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Weapons in each hand
What a hero can carry in the main hand and the other hand, and what that means.
Status: Built (every item leads to a built fighting style; a lone one-handed weapon's own style is planned) · Last checked: 14 Nov 2026
What your hero holds decides how it fights. You choose an item for the main hand and, with a one-handed weapon, something for the other hand. The game then reads the fighting style from the two hands.
Main hand
| Item | Hands | Fighting style it leads to |
|---|---|---|
| Sword | One | Hand and shield, or Dual wield with a second weapon |
| Axe | One | The same |
| Mace | One | The same |
| Dagger | One | The same |
| Greatsword | Both | Two hands |
| Bow | Both | Bow |
| Staff | Both | Staff |
| Bare fists | None | Punches |
Other hand
Only with a one-handed weapon in the main hand.
| Item | What it makes |
|---|---|
| Small shield, Round shield, Painted shield, Tall shield | Hand and shield. The four shields differ in looks only |
| A second Sword, Axe, Mace or Dagger | Dual wield. The pair decides which of five move sets you get |
| Empty hand | Hand and shield for now. A style of its own (no block, a faster step) is planned |
How to change it
In the character sheet, Gear tab: Weapon and Other hand. The sheet shows the fighting style the two hands make, with its move list. The test field changes them on the spot.
Good to know
- With a shield, the one-handed weapon changes the look only: sword, axe, mace and dagger all use the Hand and shield moves.
- In dual wield the pair matters: two daggers, two swords, two axes and two maces each have their own set, and any mixed pair shares one.
- Later, item types may differ slightly within a style (a dagger a little quicker, a mace a little heavier), inside the same budget.
Nerd section: the exact numbers
- The hero screens and the fight ask one place which style two hands make:
styleOfItems(main, off)insrc/sim/weapons.ts. A weapon the fight gains can be picked with no change to the screens. An item whose style the fight does not have would be shown greyed and could not be picked; since 14 Nov 2026 none is. - The style line reads the style's own
label("Dual wield: two daggers"; "Two daggers" where it does not fit, as on the hero list's cards). - A lone one-handed weapon playing without the block, with a faster step, is in the design and not built (To check, row 14).
- Order of arrival: Hand and shield (13 Nov 2026); the staff, dual wield, the greatsword, the bow and punches (14 Nov 2026).