Weapons
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The Weapons table shows the most common weapons used in Hyrule, their price and weight, the damage they deal when they hit, and any special properties they possess. Every weapon is classified as either melee or ranged. A melee weapon is used to attack a target within 5 feet of you, whereas a ranged weapon is used to attack a target at a distance.
Weapon Proficiency
Your first class grants proficiency in certain weapons, reflecting both the class’s focus and the tools you are most likely to use. Other features like your race or feats can grant you proficiency with types of weapons, or certain categories of weapons. The two categories are simple and martial.
Most people can use simple weapons with proficiency. These weapons include clubs, maces, and other weapons often found in the hands of commoners. Martial weapons, including swords, axes, and polearms, require more specialized training to use effectively. Most warriors use martial weapons because these weapons put their fighting style and training to best use.
Proficiency with a weapon allows you to add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll for any attack you make with that weapon. If you make an attack roll using a weapon with which you lack proficiency, you do not add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll.
Weapon Properties
Many weapons have properties which affect their use, as shown in the Weapons table.
Ammunition. You can use a weapon that has the ammunition property to make a ranged attack only if you have ammunition to shoot from the weapon. Each time you attack with the weapon, you expend one piece of ammunition. A piece of ordinary ammunition such as an arrow or bolt costs 1 rupee and weighs less than 1⁄4 pounds. Drawing the ammunition from a quiver, case, or other container is part of the attack (you need a free hand to load a one-handed weapon). Generally, any ammunition you use in an attack is destroyed beyond use.
Aquatic. If you make a melee weapon attack while underwater, your attack roll has disadvantage unless your weapon has the aquatic property. If a creature has a swim speed, any attacks it makes with unarmed strikes or natural weapons are aquatic. A ranged weapon attack automatically misses a target beyond the weapon’s normal range while underwater; even against a target within normal range, the attack roll has disadvantage unless the weapon has the aquatic property.
Dire. If you make an attack roll with a dire weapon with which you are proficient, you do not add your proficiency bonus to your attack roll. You instead add your proficiency bonus to your damage roll if you hit.
Finesse. When making an attack with a finesse weapon, you use your choice of your Strength or Dexterity modifier for the attack and damage rolls. You must use the same modifier for both rolls.
Light. A light weapon is small and easy to handle, making it ideal for use when fighting with two weapons. See two-weapon fighting.
Loading. Because of the time required to load this weapon, you can fire only one piece of ammunition from it when you use an action, bonus action, or reaction to fire it, regardless of the number of attacks you can normally make.
Range. A weapon that can be used to make a ranged attack has a range in parentheses after the ammunition or thrown property. The range lists two numbers. The first is the weapon’s normal range in feet, and the second indicates the weapon’s long range. When attacking a target beyond normal range, you have disadvantage on the attack roll. You can’t attack a target beyond the weapon’s long range.
Reach. This weapon adds 5 feet to your reach when you attack with it, as well as when determining your reach for opportunity attacks with it.
Returning. A weapon with the returning property has a special design that allows it to return to the thrower when thrown. If you make a ranged attack with a returning weapon, you catch it at the end of your turn if you are proficient with the weapon and you have a free hand.
Special. A weapon with the special property has unusual rules governing its use, explained in the weapon’s description. See either the page for the weapon, or the Special Weapons section below.
Thrown. If a weapon has the thrown property, you can throw the weapon to make a ranged attack. If the weapon is a melee weapon, you use the same ability modifier for that attack roll and damage roll that you would use for a melee attack with the weapon. For example, if you throw a handaxe, you use your Strength, but if you throw a dagger, you can use either your Strength or your Dexterity since the dagger has the finesse property.
Two-Handed. This weapon requires two hands when you attack with it. Attempting to attack with it otherwise treats it as an improvised weapon and may lower its damage dice to as low as 1d4.
