Melee weapons consist of various types of knives, blades, blunt weapons, and tools. Like Ranged Weapons, they have five different rarities: normal (1 star), copper (2 stars), silver (3 stars), gold (4 stars), and legendary (5 stars); and can be upgraded using copper, silver, and gold nuggets. Legendary weapons cannot be upgraded from gold weapons, and need to be bought from stores, looted from silver chests (low chance), or found in Treasure Hunt quests (low chance). Melee weapons are silent and allow the Protagonist to perform one-hit kill or knock-out on unaware enemies, depending on whether the weapons are lethal or non-lethal.
Melee Weapons[]
Warclubs can stun enemies, and are also non-lethal weapons.
Icon
Weapon
Damage
Range
Attack Rate
Resale Value
Upgrade Cost
Cleaver
40
Short
Slow
$2
2
Copper Cleaver
46
Short
Slow
$10
7
Silver Cleaver
52
Short
Slow
$22
10
Gold Cleaver
59
Short
Slow
$60
N/A
Knife
21
Short
Fast
$2
2
Copper Knife
26
Short
Fast
$10
7
Silver Knife
33
Short
Fast
$22
10
Gold Knife
41
Short
Fast
$60
N/A
Legendary Knife
51
Short
Fast
$120
N/A
Machete
35
Medium
Average
$2
2
Copper Machete
40
Medium
Average
$10
7
Silver Machete
47
Medium
Average
$22
10
Gold Machete
55
Medium
Average
$60
N/A
Legendary Machete
63
Medium
Average
$120
N/A
Initiate's Knife
26
Medium
Fast
$6
2
Copper Initiate's Knife
32
Medium
Fast
$25
7
Silver Initiate's Knife
38
Medium
Fast
$56
10
Gold Initiate's Knife
46
Medium
Fast
$150
N/A
Warclub
25 (non-lethal)
Long
Fast
$2
2
Copper Warclub
34 (non-lethal)
Long
Fast
$10
7
Silver Warclub
40 (non-lethal)
Long
Fast
$22
10
Gold Warclub
48 (non-lethal)
Long
Fast
$60
N/A
Improvised Weapons[]
Certain tools and junk items can be used as improvised weapons. Although they don't deal much damage, some of them can stun enemies and are non-lethal weapons. Shovels and Pickaxes can be upgraded to gold rarity with a cost of 30 gold nuggets apiece, and actually have much higher damage than the gold equivalent of other melee weapons. The gold shovel, in particular, is great for a non-lethal playthrough due to its high damage, long reach, and fast attack speed.