Attack Speed

Attack Speed is applied to the base attack speed of the currently equipped weapon, or natural weapon (fists, claws, bite, etc.). Attack Speed bonuses and/or maluses depend on Dexterity, active spells and equipment modifiers, and stack additively. The result is capped in the [-50%, +50%] range.

The bonus determined by Dexterity is calculated as follows:

$\color[RGB]{180,160,140} \text{Attack Speed}(\%) = Base + (DEX * 2$

Base = -10% for Human players, but can vary depending on creature type.

Mechanics

The speed of an attack mostly depends on the base speed of the currently equipped weapon, which is standardized in three different speed types: Fast, Normal and Slow. Each Speed type determines the base number of attacks per seconds (APS) the weapon can perform.

Speed Type	APS	Attack Time
Fast	1.4	625
Normal	1.05	833
Slow	0.7	1250

The Attack Time of a weapon is the time that takes to perform a full attack, or the minimum time that needs to pass between two attacks, and is calculated as:

$\color[RGB]{180,160,140} \text{Attack Time (ms)} = 1000 / APS$

Items with Attack Speed

Item Name	Slot	Attack Speed	Attack Speed from Recipes
Battle Axe	1H	Medium	----
Club	1H	Medium	----
Dagger	1H	Fast	----
Energy Staff	2H	Slow	----
Fire Staff	2H	Slow	----
Great Axe	2H	Slow	----
Great Sword	2H	Slow	----
Halberd	2H	Slow	----
Handaxe	1H	Fast	----
Ice Staff	2H	Slow	----
Long Sword	1H	Medium	----
Longbow	2H	Medium	----
Mace	1H	Medium	----
Morning Star	2H	Medium	----
Primitive Club	1H	Medium	----
Primitive Dagger	1H	Fast	----
Primitive Hammer	1H	Medium	----
Primitive Handaxe	1H	Fast	----
Primitive Longbow	2H	Medium	----
Primitive Mace	1H	Medium	----
Primitive Mage Staff	2H	Slow	----
Primitive Quarterstaff	2H	Medium	----
Primitive Spear	2H	Medium	----
Quarterstaff	2H	Medium	----
Rapier	1H	Fast	----
Scimitar	1H	Medium	----
Shock Staff	2H	Slow	----
Short Sword	1H	Medium	----
Shortbow	2H	Medium	----
Spear	2H	Medium	----
Throwing Dagger	2H	1.05	----
War Hammer	2H	Slow	----