Versatile. This weapon can be used with one or two hands when making a melee attack. A damage value in parentheses appears with the property—the damage when the weapon is used with two hands to make a melee attack. If you make a ranged attack with this weapon, you can only use one hand.<
List of Weapons
Click any of the weapon types below for a more detailed page focusing on that weapon type.
| Weapon | Damage | Cost | Weight | Properties | d100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple Melee Weapons | |||||
| Bug-catching net | 1 bludgeoning | 1 rp | 2 lb | Light, special | 1 |
| Club | 2 (1d4) bludgeoning | 1 rp | 2 lb | Light | 2-3 |
| Dagger | 2 (1d4) piercing | 20 rp | 1 lb | Aquatic, finesse, light, thrown (range 20/60) | 4-5 |
| Gauntlet | 2 (1d4) bludgeoning | 100 rp | 4 lb | Special | 6 |
| Handaxe | 3 (1d6) slashing | 20 rp | 2 lb | Light, thrown (range 20/60) | 7 |
| Javelin | 3 (1d6) piercing | 5 rp | 2 lb | Aquatic, thrown (range 30/120) | 8 |
| Quarterstaff | 3 (1d6) bludgeoning | 5 rp | 4 lb | Versatile (1d8) | 9 |
| Sickle | 3 (1d6) piercing | 5 rp | 2 lb | Light | 10 |
| Hammer | 3 (1d6) bludgeoning | 10 rp | 3 lb | Thrown (range 20/60), versatile (1d8) | 11-14 |
| Spear or trident | 3 (1d6) piercing | 15 rp | 3 lb | Aquatic, thrown (range 20/60), versatile (1d8) | 15-18 |
| Crusher | 3 (1d6) bludgeoning | 200 rp | 12 lb | Dire, two-handed | 19 |
| Greatclub | 4 (1d8) bludgeoning | 2 rp | 10 lb | Two-handed | 20 |
| Scythe | 4 (1d8) piercing | 20 rp | 6 lb | Two-handed | 21 |
| Simple Ranged Weapons | |||||
| Blowgun | 1 piercing | 10 rp | 1 lb | Ammo (range 25/100), special | 22 |
| Dart | 2 (1d4) piercing | 1 rp | 1⁄4 lb | Finesse, thrown (20/60) | 23 |
| Slingshot | 2 (1d4) bludgeoning | 3 rp | 1 lb | Ammo (range 30/90), aquatic, two-handed | 24-25 |
| Shortbow | 3 (1d6) piercing | 250 rp | 2 lb | Ammo (range 80/320), two-handed | 26-33 |
| Light crossbow | 4 (1d8) piercing | 250 rp | 5 lb | Ammo (range 80/320), aquatic, loading, two-handed | 34-35 |
| Martial Melee Weapons | |||||
| Whip | 2 (1d4) slashing | 100 rp | 3 lb | Finesse, reach, special | 36-37 |
| Shortsword | 3 (1d6) piercing | 200 rp | 2 lb | Aquatic, finesse, light | 38-42 |
| Scimitar or cutlass | 3 (1d6) slashing | 200 rp | 2 lb | Finesse, light | 43-44 |
| Lizal boomerang | 3 (1d6) slashing | 500 rp | 3 lb | Aquatic, finesse, returning (range 20/80) | 45 |
| Broadsword | 4 (1d8) slashing | 250 rp | 2 lb | Finesse | 46-50 |
| Rapier | 4 (1d8) piercing | 250 rp | 2 lb | Finesse | 51-52 |
| Flail | 4 (1d8) bludgeoning | 100 rp | 3 lb | — | 53 |
| War pick | 4 (1d8) piercing | 100 rp | 3 lb | — | 54 |
| Battleaxe or longsword | 4 (1d8) slashing | 200 rp | 3 lb | Versatile (1d8) | 55-59 |
| Morningstar | 4 (1d8) piercing | 200 rp | 3 lb | Versatile (1d10) | 60 |
| Warhammer | 4 (1d8) bludgeoning | 200 rp | 3 lb | Versatile (1d10) | 61-63 |
| Ball and Chain | 4 (1d8) bludgeoning | 500 rp | 18 lb | Dire, thrown (range 20/60), two-handed | 64-65 |
| Moblin spear | 4 (1d8) piercing | 350 rp | 6 lb | Dire, reach, two-handed | 66 |
| Pike | 5 (1d10) piercing | 50 rp | 18 lb | Aquatic, reach, two-handed | 67-68 |
| Glaive or halberd | 5 (1d10) slashing | 200 rp | 6 lb | Reach, two-handed | 69 |
| Giant boomerang | 5 (1d10) bludgeoning | 500 rp | 7 lb | Returning (range 20/80), two-handed | 70 |
| Lance | 6 (1d12) piercing | 100 rp | 6 lb | Reach, special, two-handed | 71 |
| Greataxe | 6 (1d12) slashing | 300 rp | 7 lb | Two-handed | 72 |
| Claymore | d12 slash | 500 rp | 7 lb | Two-handed | 73-77 |
| Maul | 7 (2d6) bludgeoning | 500 rp | 10 lb | Two-handed | 78 |
| Martial Ranged Weapons | |||||
| Boomerang | 3 (1d6) bludgeoning | 10 rp | 1 lb | Finesse, light, returning (range 20/80) | 79-85 |
