Dual wielding

Dual wielding refers to the state of wielding a martial weapon in each hand.

Mechanics

Dual-wielding does not provide any inherent stat bonuses.

If both weapons can be used by a skill, the hand used may alternate, or both hands may be used for a combined single damage hit. The specific interaction will be determined by the skill itself. In the case that both hands are used simultaneously, each hand rolls separately and combines their damage into a single hit at the end of calculations, but only one hand needs to be a critical strike for the entire hit to be considered a critical strike.

If one of the equipped weapons is incompatible with the skill's requirements, only the compatible weapon will be used.

It is possible to dual wield two-handed axes, maces, and swords with the Giant's Blood keystone or The Bringer of Rain. They can also be dual wielded with their one-handed counterparts.

Certain weapons cannot be dual-wielded, or have restrictions to dual-wielding:

• Claws can only be dual-wielded (with two claws).
• Spears and flails cannot be dual-wielded.
• Other martial weapons can only be dual-wielded with the same item class of martial weapon in both hands. Whether the item is one-handed or two-handed does not matter if the player has Giant's Blood or The Bringer of Rain.
• Sceptres can be equipped on the off-hand with any other one-handed weapon other than claws or spears, but can only be equipped with a shield, buckler, or focus if equipped on the main hand.
  • Equipping a Sceptre with another weapon does not count as dual-wielding as the sceptre is considered an off hand in this case.
• A player cannot wield two wands or two sceptres.

Dual-wielding/off hand options

Main hand	Dual-wield options	Off hand options
Mace	Mace	Sceptre, shield, buckler, focus
Axe	Axe	Sceptre, shield, buckler, focus
Flail	—	Sceptre, shield, buckler, focus
Sword	Sword	Sceptre, shield, buckler, focus
Sceptre	—	Shield, buckler, focus
Spear	—	Sceptre, shield, buckler, focus
Claw	Claw	—
Dagger	Dagger	Sceptre, shield, buckler, focus
Wand	—	Sceptre, shield, buckler, focus

Version history

Version	Changes
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.