Guides:Complete Guide to PvE

Hello, fellow Wurmian! If you are reading this, then you must be looking for some help fighting the various NPC creatures in Wurm Online. I will say this now, because it is probably the most important information you will need starting out: your starter shield and sword ARE NOT real combat gear! New players can easily die to a dog (one of the weakest creatures in the game) using the starter gear. You will need 20ql weapons, armor, and shields to start out, at the bare minimum.

Necessary Gear

Weapons

Your weapon is the tool you will use to deal damage to your target (with some exceptions). It can also be used to block some attacks, with the parry (block) rate determined by the type of weapon you use. Each type of weapon deals a different type of damage, has strengths and weaknesses to different types of armor, deals a different amount of damage, and has different special moves.

• Swords
  • Shortsword
    • one handed
    • cutting and piercing damage
    • low amount of damage
    • high parry rate
    • three second swing timer
    • not recommended unless it is high quality due to low damage output
  • Longsword
    • one handed
    • cutting and piercing damage
    • medium amount of damage
    • high parry rate
    • four second swing timer
    • very popular and highly recommended due to good damage output and high parry rate
  • Two-Handed Sword
    • two handed
    • cutting and piercing damage
    • high amount of damage
    • high parry rate
    • four second swing timer (three seconds in aggressive mode)
    • recommended for non premium players and those with low shield skill, as well as those who want a high DPS (damage per second) weapon; about the same damage as a medium maul with a one second (two second in aggressive mode) swing timer

• Mauls
  • Small Maul
    • one handed
    • mauling damage
    • low-medium amount of damage
    • medium parry rate
    • three second swing timer
    • recommended for those who want a fast weapon which will create a lot of lower damage wounds
  • Medium Maul
    • one handed
    • mauling damage
    • high amount of damage
    • medium parry rate
    • five second swing timer
    • recommended for those who want a one handed weapon that will deal large wounds at the expense of speed
  • Large Maul
    • two handed
    • mauling damage
    • very high amount of damage
    • medium parry rate
    • six second swing timer (five seconds in aggressive mode)
    • recommended for non premium players and those with low shield skill

• Axes
  • Small Axe
    • one handed
    • cutting damage
    • low-medium amount of damage
    • low parry rate
    • three second swing timer
    • recommended for those who want a fast weapon that will create many low damage wounds
  • Large Axe
    • one handed
    • cutting damage
    • medium-high amount of damage
    • low parry rate
    • four second swing timer
    • recommended for those who want a high DPS weapon; slightly lower damage per hit than medium maul, but faster by one second
  • Huge Axe
    • two handed
    • cutting damage
    • very high amount of damage (highest in the game)
    • very low parry rate
    • five second swing timer (four seconds in aggressive mode)
    • recommended only for those who don't mind taking a lot of damage due to low parry rate, with the benefit of a very high damage output