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Fist weapons

Every item of this type that can have properties, and the passives that work with it. All item bases: Item bases.

Fists include both unarmed attacks and fist weapons such as claws. Fist bonuses apply to both; unarmed bonuses apply only without a weapon.

Items (6)

Name Stats Crafted at Item level
Paws of the Bear Slash 25 Workbench Black Forest
Flesh Rippers Slash 60 Forge Mountain
Vilebone Maulclaws Slash 20, Pierce 60 Forge Plains
Frostfire Knucklechains Blunt 80, Fire 12, Frost 88 Black Forge Deep North
Nord Knucklechains Blunt 114 Black Forge Deep North
Thunderblood Knucklechains Blunt 122, Lightning 45 Black Forge Deep North

Passives

Nodes of this weapon's branches in the passive tree, and nodes and mastery options whose bonuses name this weapon.

Keystones (2)

Name Effect
Fists for Tools Your fists chop trees and break ore
+1 fist tool tier
Giant's Blow +1 unarmed damage per 10 points of "Strength"
×0.8 fist attack speed

Notables (10)

Name Effect
Bare Bones 30% increased fist critical strike chance
+20% fist critical strike damage
Brawler's Breath 10% reduced fist stamina cost
Fenring's Claw 30% increased fist critical strike chance
+20% fist critical strike damage
Fist's Seal 40% increased stagger build-up with fists
Hands Without Steel 5% increased fist attack speed
10% reduced fist stamina cost
Hunter's Knuckles 30% increased fist critical strike chance
Knuckle Dance 5% increased fist attack speed
40% increased stagger build-up with fists
Stout Fist 30% increased fist critical strike chance
20% increased unarmed damage
Troll's Fist 20% increased fist damage
40% increased stagger build-up with fists
+15 Strength
Wolf's Grasp 30% increased fist critical strike chance
30% increased fist sneak attack damage

Masteries (2)

Option Effect
Dash Punch Fist attacks dash towards the aimed target within 7 m
Without an aimed target, fist attacks step 2 m forward
Fist and unarmed attacks dash towards the aimed target, stopping at striking range when the hit is released. Obstacles stop the dash; area modifiers do not increase its range.
Phantom Fist +100% Phantom strike chance with fists with charged attacks

Small passives

Stat Nodes
12% increased fist critical strike chance 9
4% reduced fist stamina cost 6
2% increased fist attack speed 5
16% increased stagger build-up with fists 2
8% increased fist damage 2
8% increased unarmed damage 1

Referenced by

Items

Mods (4)

Mod Type Rolls on From (item level)
#% reduced damage taken while using fists Suffix must be armour, evasion-based and rune-shield-based Meadows (1)
#% reduced damage taken while using fists Suffix must be shield, evasion-based and rune-shield-based Meadows (1)
#% reduced damage taken while using fists at low life Suffix must be armour, evasion-based and rune-shield-based Meadows (1)
#% reduced damage taken while using fists at low life Suffix must be shield, evasion-based and rune-shield-based Meadows (1)

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Patch history

Patch Change
Patch 5.3.4 Fist → Fists weapons → include and → both unarmed attacks share → and fist bonuses → weapons such as claws. Unarmed → Fist bonuses require → apply empty → to hands → both; unarmed attacks → bonuses count → apply as dual-wield → only without a shield and one-handed with a shield → weapon.

Data from Path of Valheiman 5.3.6, extracted 2026-10-27.