Weapons

Weapons are items whose primary function is to help the player to deal with zombies, animals and possibly with other players as well. Some weapons may have a secondary action.
Weapons can be divided into three main categories: melee, ranged and explosives. Every attribute has at least one melee and ranged weapon covered under them.
A complete list of weapons can be found in List of weapons.

Strength Weapons

Clubs, Bats and Sledgehammers

Clubs and bats are covered under the perk Pummel Pete. They offer a balance between attack speed and damage. Sledgehammers are covered under the perk Skull Crusher. They, on the other hand, deal the most melee damage of all weapons in a single hit, but trade the power to the very slow attack speed. One misplaced hit could cost the player their life.

Shotguns

Shotguns are covered under the perk Boomstick. They offer the player a good source of damage in close-quarter combat. However, shotguns' power falls off quite fast when the range between the player and the target increases.

Icon	Name	Entity Damage	Rounds / Min	Magazine	Reload Speed	Effective Range	Min Durability	Max Durability	Repair Item
	Pipe Shotgun	81 82 76	120	1	5.9 s	4 9 2			Short Iron Pipe
	Double Barrel Shotgun	111 112 106	46	2	2.6 s	4 9 2			Repair Kit
	Pump Shotgun	151 152 146	60	8	2.6 s	4 9 2			Repair Kit
	Auto Shotgun	201 202 196	70	16	2.6 s	4 9 2			Repair Kit

Perception Weapons

Spears

Spears are covered under the perk Spear Master. They offer a longer range than other melee weapons. As of Alpha 21 spears can no longer be thrown.

Explosives

Explosives are covered under the perk Demolitions Expert. They offer a way to take out many enemies at the same time with grenades and other explosive throwables. They are, however, consumed in the process, forcing the player to craft more of them much like ammunition. Even though mines are unlocked by the Demolitions Expert perk, they don't benefit from it any other way.

Icon	Name	Entity Damage	Block Damage
	Rocket Launcher	420 700	2500 10
	Exploding Arrow	180	2
	Exploding Crossbow Bolt	250	2
	Rusty Barrel	250	500
	Tin Land Mine	250	10
	Cooking Pot Mine	300	10
	Hub Cap Land Mine	450	10
	Air Filter Land Mine	690	10
	Timed Charge	800	3000
	Molotov Cocktail	250	5
	Pipe Bomb	253	5
	Grenade	341	10
	Contact Grenade	341	10
	Stick of Dynamite	550	3000

Rifles

Rifles are covered under the perk Dead Eye. They offer the longest range a weapon has with a high damage per bullet. At the downside is the slow attack speed and small magazine capacity.

Icon	Name	Entity Damage	Rounds / Min	Magazine	Reload Speed	Effective Range	Min Durability	Max Durability	Repair Item
	Pipe Rifle	44 54 49	120	1	2.66	50	0		Short Iron Pipe
	Hunting Rifle	58 68 63	120	1	2.66 s	59	0		Repair Kit
	Lever-Action Rifle	76 86 81	82	5	2.7 s	69
	Sniper Rifle	100 110 105	150	12	2.7 s	80			Repair Kit

Fortitude Weapons

Knuckles

Knuckles are covered under the perk The Brawler. They have quite small range and damage per attack, but offer a fast attack speed and low stamina cost. They have a notable synergy with Beer, which temporarily gives them the highest damage output of any melee weapon.

Machine Guns

Machine guns are covered under the perk Machine Gunner. They offer a balance between damage and fire rate while having the largest magazines.

Icon	Name	Entity Damage	Rounds / Min	Magazine	Reload Speed	Effective Range	Min Durability	Max Durability	Repair Item
	Pipe Machine Gun	30/31.5/33/34.5/36/37.5 40/42/44/46/48/50 35/36.8/38.5/40.3/42/43.8	335	15		34	100	350	Short Iron Pipe
	AK-47 Machine Gun	40 50 45	360	30	2.85 s	41	250	550	Repair Kit
	Tactical Assault Rifle	53 63 58	405	30	3.8 s	49	225	500	Repair Kit
	M60 Machine Gun	70/73.5/77/80.5/84/87.5 80/84/88/92/96/100 75/78.8/82.5/86.3/90/93.8	440	60	3.8 s	58			Repair Kit

Agility Weapons

Knives

Knives are covered under the perk Deep Cuts. They offer a lower range and damage per attack, but higher attack speed and debuffs such as bleeding that deal damage. Knives also have boosted damage when hitting zombies that are unaware of the player.

Archery

Bows and crossbows are covered under the perk Archery. They offer a quiet and efficient way to deal with zombies and other enemies. They need to reload after every shot and have a slow attack speed, which is counterbalanced by having an innate boost to stealth damage.

Icon	Name	Entity Damage	Rounds / Min	Magazine	Reload Speed	Effective Range	Min Durability	Max Durability	Repair Item
	Primitive Bow	30 33 37 20 175	75	1	2 s	20	60	150	Wood
	Wooden Bow	44 47 51 34 189	75	1	2 s	25	180	350	Repair Kit
	Iron Crossbow	50 59 63 38 250	75	1	3.4 s	28	100	200	Repair Kit
	Compound Bow	64/67.2/70.4/73.6/76.8/80 67/70.4/73.7/77.1/80.4/83.8 71/74.6/78.1/81.7/85.2/88.8 54/56.7/59.4/62.1/64.8/67.5 209/219/230/240/251/261	75	1	2 s	34	200	400	Repair Kit
	Compound Crossbow	75 84 88 63 275	75	1	3.4 s	40	120	250	Repair Kit

Handguns and SMG-5

Handguns and the SMG are covered under the perk Gunslinger. Pistols offer a decent attack speed and magazine size with quite high damage. The SMG does the same but automatically.

Icon	Name	Entity Damage	Rounds / Min	Magazine	Reload Speed	Effective Range	Min Durability	Max Durability	Repair Item
	Pipe Pistol	28 34 31	126	6		12	70	135	Short Iron Pipe
	Pistol	37/38.9/40.7/42.6/44.4/46.3 43/45.2/47.3/49.5/51.6/53.8 40/42/44/46/48/50	180	15	2 s	17	300	400	Repair Kit
	.44 Magnum	65/68.3/71.5/74.8/78/81.3 65/68.3/71.5/74.8/78/81.3 72/75.6/79.2/82.8/86.4/90	100	6	4 s	27	400	500	Repair Kit
	SMG-5	50 56 53	480	30	4.1 s	30	350	700	Repair Kit
	.44 Desert Vulture	90/94.5/99/104/108/113 90/94.5/99/104/108/113 97/102/107/112/116/121	130	9	2 s	30	500	700	Repair Kit

Intelligence Weapons

Batons

Batons are covered under the perk Electrocutioner. While not offering too much damage, they make up for it with unique qualities. The Pipe Baton's regular attack causes zombies to stagger instantly and its power attack is an instant knockdown against all but the most tough zombies. It also attacks in an arc similar to the sledgehammer and can knock more than one zombie down. The Stun Baton goes further by electrocuting and shocking zombies, making them stunned for a while.

Robotic Turrets

Robotic turrets are covered under the perk Robotics Inventor. They offer a unique portable weapons that can be used as a normal weapon or placed to attack on their own. Together with the stun baton they offer a solid DPS to enemies.

Icon	Name	Entity Damage	Attacks / Min	Rounds / Min	Magazine	Reload Speed	Min Durability	Max Durability	Repair Item
	Robotic Sledge	11.5	30				300	600	Repair Kit