In this game, you will need to build your own colony and also defend it from the attacks of your enemies. You will have various colonists to defend against their attacks, and you can use many types of weapons in your battles. The weapon system in this game is quite complex, as you can craft and change your weapons based on your preferences. Some weapons will become stronger when you use certain materials to craft them. Melee weapons are the type of weapons you will often find in this game. These weapons can inflict various types of direct damage to your enemies, which can also be useful to kill various types of enemies, such as armoured enemies, mechanoids, unarmored enemies, and more. Here are the 20 best melee weapons you can use in RimWorld:
Mace
Mace is a melee weapon you can use in RimWorld to inflict blunt damage to your enemies.
With this weapon, you can inflict higher damage to armoured enemies. It doesn’t cause you to spill any blood except if you attack your enemies until you destroy their body parts. It has a market value of 117.
Weapon Details:
You can craft this weapon at Electric Smithy and Fueled Smithy. You need to complete the Smithing research before you can craft this weapon. It needs 10,000 ticks to complete the crafting process. It requires 50 wooden or metallic materials to craft. You can make the strongest mace when you use Uranium as the primary material.
Monosword
Monosword is a powerful long sword you can use as a melee weapon in this game.
This sword allows you to inflict heavy damage on your enemies. However, it is available only as DLC, meaning you can’t find it in the main game. This weapon has 2 kg of mass and 2,000 market value.
Weapon Details:
It can inflict three types of damage, such as blunt, stab, and cut damage. You can purchase this sword at various merchants throughout the game only if you have Royalty DLC installed. It is effective to use for armoured enemies, and it has a short cooldown period. It can cause bleeding for armoured enemies when you attack them. This weapon doesn’t inflict any status effect, but it can inflict high piercing damage.
Beer
In this game, you can use Beer as a consumable item that will act as a beverage to boost the mood of your characters.
However, other than that, you can also use Beer as a melee weapon to attack the enemies. It will cause blunt damage to them with small to medium HP reduction. It has 12 market values.
Weapon Details:
The over-consumption of Beer in this game will lead to addiction, which is counterproductive to its primary effect to boost mood. You can use it as a melee weapon that can cause Blunt damage with a 9 damage amount. It also has a 120 melee cooldown period. It is flammable with 1 Flammability point, so sometimes it can ignite a fire when the conditions are right. Too much consumption of this item can lead to drunkenness and hangover for your colonists.
Axe
You can use Axe as the melee weapon in RimWorld, which can deal sharp damage to your enemies.
This weapon is only available if you have Royalty DLC installed for this game. It has 120 market value with a mass of 1.5 kg.
Weapon Details:
It can deliver poke and cut attacks to your enemies. You can purchase this weapon from war merchants and combat suppliers in this game. You can also craft this weapon as long as you have the Royalty DLC installed for this game. It is not quite good for armour-type enemies, although it can still inflict about 20% damage for them. To craft this weapon, you need 50 building materials and 7,000 ticks waiting period.
Gladius
As a short sword with an ancient design, Gladius is a melee weapon that can deal sharp damage to your enemies.
It is a weapon that can inflict moderate damage, and it also has a moderate cooldown period. You can get this sword by purchasing it from outlanders and orbital combat suppliers.
Weapon Details:
To craft this weapon, you need to complete the Smithing research and have Crafting Skill 3. It has a market value of 136, and it can deliver poke, stab, and cut attacks. The best version of Gladius you can use is Steel Gladius as it has the most power and can inflict the highest damage. You need 50 metallic or wooden materials to craft this weapon and 12,000 ticks waiting time. It can cause bleeding for your enemies, but it is not good for armour-type enemies.
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Ikwa
Ikwa is a weapon that resembles a spear, but it doesn’t has a long handle.
So, you only use the tip of the spear to attack your enemies. When used as a melee weapon in this game, you can deal heavy stab damage on your enemies. It has a market value of 113.
Weapon Details:
You can craft this weapon using 60 metallic and wooden materials and 5,000 ticks waiting time. You can deal poke, blunt, stab, and cut damage with this weapon. The best version of Ikwa to use is Steel Ikwa, as it can deliver more damage to your enemies. It is not too good for armoured enemies, but it can deal heavy damage for regular enemies. This weapon belongs to the Neolithic Class category.
Plasmasword
Plasmasword is a sword with a plasma core, which you can use to deal medium damage to your enemies.
Also, it has the effect of causing fire for your enemies when you use it as a melee weapon. It has a medium armour penetration point, which can be excellent to use against armoured enemies. The market value of this weapon is 2,000.
