Dagger

Dagger

Thief 1-handed melee weapon.

Type

Weapon

Class

1-handed melee

Used by

Thief

Primary stat

LUK (+ STR in damage formula)

Off-hand

Shield

Mastery

Dagger Mastery (Bandit)

Data verified: pre-launch

Dagger is the Thief branch's melee weapon, used by the Bandit sub-job for close-range combat. Daggers are always 1-handed, allowing the off-hand slot for a shield, uniquely among thief weapons, since claws reserve the off-hand for throwing-star ammunition. Damage scales primarily with LUK and secondarily with STR in the Bandit damage formula; the Dagger Mastery skill is learned by the Bandit sub-job at second job.

Daggers are mechanically the closest a thief weapon comes to a "conventional" 1-handed melee weapon: short range, fast swings, shield-compatible. The trade-off relative to claws is that daggers cannot strike across the screen (they are pure melee, no ranged ammunition), but the shield slot offers a defense and stat-bonus path that claw users do not have.

What a dagger does

• Functions as a fast 1-handed melee weapon. Short range, fast attack speed, similar in feel to a 1-handed sword but smaller.
• Scales damage on LUK + STR. LUK is the dagger's primary stat, with STR contributing as well.
• Allows a shield in the off-hand. Thief-class shields grant LUK, weapon attack, and defense bonuses.
• Bandit skill access. Dagger-specific actives (Savage Blow, Steal) require a dagger in hand.

Used by

Both thief sub-jobs (Bandit and Assassin) can equip daggers, but only the Bandit branch's Dagger Mastery skill provides the per-type mastery bonus, and the Bandit-specific actives only work with daggers. A Thief planning a melee build should advance to Bandit at second job.

Beginner characters can equip basic-tier daggers without restriction.

Dagger vs claw

The two thief weapons serve very different roles. Daggers are melee, shield-compatible, and use LUK + STR scaling; claws are ranged (via throwing stars), use LUK + DEX scaling, and forego the shield slot in favour of star ammunition. The decision is made at second-job advancement (Bandit for daggers, Assassin for claws) rather than weapon-by-weapon at any later point, since the per-sub-job actives are mutually exclusive.

List of daggers

Every dagger tracked on the wiki, sorted by required level ascending then weapon attack descending. Click any column header to re-sort.

Lv	Item	Job	Atk speed	WA	ACC	AVOID	Slots
5	Razor		Fast	23			7
8	Fruit Knife		Faster	23			7
10	Triangular Zamadar	Thief	Fast	28			7
10	Beginner's Triangular Zamadar	Thief	Fast	27			7
15	Field Dagger	Warrior/Thief	Faster	30			7
17	Triple-Tipped Zamadar	Warrior/Thief	Faster	34			7
20	Coconut Knife	Thief	Fast	38			7
22	Stinger	Warrior/Thief	Faster	39			7
25	Iron Dagger	Thief	Fast	40			7
27	Forked Dagger	Thief	Fast	45			7
30	Reef Claw	Thief	Fast	48			7
30	Cass	Warrior/Thief	Faster	47			7
35	Halfmoon Zamadar	Thief	Fast	53			7
40	Gephart	Thief	Fast	58			7
40	Korean Fan		Faster	55	1	1	7
45	Bazlud	Warrior/Thief	Faster	62			7
50	Shinkita	Thief	Fast	68			7
50	Sai	Warrior/Thief	Faster	67			7
60	Deadly Fin	Thief	Fast	78			7
60	Serpent's Coil	Warrior/Thief	Faster	77			7
70	Kandine	Thief	Fast	88			7
70	Golden River	Warrior/Thief	Faster	87			7

See also

• Weapon: overview of all weapon types
• Claw: the Assassin alternative
• Shield: off-hand for daggers
• Thief: the wielder