Good day players!!

With the relaunch of Thunkgaria we are coming up on 120 players. and a few of the new players are asking.

How come my Sword is speed 141 and my speed is only 17. Speed is actually a percent multiplier of your base speed. 
Let's take a look at Thunk in the following image:


![Screen Shot 2022-04-12 at 2.39.29 PM.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/simplegame/23wgjG8SyR5Mhtxy2eAHpt1vfTULzKxgCz4bsSX9aeXcWBybqNX3nHprQUWpuS3WQASfX.png)

With no weapon equipped. (the picture of the Ax is just the empty space image) Thunk has a speed of 17.
Now lets give him a weapon.


![Screen Shot 2022-04-12 at 2.39.01 PM.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/simplegame/23xyr8UVKf2G5iiHJ5advBKPjWJmesBzCYQjJeTksjucsjXZ2V5pu4YG8VPjuwfrqpuLZ.png)

Thunk now is using a Scythe with a speed of 138. This gives him 138% of his base speed. Which comes out to a speed of 23.

Next let us look at a slower weapon.


![Screen Shot 2022-04-12 at 2.40.02 PM.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/simplegame/23xyr8UVM6FuBZQaJ6BDUr98tLqehYryFNaQZNWwELvsQRgMmHGdEXbXJC4cvexrqWqzd.png)

Thunk is playing on a guitar in the Tavern and a fight breaks out. The thunk has a speed of 77. So we take his base speed of 17 and multiply by 77%. Thunk now has a speed of 13.
He needs to make every attack count.

Now how does speed affect combat? Let's look at a normal battle.
![Screen Shot 2022-04-12 at 2.36.26 PM.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/simplegame/23w33x3gx57N2365aR3PRsHWzt6rbr4nxN5V7TKNekF5i5NPcAXPY9PKDpNhYiwDHntjn.png)

You can see the Hero's all attack 1st and then the monsters attack. This is the best situation for your party while exploring dungeons.
In a normal battle everyone will attack once and then the combat round starts again. **However** if a monster or a Hero has a speed much higher than the other combatants you might get 2 attacks in before anyone else can go.
Let's take a look.

![Screen Shot 2022-04-12 at 9.48.25 AM.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/simplegame/23wqwVvyuH1iwjUz3WsSYEjD6zWxY2uJ9E49tuTg2neMveT4nvyQpVtjEPsrGoQECmduW.png)

The purple mushrooms attack twice in a row before the Hero's can respond. Luckily they miss on one of the attacks. Let's look and see what the speed of the mushrooms is.


![Screen Shot 2022-04-12 at 2.49.33 PM.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/simplegame/23wCA6d2g3TvpatAQEBfWQaPt6j8nfEiGCi24HpZ4kaXpbKcAiRJAsL9uXFsU15ZtnPvJ.png)

45!!! They have a speed of 45. Luckily they are not very strong.

I hope this helps you understand how speed works in Thunkgaria.