Short Sword

The Short Sword is a Primary Weapon in MooMoo.io.

Technical

• The Short Sword is unlocked at Age 2 as an alternative to the Hand Axe, Polearm, Bat, Daggers, and Stick.
• The Short Sword reduces move speed by 15%.
• The Short Sword has an attack damage of 35.
• The Short Sword's attack speed is 300 (300 Millisecond, or 0.3 Second Delay).

Strategy

• The Short Sword is a superior melee weapon not because of its power, but because of its range and attack speed. When battling opponents who have a shorter range than you, stay out of range of their weapon while chopping them with your weapon.
• When battling players with the Katana, try to get the jump on him and land the first blow, staying close to him and negating his superior range. The outcome will be decided by whoever can eat the fastest.
• When battling players with the Polearm, keep your distance until the enemy swings his weapon. Due to the Polearm's slow attack speed, you will be able to hit him twice before he is ready to hit you.
• Pair with the Samurai Armor to attack ~30% faster.
• It is recommended to upgrade to Katana unless you plan to use a bow. However, it still takes the same amount of hits to kill a person with a short sword and katana.

Golden Variant

The Golden Short Sword is the normal Sword but with a Gold blade. It is the 4th hardest weapon to get the gold variant with. This weapon does 39 damage to all entities and is obtained upon gathering 3000 resources.

Diamond Variant

The Diamond Short Sword is the diamond version of normal/gold Short Sword. It deals 41 damage to everything and is obtained upon gathering 7000 resources. Upon turning Diamond the Short Sword takes on a curvier shape and the typical diamond blue-ish coloring.

Ruby Variant

The Ruby Short Sword is the ruby version of the normal/gold/diamond Short Sword. It deals 41 damage and 5 poison damage. The edges become jagged and red, and a piece of gold ore is set where the hilt crosses the blade.

History

• 0.9 Made it much easier to obtain the Golden and Diamond variants, reducing the required resources from 5000 and 10000 to 3000 and 7000, respectively.
• 0.896 Updated the Diamond Weapon sprite.
• 0.895 Nerfed Diamond variant from +20% damage to +18% damage.
• 0.892 Added the Diamond Variant
• 0.82 Added Golden Variant

• 0.41 Undid the change in 0.17
• 0.37 Changed Sprite to the current one
• 0.22 Undid damage increase from 0.16
• 0.17 Buffed range by ??? (From??? to ???)
• 0.16 Nerfed Damage by ??? (45? to ???)
• 0.15 Added Short Sword

Trivia

• The Sword in Foes.io has an extremely similar design to this sword.
• The Short Sword was the only sword in the game for 48 updates!
• It’s also the first sword in the game.

Footnotes

• http://moomoo.io/img/weapons/sword_1.png
• http://moomoo.io/img/weapons/sword_1_g.png
• http://moomoo.io/img/weapons/sword_1_d.png
• http://moomoo.io/img/weapons/sword_1_r.png

Gallery

Weapons
Primary
Tool Hammer  •  Short Sword   Katana  •  Hand Axe   Great Axe  •  Polearm   Bat  •  Daggers   Stick
Secondary
Hunting Bow  •  Crossbow   Repeater Crossbow  •  Musket   Wooden Shield  •  Stone Shield (Removed)   Great Hammer  •  Mc Grabby
Unreleased
Shotgun