This article is about the main-hand
weapons. For the parrying daggers wielded in the shield slot, see
defender.
Daggers are generally small, fast melee weapons. Most daggers are stab swords which primarily use stab attack styles but also have an option for a slashing style; though there are many items thought of as daggers that either belong to different weapon categories or aren't even wieldable.
Interestingly, despite presenting as melee-only weapons, many daggers have a positive magic attack bonus.
Members have an advantage with daggers in that many can be poisoned. They can be tipped with weapon poison, weapon poison+, or weapon poison++, though they can not be poisoned with karambwan paste.
Scimitars and swords are generally stronger than daggers of their tier, and also attack at the same speed. Therefore they are preferred more by most players, especially when weapon poison does not matter.
The daggers that see the most use are often the dragon and abyssal daggers due to their highly damaging and accurate special attacks, for damaging monsters or securing kills in PvP combat; and the bone dagger for its defence-reducing special attack against certain bosses. There are alternatives that often (but not always) outclass these special attacks, but usually at a much higher cost.
Every dagger in the standard metal hierarchy can be poisoned.
Some non-equipable daggers include:
