Weapon DPS Calculator

Physical, elemental and total DPS of a weapon, and at 20% quality✓ Checked against game files · 0.5.5

Weapon DPS is the average hit times attacks per second, for each damage type; quality multiplies physical damage by (100 + quality) / 100 on its own. A Soaring Spear (35–65) with 96% increased Physical Damage at 20% quality shows 82–153 in game, which is 35–65 × 1.96 × 1.20; at 1.70 attacks per second that is 199.8 physical DPS. The highest base physical DPS of the 173 weapon bases that drop is the Dreaming Quarterstaff's 173.9. Patch 0.5.5, from the game files.

Weapon A

Soaring Spear

Item Class: Spears
Rarity: Rare
Demon Edge
Soaring Spear
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Quality: +20% (augmented)
Physical Damage: 82-153 (augmented)
Fire Damage: 21-37 (fire)
Critical Hit Chance: 9.75% (augmented)
Attacks per Second: 1.70
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Requires: Level 70, 26 (augmented) Str, 74 (augmented) Dex
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Sockets: S 
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Item Level: 81
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Gain 5% of Damage as Extra Damage of all Elements (rune)
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Grants Skill: Spear Throw
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{ Prefix Modifier "Ranger's" (Tier: 2) — Attack }
+381(347-450) to Accuracy Rating
{ Prefix Modifier "Flaming" (Tier: 6) — Damage, Elemental, Fire, Attack }
Adds 21(20-24) to 37(32-37) Fire Damage
{ Desecrated Prefix Modifier "Vicious" (Tier: 5) — Damage, Physical, Attack }
96(85-109)% increased Physical Damage
{ Suffix Modifier "of Conflict" (Tier: 3) — Attack }
+2 to Level of all Melee Skills
{ Suffix Modifier "of Unmaking" (Tier: 1) — Attack, Critical }
+4.75(4.41-5)% to Critical Hit Chance
{ Suffix Modifier "of the Proficient" (Tier: 1) }
35% reduced Attribute Requirements

Example: Demon Edge

Physical–

Fire–

Cold–

Lightning–

Chaos–

Attacks/sec

Quality%

Total DPS

249.1

Physical	82–153	199.8
Fire	21–37	49.3

1.70 attacks per second · quality 20%

Weapon B

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Physical–

Fire–

Cold–

Lightning–

Chaos–

Attacks/sec

Quality%

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Highest base DPS by weapon type

Obliterator Bow
best bow of 24 · full ranking
97.4
Trarthan Cannon
best crossbow of 24 · full ranking
134.5
Dreaming Quarterstaff
best quarterstaff of 25 · full ranking
173.9
Flying Spear
best spear of 28 · full ranking
98.4
Molten Hammer
best one hand mace of 26 · full ranking
137.0
Massive Greathammer
best two hand mace of 24 · full ranking
154.0
Thunder Talisman
best talisman of 22 · full ranking
143.0

Base physical DPS: no modifiers, no quality.

Questions

How is weapon DPS calculated in Path of Exile 2?

Average hit (minimum plus maximum, halved) times attacks per second, for each damage type the weapon shows; total DPS is their sum.

How much does quality add to weapon DPS?

Quality multiplies physical damage by (100 + quality) / 100, on its own and not added to the weapon's % increased Physical Damage. Going from 0% to 20% quality raises physical DPS by 20%; elemental and chaos damage do not change.

Why doesn't the game show DPS?

The Path of Exile 2 tooltip lists damage ranges and attacks per second but no DPS line; this calculator multiplies them for you.

Paste the whole item into the item mod tier checker to see its DPS together with every modifier's tier.