Short Sword Item

The Short Sword is a basic melee weapon in Remixed Dungeon. It's the starting weapon for the Warrior class and can be upgraded to enhance its effectiveness.

• Type: Weapon (Melee)
• Weapon Class: Sword
• Tier: 1 (Basic)
• Durability: 100% (degrades slowly with use)
• Special Properties: Can be upgraded with scrolls and reforged with other weapons

• Damage: 4-8 (base, affected by upgrades and enchantments)
• Speed: Fast (1.0x speed multiplier)
• Accuracy: Normal (1.0x accuracy multiplier)
• Tier: 1 (Basic weapon)
• Strength Required: 10 (to wear without penalties)
• Durability: 100/100 initially

• Reforging: Can be reforged with another melee weapon to upgrade that weapon by +1 level
• Upgradable: Can be upgraded using Scrolls of Upgrade to increase damage and accuracy
• Enchantable: Can receive weapon enchantments to provide special effects
• Starting Item: Warriors start with a unique Short Sword +1 that can be reforged

• Good starting weapon for new players due to its balanced stats
• Most effective when upgraded early in the game
• Consider using it to upgrade another weapon via reforging
• Enchantments can significantly improve its effectiveness
• Works well when paired with armor for defensive playstyle
• Better than starting with a Knuckle for damage output

• Starting Equipment: Given to Warrior class at the beginning of the game
• Shop Purchase: Available in blacksmith shops (early-to-mid game)
• Dropped: Occasionally dropped by defeated enemies
• Alchemy: Possible to craft through advanced alchemy (rare)

Swords in Remixed Dungeon are well-balanced weapons that don't specialize in any particular area but perform adequately in all situations. The Short Sword exemplifies this with balanced damage, speed and accuracy stats.

• Java Implementation: ShortSword.java
• Weapon Base Class: Weapon.java
• Melee Weapon Base: MeleeWeapon.java
• Reforging Mechanics: MeleeWeapon.java#L85-L95
• Warrior Starting Equipment: initHeroes.json#L24-L34
• String Resources (English): ShortSword_Name, ShortSword_Info, ShortSword_Gender
• String Resources (Russian): ShortSword strings (Russian) - Russian localization
• Configuration: Weapons.json - Weapon configuration
• Stats verification: Extracted directly from ShortSword.java class methods
• Effect descriptions: Based on code analysis and string resources

• Weapons - General information about weapons
• Melee Weapons - All melee weapons
• Swords - All sword-type weapons
• Melee Weapons - General melee weapon information
• Warrior Class - Class that starts with this weapon
• Upgrading - Information about upgrading weapons
• Enchantments - Information about weapon enchantments
• Equipment - All equipment types