Melee Weapon

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.

Icon	Weapon	Damage	Range	Attack Rate	Resale Value	Upgrade Cost
	Bone	17 (non-lethal)	Medium	Fast	$1	N/A
	Little Hammer	29	Short	Average	$2	N/A
	Pickaxe	29	Medium	Average	$6	30
	The Golden Driller Deluxe	63	Medium	Fast	$62	N/A
	Pitchfork	29	Long	Slow	$1	N/A
	Shovel	29 (non-lethal)	Long	Average	$3	30
	The Golden Digger Max	63 (non-lethal)	Long	Fast	$62	N/A