Weapon Details:
You can buy this weapon from war merchants and combat suppliers. You can create fire on your enemies when you use this weapon, preventing them to fight you back. This weapon can deal sharp damage, and it has a medium cooldown period. You can deliver blunt, stab, and cut damage with this weapon. It is only available with the Royalty DLC.
Longsword
Longsword is a medieval weapon wielded by the kings of the past.
In this game, you can use this melee weapon as a tool to inflict heavy damage on your enemies. However, with the heavy sharp damage, it can inflict, it also has a long cooldown period. This weapon has a market value of 255.
Weapon Details:
You need 100 metallic or wooden materials to craft this weapon, and it needs 22,000 ticks of the waiting period. This weapon is available for purchase from orbital combat suppliers and outlanders. It is not effective to use against armoured enemy types. It has the damage capability better than Mace, the most powerful blunt weapon in this game. You can deliver poke, stab, and cut damage with this weapon.
Bionic Arm
Compared to fists or empty-handed fighting, using the Bionic Arm can help you kill any enemy faster.
This is a melee weapon you can use in this game, which can inflict blunt damage to your opponents. It has 2 seconds of cooldown period after you punch your opponent with it. The market value for this weapon is 1,030.
Weapon Details:
This is an advanced replacement for your arm, and it has uses other than as a melee weapon. With Bionic Arm, you can improve the colonist’s Manipulation level. Some characters can also get a mood boost when they install it on their body. The best characters to install this weapon on are those working on Medicine and Crafting. You can increase the damage when you punch your enemies with the Bionic Arm installed.
Elephant Tusk
This melee weapon is a tusk you can get from a dead elephant.
This weapon can deliver deadly attacks to your opponents. However, it might be difficult to wield. You can get this weapon by killing an elephant, and you can sell the tusk or use it as a melee weapon. It has a market value of 80.
Weapon Details:
You can deliver stab, scratch, and blunt damage with this melee weapon. This weapon is durable, and it can inflict medium damage to your opponents. You can sell it to various exotic goods traders in this game. It is better to use against unarmored and Flak opponents. It is ineffective against opponents that use weapons like Longsword or Thrumbo Horn.
Club
Club belongs to the Neolithic class melee weapon, and it has the form of a baseball bat, but with spikes at the top. With this weapon, you can inflict blunt damage to your enemies, which can be excellent to penetrate armoured opponents. It has a market value of 80.
Weapon Details:
You can craft this weapon at any Smithing place without the need to complete Smithing research. You will need 40 wooden, metallic, or stony materials and also 500 ticks waiting period to complete the crafting process. Also, you can perform poke and blunt attacks with this melee weapon. The best version of Club is the Uranium Club, which has the strongest damage capability. It is available for purchase at war merchants and combat suppliers in this game.
Knife
Knife is a simple Neolithic class melee weapon you can use in this game. With its small design, you can attack your opponents fast and deal sharp damage to them. However, it is not a good melee weapon to use against armoured opponents. The knife has a market value of 63.
Weapon Details:
You can craft this weapon using 40 wooden or metallic materials and 4,000 ticks waiting period. It is available in most outlanders and orbital combat suppliers. You can perform blunt, cut, and stab attacks with this weapon. The best version of this weapon is Plasteel Knife, which can deliver the heaviest damage to your opponents. When compared to the short sword like Gladius, Plasteel Knife can be better in penetrating the armour-type opponents.
Jade Knife
You can get Jade Knife upon following the Lost Tribe scenario in RimWorld. It falls within the category of unique weapons in this game. Jade Knife is a knife made from jade as its primary material, and you can use it to inflict blunt damage type to your opponents. It has a market value of 159.
Weapon Details:
You can only get this weapon when following a specific scenario in this game, and you cannot purchase or craft it. You can perform blunt, cut, and stab attacks with this melee weapon. As a melee weapon, the handle part can inflict the most damage to your opponent. It falls to the Neolithic class weapon category. It is not effective against armour-type opponents as it has a 0% armour penetration rate.
Eltex Staff
Eltex Staff is not just a regular staff. It is a staff with the ultra-tech capable of increasing the wielder’s psychic sensitivity. However, you can also use it as a melee weapon, which can deal blunt damage to your opponent. This staff is available only via the DLC. You can get it from the combat suppliers or war merchants once you’ve installed the DLC.
Weapon Details:
You can only buy this stuff as it is not available to craft. It has a market value of 2,000 and a mass of 1.2 kg. You can increase the psychic sensitivity of your character and improve their psychic entropy recovery rate. To get the full benefit of this staff, your character should have the Psycasts ability. As a melee weapon, it can only deal low to medium damage to your opponents.
