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By Jeff Nabors

Published on February 19, 2023, Last modified on June 2nd, 2023

Have some extra cash burning a hole in your pocket? Adamantine weapons produce ultra-hard, stylish weapons that can help when you need to break down a door.

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What are Adamantine Weapons?

Adamantine weapons are created from their namesake metallic composition. This jet-black ultrahard metal is incredibly rare and incredibly durable. While no true magical weapons exist specifically with this metal in mind, it’s something that does exist within the D&D universe.

What Does Adamantine Weapon do?

As we said before, there really aren’t any actual items with stats within 5e. According to Xanathar’s Guide to Everything, these weapons are “unusually effective when used to break objects. Whenever an adamantine weapon or ammunition hits an object, the hit is a critical.”

Aside from that, the only other information we’re given is that these weapons typically cost 500gp more than the traditional version, including ammunition.

Is the Adamantine Weapon a Good Magic Item?

On paper, these items seem pretty underwhelming. If you or your team aren’t hitting inanimate objects often, then there isn’t much reason to keep an eye out for these in the wild. However, if you can lay out some ground rules to what an “object” is defined by, you may be able to use this as a way to destroy shields and weapons. But this still requires input from your Dungeon Master.

Outside of that, these weapons can find some use in edge cases where things need to be destroyed, but it isn’t a priority for most adventurers.

What Builds Want an Adamantine Weapon?

Since these weapons only affect inanimate objects, there really aren’t any builds that need these weapons. If you can talk to your DM about the properties of Adamantine, there is some merit in a duelist build that can break weapons and armor, but it still falls under their discretion.

Adamantine Weapon Price

According to the text in Xanathar’s Guide To Everything, all adamantine weapons and ammunition are a flat 500 gold in addition to the price of the normal weapon.

Adamantine Weapons 5e FAQs

Are Adamantine Weapons magical?

No. These items aren’t inherently magical, even though Adamantine Armor is considered a magical item.

What Do Adamantine Weapons Do?

These items can automatically crit when attacking objects. There isn’t anything else these weapons do.

Is Adamantine indestructible?

In most cases, adamantine is virtually indestructible.

Jeff Nabors

Jeff Nabors has been playing D&D ever since he stumbled upon the 3.5E core books in his high school library. When he isn’t running a campaign or designing a game, you can find him on Twitch, writing about game design, or staring off into the endless abyss.

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