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This post gives some more detail on weapons & weapon types, i hope it helps

Weapons Fully Explained

How Weapons Work A weapon’s skills and max tiers are decided based on its quality, a stat which is tied to weapons the exact same way that rarity is. This is better than it being decided based on item rarity because this allows for more quality levels than there are rarities. All weapons with the prefix Old, Rusty, or Wooden are Poor quality and have a level range from 1-50. All weapons with the prefix Iron or Bronze are Average quality and have a level range from 50-100. There are some excep…