| A simple iron dagger with a well worn-wooden handle. |
The Dagger is your starting melee weapon. It deals low damage but is easily used even by a weak adventurer. Due to its low strength requirement, daggers receive greater enchantment bonuses due to excessive strength, and therefore can take greater advantage of runics than most other weapons. The drawback is miniscule damage potential, of course, but that doesn't matter much if your dagger is a weapon of quietus.
A dagger delivers 3-4 damage per hit (avg 3.5), and requires 10 strength.