Light (weapon property)

Light is a weapon property that allows characters to dual wield weapons, that is, equip one Light weapon in their main hand and one Light weapon in their off-hand.

In-game tooltip

For an explanation of all weapon properties, see Weapons. For the cantrip, see  Light.

When dual wielding, after taking the Main Hand Attack Action, a Bonus Action can be used to make an Off-Hand Attack. The Dual Wielding toggle on the hotbar controls whether these attacks are made together or separately.

By default, no ability score modifier is added to the damage of an Off-Hand Attack.

List of Light Weapons

•  Clubs
•  Daggers
•  Handaxes
•  Hand Crossbows
•  Light Hammers
•  Scimitars
•  Shortswords
•  Sickles

Notes

• The Two-Weapon Fighting fighting style allows a character to add their ability score modifier to the damage of an Off-Hand Attack.
• The Dual Wielder feat allows a character to dual wield any non-two-handed weapons, even if they are not Light.