diff --git a/OpenTESArena/src/Items/ArenaItemUtils.h b/OpenTESArena/src/Items/ArenaItemUtils.h
index 67c908e8b..7a7e6061b 100644
--- a/OpenTESArena/src/Items/ArenaItemUtils.h
+++ b/OpenTESArena/src/Items/ArenaItemUtils.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ namespace ArenaItemUtils
 	// Converts Arena weight units to kilograms.
 	constexpr double KilogramsDivisor = 256.0;
 
+	constexpr int FistsWeaponID = -1;
 	constexpr int RangedWeaponIDs[] = { 16, 17 };
 }
 
diff --git a/OpenTESArena/src/Player/Player.cpp b/OpenTESArena/src/Player/Player.cpp
index 2b86b1c01..64457053e 100644
--- a/OpenTESArena/src/Player/Player.cpp
+++ b/OpenTESArena/src/Player/Player.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "../Game/Game.h"
 #include "../Game/GameState.h"
 #include "../Game/Options.h"
+#include "../Items/ArenaItemUtils.h"
 #include "../Items/ItemLibrary.h"
 #include "../Math/Constants.h"
 #include "../Math/Quaternion.h"
@@ -126,8 +127,7 @@ namespace
 			weapons.set(i, charClassDef.getAllowedWeapon(i));
 		}
 
-		// Fists.
-		weapons.set(allowedWeaponCount, -1);
+		weapons.set(allowedWeaponCount, ArenaItemUtils::FistsWeaponID);
 
 		const int randIndex = random.next(weapons.getCount());
 		return weapons.get(randIndex);