Rusty Halberd
Rare from Antiquity & Middle Ages
Rusty Halberd is a weapon of Rare rarity in Cave Smash. It belongs to the Reach family and deals 14 base damage plus 0.75 per point of Intelligence. Reach weapons strike first and can keep shorter weapons at a distance.
“An axe that keeps its distance.”
Field notes
An axe on a long pole. Reach behaviour with a parry bonus, at the cost of a little accuracy. The sturdiest of the reach weapons.
The Reach family
Reach weapons scale with Intelligence. They remove 60 % of the opening delay, so a reach fighter usually lands the first blow. When an enemy with a shorter melee weapon attacks, there is a 10 % chance it cannot get close at all. Thrown weapons ignore that.
Who should use it
Intelligence builds that want the first hit. Pair with War Cry, which boosts the first attack of the fight, and with skills that need Intelligence, such as Feint or Pit Trap.
Damage at a glance
Average damage of one attack before armor, crits and skills, for a Smasher of level 10 or more with that many points in Intelligence. Stars add 10 % each.
| Intelligence | Per attack |
|---|---|
| 20 | 31 |
| 50 | 55 |
| 100 | 94 |
How to get it
Like every weapon in Cave Smash, Rusty Halberd cannot be bought. It appears in level-up drafts: 22 % of cards are weapons and 29 % of cards are Rare. The draft never shows the same item twice, and drawing it again adds a star.
Values read from the game on 2026-11-12. Cave Smash is in development: balance can change before launch.
