Your First Steel-Tip Darts Setup: Equipment Checklist

Use this checklist once you know you want to play steel-tip darts at home. For help choosing the barrels themselves, start with the beginner darts guide.

Essential equipment

• Bristle dartboard: choose a board suitable for steel tips and check the supplied bracket and mounting instructions.
• Secure mounting and playing space: check the wall, floor and clearance around the throwing area. Keep the route between player and board clear.
• Three matching darts: check the listing for the included flights, shafts and points.
• Visible throw line: measure from the face of the board, not the wall behind it. Follow the dartboard setup guide.
• A way to keep score: a score sheet or suitable scoring app is enough to start. Use our 501 scoring, busts and double-out guide to learn how a standard leg works.

Useful from the first day

• A surround to protect the wall around the board; confirm board fit and wall coverage.
• Lighting that makes all scoring areas easy to see without obstructing the board.
• Matching spare flights and shafts for the system supplied with your darts.
• A case to protect darts and small parts when you put them away or travel.

Upgrades that can wait

An automatic scoring system, specialist points and several different flight systems are optional. Start with a reliable basic setup, then buy an upgrade to solve something you have actually noticed.

Compatibility checks before checkout

• Confirm steel-tip darts are suitable for the board you selected.
• Check that the surround and light fit the board and leave enough clearance.
• Match replacement shafts and flights to the existing system.
• Check the barrel's point system before ordering replacement points.
• For automatic scoring, check the product's board, lighting, device, internet and app requirements separately.

Plan the delivered cost

Check what the dartboard and dart set include before adding duplicate parts. Dartboards and heavier items have shipping calculated separately at checkout. Use the shipping policy when comparing a complete basket.

Browse dartboards and steel-tip darts, or contact us with your available space and budget.