb and 1 Dragon spear, it deals 24 damage and 8 building damage. In conjunction with a lava helmet, it deals 26 damage.

Need a workbench, a fire source and a water source in order to be crafted.

More Information[]

The Stone, Golden and Diamond spears were added in the "Winter Is Coming" update, being the 1st ever appearance of the spear.

The Amethyst spear was added in the "Winter Is Finally Here" update.

The Crab spear was added in the "Crab In The Bed" update.

Unlike its sword counterpart, the Reidite Spear was added in the "It Smells Like Burning (Part 2)" update.

The Dragon Spear was added in the 'Merry Christmas' update.

The Lava Spear was added in the "Time Is Running Out" update.

The wooden spear is relatively new, also added in the "Merry Christmas" update.

The Reidite Spear has the same amount of damage as of the Dragon Spear.

The Stone Spear has the same amount of damage as of the Crab Spear.

The Lava Spear has the same amount of damage as of the Pirate Sword.

The Golden Sword has the same amount of damage as of the Reidite Spear and the Dragon Spear.

The max of different items a spear can be crafted with is four.

See also:[]

Category Golden Sword Vector Weapons
Swords New inv sword wood Wooden Sword · New inv sword stone Stone Sword · New inv sword gold Golden Sword · New inv sword diamond Diamond Sword
New inv sword amethyst Amethyst Sword · Inv sword dragon Dragon Sword · 1nv-reidite-sword-in Reidite Sword · Inv-lava-dragon-sword-in Lava Sword
Spears New inv spear wood Wooden Spear · New inv spear stone Stone Spear · New inv spear gold Golden Spear · New inv spear diamond Diamond Spear · New inv spear amethyst Amethyst Spear · Inv spear dragon Dragon Spear · Crab Spear Crab Spear · 1nv-reidite-spear-in Reidite Spear · Inv-lava-spear-in Lava Spear
Bows Inv-wood-bow-out Wooden Bow · Stonebow Stone Bow · Inv-gold-bow-out Golden Bow · Inv-diamond-bow-out Diamond Bow · Inv-amethyst-bow-out Amethyst Bow · Inv-reidite-bow-out Reidite Bow · Inv-dragon-bow-out Dragon Bow
Shields Inv wood shield Wooden Shield · Inv stone shield Stone Shield · Inv gold shield Golden Shield · Inv diamond shield Diamond Shield · Inv amethyst shield Amethyst Shield · Inv reidite shield Reidite Shield
Unobtainable Inv sword cursed Cursed Sword
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