Melee
"Melee is your accuracy in close-quarter combat. Your damage output comes mostly from your weapon." - In-game tooltip
Melee is one of the three main combat styles. It is required to wield most melee weapons and determines the player's accuracy with them. Boosts to the "Melee Stat" increase accuracy further, boosts to "Melee Attack" increase damage and boosts to "Melee Defense" reduce damage taken from melee attacks. Boosts can be obtained through various means including potions, karma skills, and equipment.
Experience
By default, for every point of damage dealt, the player will receive 3 xp divided between Health, Defense, and the combat skill used to deal the damage (1 xp each). This can be configured by pressing the "Edit Combat Xp Allocation" button located at the top of the skills menu to customize how the xp is divided.
Weapons
Most Weapons can be obtained through the Smithing Skill, however a can only be obtained through drops (only unique weapons listed) and some (mainly tools) can be bought from shops. (Note: Unarmed attacks are considered melee and are affected by stat boosts. They have 1 base damage and a speed stat of 5.)
| Name | Level Req. | Stats |
|---|---|---|
| Tin Dagger | 1 | Damage: 1-2
Speed: 5 Melee Stat: 4 Melee Attack: 2 |
| Tin Sword | 1 | Damage: 1-3
Speed: 6 Melee Stat: 4 Melee Attack: 3 |
| Copper Dagger | 5 | Damage:1-3
Speed: 5 Melee Stat: 6 Melee Attack: 3 |
| Copper Sword | 5 | Damage: 1-4
Speed: 6 Melee Stat: 7 Melee Attack: 6 |
| Tin Sledge1 | 7 | Damage: 1-3
Speed: 6 Melee Stat: 4 Melee Attack: 3 |
| Bronze Dagger | 10 | Damage: 1-4
Speed: 5 Melee Stat: 8 Melee Attack: 4 |
| Bronze Sword | 10 | Damage: 2-5
Speed: 6 Melee Stat: 10 Melee Attack: 9 |
| Bronze Flail | 10 | Damage: 2-5
Speed: 8 Melee Stat: 11 Karma Stat: 3 Melee Attack: 10 |
| Copper Sledge1 | 11 | Damage: 1-5
Speed: 9 Melee Stat: 9 Melee Attack: 12 |
| Bronze Sledge1 | 16 | Damage: 2-6
Speed: 9 Melee Stat: 12 Melee Attack: 16 |
| Gunmetal Dagger | 20 | Damage: 1-5
Speed: 4 Melee Stat: 12 Melee Attack: 6 |
| Gunmetal Sword | 20 | Damage: 2-6
Speed: 6 Melee Stat: 15 Melee Attack: 14 |
| Gunmetal Flail | 20 | Damage: 2-6
Speed: 8 Melee Stat: 16 Karma Stat: 5 Melee Attack: 15 |
| Gunmetal Sledge1 | 26 | Damage: 2-7
Speed: 9 Melee Stat: 18 Melee Attack: 24 |
| Iron Dagger | 30 | Damage: 2-5
Speed: 4 Melee Stat: 16 Melee Attack: 8 |
| Iron Sword | 30 | Damage: 3-7
Speed: 6 Melee Stat: 20 Melee Attack: 19 |
| Iron Flail | 30 | Damage: 3-7
Speed: 8 Melee Stat: 21 Karma Stat: 7 Melee Attack: 20 |
| Iron Sledge1 | 36 | Damage: 3-8
Speed: 9 Melee Stat: 24 Melee Attack: 32 |
| Steel Dagger | 40 | Damage: 2-6
Speed: 4 Melee Stat: 20 Melee Attack:10 |
| Steel Sword | 40 | Damage: 3-8
Speed: 6 Melee Stat: 25 Melee Attack: 24 |
| Steel Flail | 40 | Damage: 3-8
Speed: 8 Melee Stat: 26 Karma Stat: 9 Melee Attack: 25 |
| Snake Fang Dagger | 45 | Element: Earth
Damage: 2-7 Speed: 4 Melee Stat: 22 Melee Attack: 11 Earth Defense: 5 |
| Steel Sledge1 | 49 | Damage: 3-9
Speed: 9 Melee Stat: 30 Melee Attack: 40 |
| Cobalt Dagger | 60 | Damage: 3-8
Speed: 4 Melee Stat: 28 Melee Attack: 14 |
| Cobalt Sword | 60 | Damage: 4-10
Speed: 6 Melee Stat: 35 Melee Attack: 34 |
| Cobalt Flail | 60 | Damage: 4-10
Speed: 8 Melee Stat: 36 Karma Stat: 13 Melee Attack: 35 |
| Cobalt Sledge1 | 66 | Damage: 4-11
Speed: 9 Melee Stat: 42 Melee Attack: 56 |
1. Sledges are 2-handed. The rest are 1-handed.
| Name | Level Req. | Stats | 2-Handed | Dropped by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brute Sabre | 15 | Damage: 2-6
Speed: 9 Melee Stat: 14 Melee Attack: 14 |
yes | Raider Brute |
| Boat Motor1 | 55 | Damage: 4-9
Speed: 7 Melee Stat: 38 Melee Attack: 48 |
yes | Scrapclaw |
| Cleavers | 65 | Damage: 1-7
Speed: 5 Melee Stat: 28 Melee Attack: 21 |
yes | Chainface |
| Name | Level Req. | Stats | Bought from | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tin Pickaxe | 1 Mining | Damage: 1-2
Speed: 6 Melee Attack: 1 |
Wallace (New Willimsburg) | 25 |
| Copper Pickaxe | 5 Mining | Damage: 2-4
Speed: 6 Melee Attack: 2 |
Goldie (Frontier) | 150 |
| Iron Pickaxe | 20 Mining | Damage: 3-5
Speed: 6 Melee Attack: 3 |
Goldie (Frontier) | 1500 |
| Tin Axe | none | Damage: 1-4
Speed: 8 Melee Stat: 3 Melee Attack: 4 |
Wallace (New Williamsburg) | 35 |
| Copper Axe | 5 Melee | Damage: 1-4
Speed: 8 Melee Stat: 6 Melee Attack: 7 |
Jack (Frontier) | 80 |
| Iron Axe | 30 Melee | Damage: 2-7
Speed: 8 Melee Stat: 19 Melee Attack: 20 |
Jack (Frontier) | 400 |
| Knife | none | Damage: 1-2
Speed: 6 Melee Stat: Melee Attack: |
Wallace (New Williamsburg) | 25 |
| Hammer | none | Damage: 1-2
Speed: 7 |
Wallace (New Williamsburg) | 30 |
| Fishing Trap1 | none | Damage: 1-2
Speed: 8 |
Wallace (New Williamsburg) | 50 |
| Fishing Rod1 | none | Damage: 1-2
Speed: 8 |
Wallace (New Williamsburg) | 20 |
1 Indicates 2-handed weapon.