Dungeons:Daggers

Daggers are a melee weapon that can be found within the various missions of Minecraft Dungeons. It's unique variants are the fangs of frost, the moon daggers, and the sheer daggers.

Daggers

Type	Melee Weapon
Rarity	COMMON / RARE
Power	3.5
Speed	7.3
Area	1.7
Properties	Dual wield
Damage type	Melee
Combo	7 hits
Soul information	Does not accept soul enchantments Does not grant soul collection
Runes
Variants	Fangs of Frost Moon Daggers Sheer Daggers
Level ID	Daggers
In-game description Daggers are the weapon of cravens - or so folk say.

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Lore

Hex can be seen wearing scale mail and wielding daggers in the official banner and The Rise of the Arch-Illager cover.

Obtaining

Missions

Listed difficulties are considered to be the minimum difficulty the item is obtainable on unless stated otherwise.

• Soggy Swamp
• Soggy Cave
• Redstone Mines
• Gauntlet of Gales (Adventure)
• Tower

Merchants

• Village Merchant
• Gift Wrapper
• Mystery Merchant
• Luxury Merchant
• Piglin Merchant

Ancients

• The Tiny Scourge

Usage

Daggers possess low power, high speed, and low area, and have a continuous attack of six sideways slashes.

Properties

• X melee damage
• Dual wield

Stats

Hit number	Base damage	Attack duration	Area	Splash damage drop off	Knockback	Hitstun
Hit 1	25	0.125s	15°	50%	0.05	1
Hit 2	25	0.125s	30°	50%	0.05	1
Hit 3	25	0.125s	30°	50%	0.05	1
Hit 4	25	0.125s	15°	0%	0.05	1
Hit 5	25	0.2s	30°	50%	0.1	1
Hit 6	35	0.2s	30°	40%	0.7	1
Hit 7	45	0.7s	40°	30%	0.2	1

In-game, damage numbers can vary even in the same power level, and may not be exactly as seen below.

Power	Min damage	Max damage
1	7	7
5	9	9
6	9	9
10	12	12
15	15	16
20	19	20
25	24	25
30	31	32
35	38	40
40	48	50
45	59	62
50	73	76
55	90	94
60	112	116
65	137	143
70	169	176
75	208	217
80	255	266
85	314	327
90	385	401
95	472	492
100	579	604
105	710	740
108	803	836
248	232164	236675

Sounds

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Description	Resource location
	Impact less	?
	Impact meaty lighter	?
	Whoosh	?

Data values

• In the game files, daggers are referred to internally by the name Knives.

History

[hide]Minecraft Dungeons
Sept 29, 2018							Daggers were first revealed in the Minecraft Dungeons announcement trailer.
Dungeons Beta							Added daggers.
1.4.3.0							Range increased by 25%.
							Now obtainable from the camp merchants.
1.8.0.0							Range increased by ~6.07%.
1.10.2.0							Now obtainable from the Gauntlet of Gales.
1.16.2.0							Range increased from 350 to 370.
							Damage increased by 10%.

Issues

Issues for Minecraft Dungeons relating to "Daggers" are no longer maintained on the bug tracker since September 28, 2023. However, issues reported before then can still be viewed there.

Gallery

Icons

• 

  Daggers icon.

• 

  A sprite depicting the item texture.

Textures

• 

  Texture file of the daggers

• 

  Shadow texture files of the daggers.

Screenshots

• 

  Daggers within the inventory.