Skull dagger

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Skull dagger
item
drop pattern
Minimum delivery cost (doubloons) 9 Decay rate 90 days

The skulldagger is one of the seventeen sword types available to players in the game. It is produced at iron mongers. On subscription oceans, the skull dagger may only be used by subscribers.

It is often considered to be one of the more powerful swords with a good drop pattern and beginner friendly usage. The skulldagger excels in jamming the middle of the board with both small and large sprinkle attacks. Due to its strong alternating sprinkles, it is known to be a very hard counter to the Scimitar. However, the skull's strike attacks are much weaker than striking swords such as the Falchion and consequently should not be used to send big strikes. The skulldagger shares a lot of similarities with the Poniard, but is strictly better than it in every aspect.

Pirates that love to play fast paced sprinkle games should equip themselves with a skulldagger.

Pattern overview

Note: Previewing the non-reversed version. Reversing the sword mirrors the pattern.

Sprinkle attack
Sprinkle board.png
Middle Strike
Middle strike board.png
Corner Strike
Corner strike board.png
Swordfight Attack smallSprinkle.png
A small sprinkle attack
Swordfight Pattern smallSprinkle Skulldagger.png
Swordfight Attack smallStrike.png
A small strike (2x4)
Swordfight Pattern smallStrike Skulldagger.png
Swordfight Attack smallDual.png
A small dual strike (2x4 + 2x4)
Swordfight Pattern smallDual Skulldagger.png
Swordfight Attack mediumSprinkle.png
A medium sprinkle attack
Swordfight Pattern mediumSprinkle Skulldagger.png
Swordfight Attack mediumStrike.png
A medium strike (2x6)
Swordfight Pattern mediumStrike Skulldagger.png
Swordfight Attack mediumDual.png
A medium dual strike (2x6 + 2x6)
Swordfight Pattern mediumDual Skulldagger.png
Swordfight Attack bigSprinkle.png
A massive sprinkle attack
Swordfight Pattern bigSprinkle Skulldagger.png
Swordfight Attack bigStrike.png
A massive strike (2x12)
Swordfight Pattern bigStrike Skulldagger.png
Swordfight Attack bigDual.png
A massive dual strike (2x12 + 2x12)
Swordfight Pattern bigDual Skulldagger.png
Sword Damage

Note: Greatly varies based on board state

Single sword (small)

Swordfight Damage Small Strike.pngSwordfight Pattern Damage smallStrike Skulldagger.png

Middle Duals (small)

Swordfight Damage Small Middle.pngSwordfight Pattern Damage smallMiddle Skulldagger.png

Corner Duals (small)

Swordfight Damage Small Corner.pngSwordfight Pattern Damage smallCorner Skulldagger.png

Single sword (big)

Swordfight Damage Strike.pngSwordfight Pattern Damage Strike Skulldagger.png

Middle Duals (big)

Swordfight Damage Middle.pngSwordfight Pattern Damage Middle Skulldagger.png

Corner Duals (big)

Swordfight Damage Corner.pngSwordfight Pattern Damage Corner Skulldagger.png


Recipe

Historical notes

The current drop pattern of the skull dagger used to belong to the scimitar, and vice versa. The drop pattern swap happened in release 2005-02-11.

Sword Swords
Battle axe | Backsword | Cleaver | Corsair blade | Cutlass | Dadao | Dirk | Falchion | Foil | Katana | Long sword

Poniard | Rapier | Saber | Sanguine Blade | Scimitar | Short sword | Skull dagger | Spectral sword | Stick | Stiletto | Trident

See also: Swordfighting | Drop pattern | Brawl