# How do you 'reach' attack?

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-you-reach-attack/15629>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [June 4, 2018, 11:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-you-reach-attack/15629 "2018-06-04T23:45:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![redxlaser15](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/redxlaser15/32/1573_2.png) [@redxlaser15](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/redxlaser15)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2018, 11:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-you-reach-attack/15629/1 "2018-06-04T23:45:57Z")

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I have a steel spear, which says it has a reach attack, yet I don’t know how to actually use it!

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**Author:** ![mentos046](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mentos046/32/11932_2.png) [@mentos046](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/mentos046)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2018, 11:58pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-you-reach-attack/15629/2 "2018-06-04T23:58:00Z")

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You press “f” as if you were firing a gun. Another thing you can do, and it works with normal attacks as well, is to press Tab. It will automatically attack anything hostile within range, or wait a turn if nothing hostile is within range.

If something is 3 squares away and you press Tab it will wait until it is two squares away then press it again and it will execute the reach attack, and you can hold Tab to keep attacking until it is dead. Only do that if you are confident you can kill it with minimal injury though, since things can happen fast.

Edit: It most likely won’t work with bows and guns, as it will assume you are trying to bludgeon something with the bow or gun and decide to wait since nothing will be within range.

Also, some weapons have “long reach attacks” that can hit from three squares away (that is two squares between player and target), rather than the two squares of normal reach attacks. I believe halberds can do it, among other things.

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**Author:** ![darktoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@darktoes](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/darktoes)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 12:35am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-you-reach-attack/15629/3 "2018-06-05T00:35:34Z")

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I don’t think halberds have long reach. Just awl pikes and the bullwhip.

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**Author:** ![mentos046](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mentos046/32/11932_2.png) [@mentos046](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/mentos046)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 12:37am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-you-reach-attack/15629/4 "2018-06-05T00:37:05Z")

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Sorry, I got halberds and awl pikes confused.

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**Author:** ![Vormithrax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bb73d2/32.png) [@Vormithrax](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Vormithrax)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 8:03am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-you-reach-attack/15629/5 "2018-06-05T08:03:23Z")

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Cataclysm Quick Tip #5 : Reach Attacks

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**Author:** ![darktoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@darktoes](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/darktoes)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 8:12am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-you-reach-attack/15629/6 "2018-06-05T08:12:40Z")

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That’s fair. They’re both pretty much the best in their class.

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**Author:** ![redxlaser15](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/redxlaser15/32/1573_2.png) [@redxlaser15](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/redxlaser15)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 5:03pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-you-reach-attack/15629/7 "2018-06-05T17:03:11Z")

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That’s a pretty useful video, thanks for that! Although I forgot what the key for running was. I _did_ know it, I just forgot.