D1 Swords

All one-handed weapons have the same swing speed in Diablo and Hellfire. (May be boosted by faster swing modifiers.)

Blunt weapons deal 50% damage to Animals, 100% damage to Demons, and 150% damage to Undead. This is factored in after all other damage calculations, and makes it so that a blunt weapon effectively does 3x more damage to an undead than would a sword of comparable damage. It's recommended that characters use some sort of club against skeletons and zombies, especially low level characters. By the same token, it's wise to switch to a sword when animals are the enemy, such as during most of the Caves levels. See the Diablo Monsters page for a listing of all monsters by type.

Blunts aren't often used outside of the Church and Catacombs, since there are lots of animals and very few undead found in the Caves or Hell (or the Hive or Crypt, in Hellfire), and since the highest damage one handed swords do much more damage than the best one handed blunts.

Blunt Type	Damage	Average	Durability	Requirements	Price	Qlvl
Dagger	1 - 4	2.5	16	-	60	1
Short Sword	2 - 6	4	24	18 Str	120	1
Sword *	1 - 5	3	8	15 Str 20 Dex	50	--
Sabre	1 - 8	4.5	45	17 Str	170	1
Scimitar	3 - 7	5	28	23 Str 23 Dex	200	4
Blade	3 - 8	5.5	30	25 Str 30 Dex	280	4
Falchion	4 - 8	6	20	30 Str	250	2
Long Sword	2 - 10	6	40	30 Str 30 Dex	350	6
Claymore	1 - 12	6.5	36	35 Str	450	5
Broad Sword	4 - 12	8	50	40 Str	750	8
Bastard Sword	6 - 15	10.5	60	50 Str	1,000	10
Two-Handed Sword (Two-Handed) **	8 - 16	12	75	65 Str	1,800	14
Great Sword (Two-Handed) **	10 - 20	15	100	75 Str	3,000	17

*The Sword is a special item only available as a starting weapon for the Bard.
**Barbarians can use two-handed swords in one hand. No other characters can.

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