| Hand crossbow | 3 (1d6) piercing | 750 rp | 3 lb | Ammo (range 30/120), aquatic, light, loading | 86 |
| Longbow | 4 (1d8) piercing | 500 rp | 3 lb | Ammo (range 150/600), two-handed | 87-98 |
| Duplex bow | 5 (2d4) piercing | 900 rp | 2 lb | Ammo (range 30/120), two-handed, special | 99 |
| Heavy crossbow | 5 (1d10) piercing | 500 rp | 18 lb | Ammo (range 100/400), aquatic, loading, two-handed | 100 |
Special Weapons
The following weapons each have a special property.
Blowgun. When you hit with a ranged attack using using Dexterity for your attack roll, you can add either your Dexterity or your Constitution to the damage roll of a blowgun.
Bug-catching net. A Tiny creature hit by this weapon takes no damage, but is restrained while you maintain one hand on this net. Amorphous creatures are unaffected. A creature can use its action to make a DC 10 Strength check, with a success freeing itself or an adjacent creature from the net. Dealing 5 slashing damage to the net (AC 10) also frees the creature without harming it, ending the effect and destroying the net.
Duplex bow. As ammunition a duplex bow uses two arrows for each attack. If an attack with this weapon uses one arrow instead of two, a hit deals only 1d4 damage instead of 2d4.
Gauntlet. A gauntlet is worn around your hand, and you cannot be disarmed of it. You can hold objects, wield weapons, and cast spells with a hand fitted with a gauntlet, but you can only attack with the gauntlet if that hand is unoccupied.
Lance. You have disadvantage on attack rolls with a lance if you attack a target within 5 feet of you, unless you are Large or otherwise can wield Large weapons without penalty. You can wield a lance with only one hand if you are mounted, or if your size is Large or larger.
Whip. If you are proficient with whips and wielding one, you can use your action to shove a creature within the reach of your whip. When shoving a creature in this way, you can only pull the creature 5 feet towards you or attempt to knock it prone.
Silver and Adamantine Weapons
Some monsters with immunity or resistance to the damage from nonmagical weapons are susceptible to weapons made with silver or adamantine. While silver weapons are reasonably common, adamantine doesn't exist in Hyrule. Some specific weapons like a cobble crusher or guardian weapon are nonetheless are the equivalent of an adamantine weapon.
A silver weapon costs 1,000 rupees more than a normal weapon of its type. A single piece of silver ammunition costs 100 more rupees than normal. A silver weapon gains the aquatic property and doesn't rust.
Improvised Weapons
Sometimes characters don’t have their weapons and have to attack with whatever is at hand. An improvised weapon includes any object you can wield in one or two hands, such as broken glass, a table leg, a frying pan, a wagon wheel, or a dead miniblin.Often, an improvised weapon is similar to an actual weapon and can be treated as such. For example, a table leg is akin to a club. At the DM’s option, a character proficient with a weapon can use a similar object as if it were that weapon and use his or her proficiency bonus.
An object that bears no resemblance to a weapon deals 1d4 damage (the GM assigns a damage type appropriate to the object). If a character uses a ranged weapon to make a melee attack, or throws a melee weapon that does not have the thrown property, it also deals 1d4 damage. An improvised thrown weapon has a normal range of 20 feet and a long range of 60 feet.
The text of this page is partly based on the the V5.1 Systems Reference Document (SRD). The text of both this page and the SRD are released under Creative Commons (“CC-BY-4.0”). [1]
