Default attack

A default attack is an inherent attack skill that is usable with a martial weapon or while unarmed. Default attacks always have no cost.

Default attacks are always listed at the top of the Skills Panel and are granted automatically based on your equipped weapons. Default attacks can be supported by support gems like other skills. Like granted skills from passive skills, default attacks gain sockets and damage scaling based on the player's character level, rather than with Jeweller's Orbs or item level.

Caster weapons do not have a default attack but instead grant a spell that scales with item level. See List of items granting inherent weapon skills. Additionally, Spear Throw is not considered a default attack, although all spears normally grant Spear Throw.

Certain support gems or effects may use "defaut attack damage" to calculate damage; this uses the value of a default attack's base damage, before any modifiers to damage or skill level.

List of default attacks

Default attacks

Weapon	Skill
Bow	Bow ShotBow ShotAttack, Projectile, Barrageable Level: (1-20) Attack Damage: (100-312)% of baseRequires: BowFire an arrow with your Bow.Skills can be managed in the Skills Panel.
Crossbow	Crossbow ShotCrossbow ShotAttack, AoE, Ammunition, Projectile Level: (1-20) Attack Damage: (100-362)% of baseRequires: CrossbowFire a bolt from your crossbow.Skills can be managed in the Skills Panel.
Mace	Mace StrikeMace StrikeAttack, AoE, Melee, Strike Level: (1-20) Attack Damage: (100-312)% of baseRequires: One Hand MaceStrike with your Mace.Skills can be managed in the Skills Panel. (one-handed version) Mace StrikeMace StrikeAttack, AoE, Melee, Strike Level: (1-20) Attack Damage: (100-312)% of baseRequires: Two Hand MaceStrike with your Mace.Skills can be managed in the Skills Panel. (two-handed version) Mace StrikeMace StrikeAttack, AoE, Melee, Strike Level: (1-20) Attack Damage: (100-312)% of baseRequires: One Hand Mace, Two Hand MaceStrike with your Maces.While Dual Wielding, both weapons hit with 30% less attack speedSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel. (dual wield version)
Spear	Spear StabSpear StabAttack, AoE, Melee, Strike Level: (1-20) Attack Damage: (100-312)% of baseRequires: SpearStrike with your Spear.+4 to Melee Strike RangeSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.
Quarterstaff	Quarterstaff StrikeQuarterstaff StrikeAttack, AoE, Melee, Strike Level: (1-20) Attack Damage: (100-312)% of baseRequires: QuarterstaffStrike with your Quarterstaff.Skills can be managed in the Skills Panel.
Unarmed	PunchPunchAttack, AoE, Melee, Strike Level: (1-20) Attack Damage: (100-312)% of basePerform an Unarmed Strike.Skills can be managed in the Skills Panel.

Default attack scaling

Default skill scaling

Player Level	Skill Level	Sockets
1	1	2
3	2	2
6	3	2
10	4	2
14	5	2
18	6	2
22	7	2
26	8	2
31	9	2
36	10	2
40	10	3
41	11	3
46	12	3
52	13	3
58	14	3
64	15	3
65	15	4
66	16	4
72	17	4
78	18	4
84	19	4
90	20	5

Version history

Version	Changes
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.