This is a adamantine spear. All craftsdwarfship is of the highest quality. It is studded with adamantine and decorated with dog leather. This object menaces with spikes of horse hoof.
Basic Value: 1010400
And I was so angry when he took an adamantine wafer from the stockpile...
EDIT: And wouldn't you know it, I now have a $1.4m artifact adamantine shield to go with it.
Posted Sep 12, 2010, 6:34 PM UTC · edited
Does an artifact increase the effectiveness of a dwarf? I've got some iron swords (artifacts) that I don't really use since I'm on steel atm.
Yes. A copper artifact will be as useful as an adamantine weapon, because of the artifact bonus. I could be wrong, but this is how it was explained to me.
This was how things worked in 40d, since in that version weapons got simple damage multipliers and artifacts always got wicked ones.
It's still undetermined in the current version if artifact weapons are any better than their base materials, since the new system is all about materials. An artifact wooden scimitar may be as useless as a wooden training sword.
I have an artifact bone battle axe. It has not impressed me so far. Steel axes cut limbs off, this just cuts into the flesh.
I went thru a Mood during my Forgotten Beast attack, and all I got was this lousy Floodgate. =(
Stick it in the room of a noble, holding back water or lava.
I'm sure he will be quite happy with it.
He'd better be >=)
Spikes of horse hoof. o.o
The crafter demanded shells. I cheated a little.
wait, what? hooves are an acceptable replacement for shells? I'm pretty sure I've had a dwarf go mad for lack of shells
See the last section: http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/Shell
ah, that makes me feel a little less silly. losing is fun!
Better start training the militia captain how to handle a spear.
I assigned it to him immediately :)
He'll only use it when he becomes a Legendary Speardwarf.
I've made an artifact adamantine spear in the past and my militia captain picked it up straight away; he was only competent, I believe, certainly not legendary.
Odd. Maybe this has been changed from previous versions.
I recall artefacts remaining untouched or unused by anyone not being at least a noble or legendary in the skill.