Weapon

A weapon is an item that deals damage. Weapons are always equipped to the character's right hand unless they require both hands, such as bows or staves. If you have an item equipped to your left hand and then equip a 2-handed weapon, you will no longer gain the benefit of that item. Depending on the weapon's details, it can be either melee or ranged, and deal different types of damage.

Generally speaking, weapons and items are of comparable strength to the area they are found in, if you find your current weapon isn't dealing enough damage you should consider travelling to higher-level areas.