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:

$\color [rgb]{0.7058823529411765,0.6274509803921569,0.5490196078431373}{\text{Attack Speed}}(\%)=Base+(DEX*2\%)-(ArmorEncumbrance/5)$

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:

$\color [rgb]{0.7058823529411765,0.6274509803921569,0.5490196078431373}{\text{Attack Time (ms)}}=1000/APS$

Items with Attack Speed

Item Name	Slot	Attack Speed	Attack Speed from Recipes
1	MainHand	Medium	----
2	MainHand	Fast	----
7	MainHand	Medium	----
Acid Staff	MainHand	Slow	----
Battle Axe	MainHand	Medium	----
Composite Longbow	MainHand	Slow	----
Dagger	MainHand	Fast	----
Energy Staff	MainHand	Slow	----
Fire Staff	MainHand	Slow	----
Great Axe	MainHand	Slow	----
Greatsword	MainHand	Slow	----
Halberd	MainHand	Slow	----
Hand Axe	MainHand	Fast	----
Ice Staff	MainHand	Slow	----
Longbow	MainHand	Slow	----
Longsword	MainHand	Medium	----
Mace	MainHand	Medium	----
Mending Staff	MainHand	Slow	----
Morningstar	MainHand	Medium	----
Poison Staff	MainHand	Slow	----
Primitive Axe	MainHand	Fast	----
Primitive Bow	MainHand	Medium	----
Primitive Club	MainHand	Medium	----
Primitive Dagger	MainHand	Fast	----
Primitive Hammer	MainHand	Medium	----
Primitive Mace	MainHand	Medium	----
Primitive Mage Staff	MainHand	Slow	----
Primitive Quarterstaff	MainHand	Medium	----
Primitive Spear	MainHand	Medium	----
Primitive Sword	MainHand	Medium	----
Quarterstaff	MainHand	Medium	----
Rapier	MainHand	Fast	----
Scimitar	MainHand	Medium	----
Shock Staff	MainHand	Slow	----
Shortbow	MainHand	Medium	----
Shortsword	MainHand	Medium	----
Spear	MainHand	Medium	----
Throwing Dagger	MainHand	Medium	----
Unarmed	None	Fast	----
Warhammer	MainHand	Slow	----
Wooden Club	MainHand	Medium	----