Medieval: Total War/Projectiles

Key

• Range: How far the projectile can travel. Range is measured in meters.
• Accuracy: The higher the more accurate, 1 being 100% accurate.
• Lethality: The chance of killing the target if struck. Cannon balls and stones flung by artillery can bounce and hit more men.
• Power: How many hitpoints of damage it does to the target on a lethal hit. Average soldiers have 1 hitpoint, but generals, nobles with warrior virtues, princes, monarchs and berserkers have more than 1. Mainly used to calculate how much damage is done to buildings. Most artillery has a blast radius which represents splash damage. Soldiers inside the blast radius have a 25% chance of being killed.
• Armor piercing: Armor protects against missile fire, armor piercing missiles reduce the protection. An armored target with level 4 armor only has 2 armor against weapons with 50% armor piercing, for example.
• Reload time: For units it is expressed in frames, 14 frames is about 1 second.

Name	Range	Accuracy	Lethality	Power	Armor piercing	Reload Time	Description
Short Bow	100	0.6	12%	1	0%	4	The most basic and common missile. Used by archers the world over.
Long Bow	120	0.6	12%	1	50%	4	An improved shortbow. Longer range and armor piercing. Used by Longbowmen and some elite ambush units like sherwood foresters.
Mounted Bow	100	0.55	12%	1	0%	4	The bow most mounted archers use. The same as a shortbow except slightly less accurate. It has, however, the same range contrary to popular opinion.
Crossbow	100	0.7	18%	2	60%	15**	Crossbows provide a more powerful shot than regular bows. More accurate, does more damage and pierces armor. It does take longer to reload, however.
Arbalest	120	0.75	23%	3	70%	15**	Arbalests are better in every way than normal crossbows. Longer range, more accurate, deadlier and pierces armor better.
Javelin	30	0.15	36%	2	70%	3	Javelins are used by skirmishers. Their poor accuracy is not much of a problem since they have to fire from such a short range. Very damaging to highly armored units.
Grenade	26	0.03	100%	6	100%	6	The grenade of a Naptha thrower is very deadly and short ranged.
Hand Gun	40	0.05	72%	4	98.5%	30**	Handguns can be very deadly but have a long reload time, short range and are not very accurate. However, as an added bonus, they cause fear.
Arquebus	80	0.07	72%	4	98.5%	30**	An improved Handgun. Has almost the same range as a shortbow, but good luck hitting anything at that range.
Ballista	200	0.9	100%	40	100%	11 seconds**	Ballistae have double the range of archers and are highly accurate. Can only kill one man at a time, however, and does only slight damage to buildings.
Catapult	240	0.6	100%*	80	100%	16 seconds**	Catapults have a slightly higher range but are much less accurate. They fire rocks which bounce and can kill several men at a time. Does double the damage to buildings as a Ballista, if it can hit it. Has a 2 meter blast radius.
Trebuchet	240	0.6	100%*	150	100%	20 seconds**	An improved catapult with more power and the same dodgy accuracy. Has a 2 meter blast radius.
Mangonel	240	0.6	100%*	250	100%	20 seconds**	The same as a Trebuchet, just does more damage. Has a 2.5 meter blast radius.
Mortar	240	0.6	100%	100	100%	14 seconds**	A primitive gunpowder weapon. Not much better than a catapult. Has a 2.5 meter blast radius.
Bombard	320	0.8	100%*	150	100%	20 seconds**	A long range gunpowder weapon. Much better accuracy than siege weapons. Has a 2.5 meter blast radius.
Demi Culvern	320	0.9	100%*	100	100%	16 seconds**	Long range, highly accurate but not much power. Has a 2 meter blast radius.
Demi Cannon	320	0.9	100%*	150	100%	20 seconds**	Slightly more powerful than the Demi-Culvern Has a 2.5 meter blast radius.
Culvern	480	0.9	100%*	250	100%	16 seconds**	Super long range, very accurate and very powerful attack. Has a 2.5 meter blast radius.
Siege Cannon	540	0.8	100%*	450	100%	20 seconds**	The most powerful and longest range attack available. Fairly accurate as well. Has a 2.5 meter blast radius.
Serpentine	320	0.9	100%*	40	100%	11 seconds**	A long range weapon. Not much power against buildings but good to attack units with. Has a 2 meter blast radius.
Organ Gun	60	0.9	100%*	100	100%	36 seconds**	Extremely short range buy can kill many men per shot. Has a 12 meter blast radius.

* Bounces on impact.
** Can reload and fire later.