Weapons

## Stone Pickaxe

The Stone Pickaxe is a tool used to gather basic materials. It has a high chance of gathering Thatch, Flint, and Raw Meat, which are all basic and essential materials to craft other recipes and survive. The Pickaxe can also be used as a weapon, however spears are more effective when attacking other cretaures or players. The Stone Pickaxe engram is automatically acquired when creating a new character, and as such requires no amount of engram points.

* Gives more Thatch than Wood when harvesting from a tree.
* Gives more Flint than Stone when harvesting from a rock.
* Gives more Raw Meat than Hide when harvesting from a corpse.
* Metal variant gives higher chance to receive Metal when harvesting from a rock.
* Damage: Low
* Torpor Gain: Low
* Durability: Low

## Stone Hatchet

The Stone Hatchet is a tool used to gather wood. It is more likely to get wood from a tree as a pickaxe has a higher chance of thatch when chopping down trees. It can also be used as a weapon, however spears are more effective when attacking other creatures or players. The hatchet engram costs 3 points to unlock and is one of the first things the player can unlock from the engram screen. The hatchet can be unlocked from level 2.

* Gives more Wood than Thatch when harvesting from a tree.
* Gives more Stone than Flint When Harvesting from a rock.
* Gives more Hide than Raw Meat when harvesting from a corpse.
* Damage: Low
* Torpor Gain: None
* Durability: Low

## Stone Spear

The spear is a weapon that can be stabbed and thrown at creatures which is very effective compared to using an axe. The main benefit of the spear is that it can be thrown which means taking down larger creatures and aerial creatures is much easier. Spears do not suffer durability loss however they have a percentage chance to break upon use. As such, it is recommended to bring at least 2-3 spears when attacking creatures or players as having a backup is essential when the creature charges. The spear costs 3 engram points to unlock and can be unlocked from level 2. The spear *can* be used as a harvesting tool, however it is a poor choice as there is a chance of the equipment breaking upon use.

* Damage: Moderate
* Torpor Gain: None
* Durability: Extremely Low (Chance to break on use)

## Slingshot

A simple ranged weapon that deals damage from afar. Better for knocking out a target than killing it outright. Requires stone to fire.

* Damage: Low
* Torpor Gain: Moderate
* Durability: Very Low

**Tips**:

* Useful to drop dinos unconscious in order to tame.

**Requires:**

* 1 hide
* 5 wood
* 20 fiber

## Wooden Bow

The Wooden Bow is a weapon that can be learned and crafted at level 15 and costs 12 engram points. The bow by itself can be used as a melee weapon, however Stone Arrows (level 15,3 engram)or Tranquilizer Arrows (level 20, ? engram) must also be crafted to use the full effectiveness of the weapon. Stone Arrows are effective for killing targets at a distance, dealing moderate damage against most dinos. Tranquilizer Arrows are effective for rendering most aggressive dinos unconscious but cost more materials to create. The Wooden Bow suffers from high durability loss when using arrows. As of now Justin and Cole are amazing the bow suffers no durability loss when used as a melee weapon. As of now, the Wooden Bow is **Extremely Effective** for knocking out enemies and dinos when used as a melee weapon.

* Damage: Moderate
* Torpor Gain: High
* Durability: Very Low