Dart 5e weapon
Simple ranged weapon · 1d4 piercing · Vex mastery (2024)
Dart stats by edition
What changed in 2024
- Gains the Vex mastery property (new in 2024).
Average damage
- 1d4: 2.5 on average.
- With a +3 ability modifier: 5.5 per hit; a critical hit doubles the dice, for 8.
Roll it yourself in the dice roller.
Its properties
Finesse
2014: When making an attack with a finesse weapon, you use your choice of your Strength or Dexterity modifier for the attack and damage rolls. You must use the same modifier for both rolls.
2024: When making an attack with a Finesse weapon, use your choice of your Strength or Dexterity modifier for the attack and damage rolls. You must use the same modifier for both rolls.
Thrown
2014: If a weapon has the thrown property, you can throw the weapon to make a ranged attack. If the weapon is a melee weapon, you use the same ability modifier for that attack roll and damage roll that you would use for a melee attack with the weapon. For example, if you throw a handaxe, you use your Strength, but if you throw a dagger, you can use either your Strength or your Dexterity, since the dagger has the finesse property.
2024: If a weapon has the Thrown property, you can throw the weapon to make a ranged attack, and you can draw that weapon as part of the attack. If the weapon is a Melee weapon, use the same ability modifier for the attack and damage rolls that you use for a melee attack with that weapon.
Mastery: Vex (2024)
If you hit a creature with this weapon and deal damage to the creature, you have Advantage on your next attack roll against that creature before the end of your next turn.
A character can use this only if a feature lets them use the weapon’s mastery property. Other Vex weapons · all mastery properties.
Who is proficient
Classes proficient with the dart, from their class proficiencies: Artificer, Barbarian, Bard, Cleric, Druid, Fighter, Monk, Paladin, Ranger, Rogue, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard.
Compared with other simple ranged weapons
| Weapon | Damage | Average (one / two hands) | Properties | Mastery (2024) | Weight | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light Crossbow | 1d8 piercing | 4.5 | Ammunition (range 80/320), Loading, Two-Handed | Slow | 5 lb. | 25 gp |
| Shortbow | 1d6 piercing | 3.5 | Ammunition (range 80/320), Two-Handed | Vex | 2 lb. | 25 gp |
| Dart | 1d4 piercing | 2.5 | Finesse, Thrown (range 20/60) | Vex | ¼ lb. | 5 cp |
| Sling | 1d4 bludgeoning | 2.5 | Ammunition (range 30/120) | Slow | — | 1 sp |