Dwarf build

How players win with Dwarf Community consensus

Summarised in our own words on 13 November 2026; check the patch date of each source against PC 1.2.

Weapons Dwarf boosts most Computed from rules

Dwarf: ordered by how much Dwarf's modifiers raise each weapon's damage compared with a character without modifiers, then by damage per second; weapons Dwarf doesn't boost fall back to raw DPS. Reference profile: Dwarf's own stats plus 20 points bought in the weapon's main scaling stat, both multiplied by Dwarf's modifiers; one weapon, its highest tier, no items, single target, every projectile hits. 51 of 55 equippable weapons scale with a stat Dwarf can raise.

#	Weapon	Boost	DPS	Main stat	Hit	Cooldown
1	Mace IVStarting option	×0.94	97.7	Melee Damage	170	1.84 s
2	Awl IVStarting option	×0.75	50.5	Engineering	46	1.32 s
3	Screwdriver IV	×0.76	45.2	Engineering	41	1.32 s
4	Flaming Brass Knuckles IV	×0.67	113.6+ burn 7×18	Melee Damage	100	0.89 s
5	Power Fist IV	×0.67	113.6	Melee Damage	100	0.89 s
6	Fist IV	×0.67	95.4	Melee Damage	84	0.89 s
7	Knife IV	×0.67	89.9	Melee Damage	41	1.14 s
8	War Hammer IV	×0.67	83.3	Melee Damage	240	2.92 s
9	Captain’s Sword IV	×0.67	75.9	Melee Damage	105	1.43 s
10	Cestus IVStarting option	×0.67	73.8	Melee Damage	120	1.65 s

Starting weapons by the same measure

• Mace#1 of 51, 97.7 DPS at tier IV
• Awl#2 of 51, 50.5 DPS at tier IV
• Cestus#10 of 51, 73.8 DPS at tier IV
• Hammer#12 of 51, 72.7 DPS at tier IV
• Brick#13 of 51, 68.2 DPS at tier IV
• Meat Tenderizer#17 of 51, 57.3 DPS at tier IV
• Shovel#20 of 51, 51.4 DPS at tier IV
• Flail#34 of 51, 36.1 DPS at tier IV
• Crowbar#44 of 51, 20.7 DPS at tier IV
• Wrench#45 of 51, 20.3 DPS at tier IV

Legendary-only weapons

These exist only at tier IV, cost a Legendary shop slot and carry the Legendary set penalty of −20 Max HP per weapon of the class. At the same profile: Excalibur 278.8 DPS; Scythe 162.1 DPS; Drill 77.8 DPS; DEX-troyer 62 DPS.

Items for the stats this build buys Computed from item data

Ranked by points per base material after Dwarf's multiplier; prices rise each wave. Downsides are listed because they hit other stats.

Items that turn Dwarf's stats into more

• NailWeapon and pet damage additionally scales with 20% Engineering

What the modifiers change Computed from rules

Dwarf's modifiers reward Engineering (converted to Melee Damage). Restrictions: melee weapons only. At the reference profile the highest single-target damage comes from Mace IV (97.7 DPS).

Attack Speed ×0.50

Counts ×0.50, including its penalties, which shrink by the same factor.

Engineering → Melee Damage

+1 Melee Damage for every permanent 2 Engineering you have. At 20 Engineering this gives 10 Melee Damage (permanent stats only).

Assumptions and method

• Damage per hit = round(trunc(base + Σ stat × scaling) × (1 + %Damage/100 + class %Damage/100)); crits average in as chance × round(hit × multiplier). Formulas are datamined from the game code; weapon numbers come from the game-file tables.
• Cooldown is the tooltip value, which includes the attack animation. Reload weapons average the long cooldown over its shot count. Attack Speed divides the tooltip, an approximation: the game divides only the cooldown frames.
• Not modelled: pierce, bounce, explosion splash, knockback, on-hit and kill-count effects, structures, and how often the weapon actually reaches enemies. Multi-projectile weapons assume every projectile hits the same target, which favours shotguns.
• Version: Brotato PC 1.2 with the 12 November 2026 patch. Reviewed 12 November 2026.