Iron Stick
Best grade: Meitou (made by Cross) — 0.22 cut and 1.4 blunt, 28 kg, needs 56 strength. The Iron Stick is a blunt weapon that deals mostly blunt damage.
Good against fighting indoors (+2). Weaker at animals (-10% damage), landing hits (-2 attack) and blocking (-2 defence).
- Class
- Blunt
- Damage type
- Blunt
- Reach
- 18
- Strength needed
- 2.8 (Rusted Junk) → 56 (Meitou)
- Weight
- 2 → 28 kg
- Value
- 90 → 5,036 cats
Iron Stick stats by grade
Cut and blunt are damage multipliers. Str is the strength the weapon asks for at that grade — below it, attacks and blocks slow down, by up to 47.5% at 20 or more points short (Kenshi Wiki: Strength).
| Grade | Maker | Cut | Blunt | Str | Weight | Value | Atk / Def |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rusted Junk | Unknown | 0.038 | 0.07 | 2.8 | 2 kg | 90 | -3 / -3 |
| Rusting Blade | Unknown | 0.047 | 0.14 | 5.6 | 2.8 kg | 99 | -2 / -2 |
| Mid-Grade Salvage | Ancient | 0.05 | 0.21 | 8.4 | 4.2 kg | 298 | -2 / -2 |
| Old Refitted Blade | Ancient | 0.058 | 0.28 | 11.2 | 5.6 kg | 346 | -2 / -2 |
| Refitted Blade | Ancient | 0.065 | 0.35 | 14 | 7 kg | 413 | -2 / -2 |
| Catun No.1 | Catun Scrapmaster | 0.081 | 0.504 | 20.2 | 10.1 kg | 755 | -2 / -2 |
| Catun No.2 | Catun Scrapmaster | 0.089 | 0.588 | 23.5 | 11.8 kg | 932 | -2 / -2 |
| Catun No.3 | Catun Scrapmaster | 0.098 | 0.672 | 26.9 | 13.4 kg | 1,150 | -2 / -2 |
| Mk I | Skeleton Smiths | 0.115 | 0.7 | 28 | 14 kg | 1,680 | -2 / -2 |
| Mk II | Skeleton Smiths | 0.123 | 0.77 | 30.8 | 15.4 kg | 1,954 | -2 / -2 |
| Mk III | Skeleton Smiths | 0.132 | 0.84 | 33.6 | 16.8 kg | 2,208 | -2 / -2 |
| Edge Type 1 | Edgewalkers | 0.164 | 0.98 | 39.2 | 19.6 kg | 3,038 | -2 / -2 |
| Edge Type 2 | Edgewalkers | 0.173 | 1.05 | 42 | 21 kg | 3,196 | -2 / -2 |
| Edge Type 3 | Edgewalkers | 0.183 | 1.12 | 44.8 | 22.4 kg | 3,312 | -2 / -2 |
| Meitou | Cross | 0.22 | 1.4 | 56 | 28 kg | 5,036 | -2 / -2 |
Iron Stick vs other blunt weapons
Every one of the blunt weapons at Meitou; a weapon that never comes in that grade shows its best one.
- Iron Stick vs Jitte: At Meitou, the Iron Stick has more cut (0.22 vs 0), less blunt (1.4 vs 1.8), needs less strength (56 vs 72) and a larger indoor penalty (2 vs 4).
- Iron Stick vs Iron Club: At Meitou, the Iron Stick has less blunt (1.4 vs 1.7) and needs less strength (56 vs 68).
- Iron Stick vs Mercenary Club: At Meitou, the Iron Stick has less cut (0.22 vs 0.44), less blunt (1.4 vs 2), needs less strength (56 vs 80) and a smaller indoor penalty (2 vs 0).
| Weapon | Grade | Cut | Blunt | Reach | Atk / Def | Indoors | Str | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Stick | Meitou | 0.22 | 1.4 | 18 | -2 / -2 | 2 | 56 | 28 |
| Heavy Jitte | Meitou | 0 | 2.6 | 21 | 0 / +8 | -2 | 104 | 36.4 |
| Iron Club | Meitou | 0.22 | 1.7 | 18 | 0 / 0 | 2 | 68 | 34 |
| Jitte | Meitou | 0 | 1.8 | 18 | 0 / +8 | 4 | 72 | 25.2 |
| Mercenary Club | Meitou | 0.44 | 2 | 18 | -2 / 0 | 0 | 80 | 40 |
| Spiked Club | Meitou | 0.66 | 2 | 18 | -2 / 0 | 0 | 80 | 40 |
Where to get the Iron Stick
No shop on the wiki's vendor pages stocks the Iron Stick.
Crafting
The wiki page gives no material list for this weapon.
Which race learns Blunt fastest
Every playable race trains Blunt at the same rate (×1).
About the Iron Stick
An iron stick, used to hit things.In-game description
Blunt weapons mostly deal stun damage, which heals without a first aid kit — useful when you want a target alive. Source: Kenshi Wiki