Spear
With Spear, you can deal heavy damage to your opponents, which makes it an excellent melee weapon to wield in your battle. It inflicts sharp damage type, and it can perform blunt, poke, and stab attacks. However, like many weapons that deal heavy damage in this game, Spear also has a long cooldown period.
Weapon Details:
You can cause bleeding on your opponents when you use this melee weapon. Spear is not good to use against opponents wearing armour because it has low armour penetration. You can purchase this melee weapon from combat suppliers and war merchants in RimWorld. You need to complete the Long Blades research before you can craft Spear and use it in battle. Plasteel Spear is the best version of Spear you can use to inflict the heaviest damage on your opponents.
Zeushammer
Zeushammer is a unique type of hammer you can use in this game. It is available only when you have the DLC for this game. You can inflict blunt damage and also produce EMP when hitting your opponents using this hammer. The blunt damage can be effective to penetrate your opponent’s armour.
Weapon Details:
Once you have the DLC installed, you can purchase this hammer from war merchants or combat suppliers in this game. With the EMP blast, you can kill mechanoid opponents fast with this hammer. It has 2,000 market value with 1.2 kg of mass. You can perform poke and blunt attacks with Zeushammer. It belongs to the Ultra Class weapon category and is one of the unique weapons you can find in RimWorld.
Warhammer
You can use Warhammer as the melee weapon in this game, which can inflict heavy blunt damage to your opponents. However, this weapon is only available with the Royalty DLC. It is a perfect tool to crush the opponents wearing armour and also those using sharp weapons. With the crushing damage, it doesn’t make the enemies bleed unless you destroy their body parts.
Weapon Details:
It is a medieval class weapon with a market value of 350. It has a long cooldown period as compensation for its capability to deal heavy blunt damage. You can craft this weapon once you installed the Royalty DLC, and you need to wait for 18,000 ticks to complete the crafting process. It can perform poke and blunt attacks which can penetrate your opponent’s armour. Uranium can give you the best performance for this melee weapon.
Thrumbo Horn
As a melee weapon, Thrumbo Horn is efficient enough to kill your opponents. You can use it to inflict sharp damage type to your opponents. Also, you can sell it for some value at Exotic Goods Traders. You can get this weapon from Thrumbo after you butcher it. The market value for this weapon is 800.
Weapon Details:
It is a large and heavy melee weapon that can perform poke, stab, and cut attacks. It is effective both for unarmored and armoured opponents. In the low-technology weapon category, Thrumbo Horn is one of the strongest melee weapons you can pick. It has the power that is equal or at least similar to Steel Longsword. Besides the Elephant Tusk, this is the melee weapon you can pick from the animal you’ve killed in this game.
Plasteel Gladius
Plasteel Gladius is a Gladius short sword made with plasteel, which is the strongest material in RimWorld. Plasteel Gladius fares better than the other Gladius swords you can have in your battle. With this sword, you can deal more damage to your enemies when compared to the regular Gladius and also other types of Gladius short swords.
Weapon Details:
You can use this Plasteel Gladius to inflict Sharp damage type to your opponents. It is effective against various types of opponents, including armoured and unarmored. It is the strongest Gladius sword you can craft in this game. Its lightweight and small design can often outperform opponents with long swords. You can craft this short sword using plasteel as its primary material, and you will need to wait for 12,000 ticks for the crafting to complete.
Uranium Club
Uranium Club is a club made with Uranium as its basic material. It is the most powerful Club you can use as a melee weapon in this game. This weapon gives you lots of advantages when compared to the Club made with other materials like wood or stone. It will help you deal with your opponents fast.
Weapon Details:
This weapon is very effective against various types of opponents, including armour type and unarmored type. It is the strongest type of Club you can use as a melee weapon. It belongs to the Neolithic class weapon category, and it can deliver Blunt damage type. You can perform poke and blunt attacks with this club. It has a market value of 250.
Conclusion
These are the best melee weapons you can use when playing RimWorld. In RimWorld, melee weapons will inflict various types of damage to your enemies, such as blunt, cut, stab, and many more. Some melee weapons can also penetrate armour-type enemies and make them bleed. As one weapon is stronger than the other, you need to have an excellent strategy in choosing the one to use in each battle. For instance, for mechanoids, it is better for you to use Zeushammer to inflict more damage to them. You can also craft the weapons using various materials to give them different strengths and powers.
