Weapons

"'Oh wait, no, you really need a better sword.'""Weapons are items acquired in Ruby Caverns. Consisting out of Melee Weapons and Ranged Weapons, they are the primary tool to defeat monsters and bosses. All players get a guaranteed, unbreakable melee weapon at the start; this can be upgraded by finding Brick Pedestals or Wooden Pedestals. The Warrior starts with both weapons from one tier higher."List of Melee Weapons List of Ranged Weapons Trivia
 * All melee weapons are unbreakable and can be used infinitely.
 * Upon upgrading any melee weapon, the previous melee weapon will be lost.
 * While swords deal more damage per second, axes have a "surprise attack" option that deals much more damage than a sword, which makes them better suitable and thus stronger.
 * The Warrior needs 1 less upgrade for all weapons.
 * The Miner, the Blaze and the Evoker, even though they don't start with an stone sword, skip directly to the Iron Sword.
 * Bosses will not drop a weapon when the last hit is done with an indirect attack such as wands.
 * Wooden Swords, Iron Swords and Diamond Swords can be crafted using Crafting Tables. These weapons are not unbreakable. Crafting a Wooden Sword will unlock the Arts 'n Crafts advancement.
 * All ranged weapons except tridents have limited use.
 * Upon upgrading to a bow, the previous bow is lost. The same goes for tridents.
 * The Warrior needs 1 less upgrade for all weapons.
 * Arrows can also be obtained by crafting, buying them from a shopkeep, or winning from a Mini-boss.
 * Tridents are also prominent melee weapons.
 * Weapons are tracked per player, per type. Melee weapons will not influence ranged ones and vice versa; upon death, the progress is reset; in Co-op, every player has his own progress.
 * Players do not need to have the specified weapon in their inventory, just having obtained them once is enough. This makes having multiple weapons possible (although there isn't really a reason to have so).
 * Getting the best possible weapon of each type will grant an advancement.
 * Getting the best possible weapon of a type, and then trying to get another upgrade, will result in losing the chest and no gain.
 * Weapons can be exchanged between players, but this might cause weapons not disappearing from the inventory.