Weapons

## Guide to weapons on Imperia

Imperia has a broad array of different weapons accessible to public throughout the playthrough and different eras. This means that while the server itself has several weapon types and many different weapons to chose from only a small portion of them are available at any given time to public for purchase.

On Imperia weapons cannot be crafted. They can only be purchased either on black market from other players or from the "admin shop" when they are available for purchase. In such admin shops the prices for weapons are set and the weapons themselves can be purchased any time they are available. Some weapons players get access are updated versions of the previously accessible guns. They may vary in damage or special abilities. As the server progresses so do the available weapons. With each new technology unlocked and with each new era weapons and weapon systems become more sophisticated.

Each weapon requires a set amount of resources to fire one shot. For conventional weapons mostly accessible during the early eras such resource is gunpowder. Gunpowder on Imperia is used for many different things, one of the most important of which is the military. Gunpowder also possesses its own custom crafting recipe to ease the job of obtaining it.

## Available weapons

Weapons currently available change constantly together with the changing eras to reflect the real life change in warfare, strategy and mechanics as the time progresses. The weapons available to the public shape the way the warfare is conducted and thus only a small portion of them is available at one time.

Kar98k is the starting weapon. It is available from the very beginning of the server and gets upgrades throughout the time. This is a very basic weapon featuring gunpowder as ammunition, relatively slow reload time and only one round in a magazine.

Kar98ks is an upgraded version of the Kar98k featuring better damage, accuracy and a scope however with slower reload time and less manoeuvrability than the default version. It's increased performance relative to the basic Kar98k provides soldiers with additional abilities such as long range combat that is necessary during the trench warfare of the 1st world war.

Katana or a long blade weapon is the first and the last of it's kind in the game. Slow speed of swings is massively compensated by the fact that it has a way larger reach and deals way more damage to an opponent.

## Cannons

Cannons are an essential part of naval, siege and ground warfare on Imperia. Most cannons that you can make use a propellant and a shell to fire. To operate a cannon on Imperia you need a few items with you. Some of the process can be made automatic by placing a chest on top of the cannon to feed the ammunition into the breech. This however slows down the reloading process in return for automatisation. Items necessary to operate the cannons are:

Cannon related items
 Clock
 Gunpowder
 TNT

12 Inch gun is mainly a piece of naval or coastal artillery due to it's massive size. Slow projectile speed is greatly compensated by the power of this weapon. Its great size is however a major venerability making it easy to damage and destroy in combat. 12 Inch gun unlike others can handle up to 3 pieces of gunpowder to fire a single shot. 12 Inch Gun also requires a flint and steel to fire it.

4 Inch gun is a small piece of artillery effective at closer ranges and able to fire fast traveling projectiles dealing substantial damage. It is hard to hit and damage and thus has great survivability. One of the most commonly used pieces of naval and ground based artillery.

Field Gun is a land based artillery piece designed for land installation and has several characteristics like a larger arc of fire compared to a naval 4 Inch gun.

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