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Weapon
Weapons are items used for combat against enemies, bosses, and other players. Weapons can be crafted at a Simple Workbench, Smithy, Woodworking Bench and Anvil, while some can only be found in chests, as enemy drops, or purchased from Merchants. V rising has 7 different weapon types that offer different skill and stats.
All weapons can also be used as tools, despite it not being their bonuses. However, if your weapons' tier is lower than the minimum required tier to harvest certain resource you will not be able to harvest it.