Spear

The spear is a melee weapon that does a large amount of damage, has a fairly long cooldown, and deals sharp damage.

Acquisition

Spears can be crafted at any smithy once the Long Blades research has been completed, from 75 Stuff (Metallic/Woody) and 12,000 ticks (3.33 mins) of work.

Spears can be purchased from any combat supplier or war merchant, or obtained from several kinds of melee raiders.

Analysis

Spears have the 2nd highest base damage of all craftable melee weapons, only beaten by the longsword itself. The spear has more AP on its stab attack, but its overall damage against any practical target is worse than the longsword. It costs 25 less material to create, which could matter when using valuable metals like plasteel (for instance, 150 plasteel could make 2 spears, but only 1 sword).

As is typical with any sharp weapon, spear attacks cause bleeding, and faces higher armor values than blunt attacks. The mace requires less research and resources to create, and can outperform the spear against flak vest-level equipment. Tribals can use spears, but not longswords.

Material table

Material	DPS^[1]	AP^[1]	Shaft (Blunt)					Shaft (Poke)					Point (Stab)					HP	Value [ExpandCollapse]
Material	DPS^[1]	AP^[1]	Dam.	Cool.	AP	DPS	Chance^[2]	Dam.	Cool.	AP	DPS	Chance^[2]	Dam.	Cool.	AP	DPS	Chance^[2]	HP	Value [ExpandCollapse]
Wooden Spear	4.26	18.5%	11.7	2.6s	18%	4.5	37.5%	11.7	2.6s	18%	4.5	37.5%	9.2	2.6s	20%	3.54	25%	65	120
Bioferrite Spear	9.75	53.25%	11.7	2.6s	18%	4.5	12.5%	11.7	2.6s	18%	4.5	12.5%	29.9	2.6s	65%	11.5	75%	200	164
Golden Spear	6.23	33.13%	13	2.6s	20%	5	12.5%	13	2.6s	20%	5	12.5%	17.25	2.6s	37.5%	6.63	75%	60	7540
Plasteel Spear	10.53	45.75%	11.7	1.664s	18%	7.03	12.5%	11.7	1.664s	18%	7.03	12.5%	25.3	1.664s	55%	15.2	75%	280	770
Silver Spear	6.89	36.88%	13	2.6s	20%	5	12.5%	13	2.6s	20%	5	12.5%	19.55	2.6s	42.5%	7.52	75%	70	795
Steel Spear	7.88	42.5%	13	2.6s	20%	5	12.5%	13	2.6s	20%	5	12.5%	23	2.6s	50%	8.85	75%	100	186
Uranium Spear	8.34	48.75%	19.5	3.146s	30%	6.2	12.5%	19.5	3.146s	30%	6.2	12.5%	25.3	3.146s	55%	8.04	75%	250	530

^{Assuming Normal quality, for the effect of other qualities, see Quality.}

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Note: This is the actual base average derived from the melee verb system updated in 1.1.2610, it may sometimes disagree with the listed value in the in-game infobox.
It may also change depending on the stats and the melee verbs available to the wielder
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Chance for attack to be selected, assuming only the weapon's attack verbs are considered. It may change depending on the melee verbs available to the wielder