Melee Damage

Your weapon attacks deal x additional damage (depending on your weapon's Melee Damage scaling).

There is no limit to this stat. If it is negative, your melee attacks deal -x less scaled damage, down to a minimum of 1 damage per hit.

Melee damage rounds down. So if you have 1 melee damage on your knife which has a scaling of 80%. The +0.80 damage is rounded down and there is no increase. However if you have -1 melee damage, the -0.80 is rounded down to -1.

All melee weapons scale with melee damage to some degree except the Spiky Shield which scales with armor. In addition, the Shuriken is a ranged weapon, but scales with melee damage.

Items

Positive

These items increase your Melee Damage.

Due to Item Tags, the Character(s) Brawler, Crazy, Diver, Generalist, Gladiator, Glutton, Ogre have a higher chance to find these items in the Shop.

Name	Rarity	Effects	Base Price	Limit	Unlocked By	Tags
Alloy	Tier 3	+3 Melee Damage +3 Ranged Damage +3 Elemental Damage +3 Engineering +5 % Crit Chance -6 % Dodge	80			Melee Damage, Ranged Damage, Engineering, Crit Chance, Elemental Damage
Big Arms	Tier 4	+12 Melee Damage +6 Ranged Damage +3 Knockback -3 % Attack Speed -3 % Speed	105		Win a run with Generalist	Melee Damage, Ranged Damage, Knockback
Black Belt	Tier 2	+25 % XP Gain +3 Melee Damage +3 Knockback -8 Luck	50			Melee Damage, XP Gain, Knockback
Boxing Glove	Tier 1	+1 Melee Damage +3 Knockback	18			Melee Damage, Knockback
Charcoal	Tier 1	+1 Elemental Damage +2 Melee Damage -2 Harvesting	20			Elemental Damage, Melee Damage
Claw Tree	Tier 1	+1 Melee Damage +3 % Crit Chance -1 Max HP	20			Melee Damage, Crit Chance
Defective Steroids	Tier 1	+2 Max HP +2 Melee Damage -3 % Attack Speed	20			Max HP, Melee Damage
Gnome	Tier 4	+10 Melee Damage +10 Elemental Damage -20 Range -20% pickup range	100		Win a run with Bull	Melee Damage, Elemental Damage
Goat Skull	Tier 1	+3 Melee Damage -2 % Crit Chance	25			Melee Damage
Handcuffs	Tier 3	+8 Melee Damage +8 Ranged Damage +8 Elemental Damage Your Max HP is capped at its current value	80	1		Melee Damage, Ranged Damage, Elemental Damage
Hedgehog	Tier 1	+2 Melee Damage +1 Ranged Damage -1 HP Regeneration	30			Melee Damage, Ranged Damage
Little Muscley Dude	Tier 2	+3 Melee Damage +5 Max HP -15 Range	50			Melee Damage, Max HP
Mammoth	Tier 4	+20 Melee Damage +5 HP Regeneration +5 Knockback -8 % Damage -3 % Speed	110			Melee Damage, HP Regeneration, Knockback
Mastery	Tier 2	+6 Melee Damage -3 Ranged Damage	55			Melee Damage
Robot Arm	Tier 4	+3 Melee Damage at the end of a wave +3 Engineering at the end of a wave -1 Max HP at the end of a wave	100		Win a run with Engineer	Melee Damage, Engineering
Riposte	Tier 2	+2 Melee Damage 100% chance to deal 1 (300%) damage to an enemy when dodging their attack	40			Dodge, Melee Damage
Saltwater(DLC)	Tier 2	+2 Melee Damage +3 % Attack Speed +10 % Speed for 3 seconds when you take damage -1 Elemental Damage	50	1		Melee Damage, Attack Speed, Speed
Scarf(DLC)	Tier 3	+4 HP Regeneration +4 Melee Damage +4 % Speed +25 % Enemy Speed during the next wave	80		Win a run with Hiker	HP Regeneration, Melee Damage, Speed
Wheat	Tier 3	+4 Melee Damage +2 Ranged Damage +10 Harvesting -2 Elemental Damage	85		Win a run with Farmer	Melee Damage, Ranged Damage, Harvesting

Negative

These items decrease your Melee Damage.

Name	Rarity	Effects	Base Price	Unlocked By	Tags
Cape	Tier 4	+5 % Life Steal +20 % Dodge -2 Melee Damage -2 Ranged Damage -2 Elemental Damage	110		Life Steal, Dodge
Fertilizer	Tier 1	+8 Harvesting -1 Melee Damage	15		Harvesting
Fuel Tank	Tier 2	+4 Elemental Damage -1 Melee Damage -1 Ranged Damage	45		Elemental Damage
Lucky Charm	Tier 3	+30 Luck -2 Melee Damage -1 Ranged Damage	75	Win a run with Lucky	Luck
Peaceful Bee	Tier 1	+4 % Dodge +4 Harvesting -1 Melee Damage -1 Ranged Damage	18		Dodge, Harvesting
Shmoop	Tier 3	+6 Max HP +2 HP Regeneration -2 Melee Damage -1 Ranged Damage	60		Max HP, HP Regeneration

Mechanics

These Items uses your Melee damage Stat to deal damage.

Name	Rarity	Effects	Base Price	Limit	Unlocked By	Tags
Rip and Tear	Tier 3	Enemies have a 20% chance to explode for 10 (+50%) damage when they die -5 % Crit Chance	65	5	Win a run with Loud	Melee Damage, Explosive
Riposte	Tier 2	+2 Melee Damage 100% chance to deal 1 (300%) damage to an enemy when dodging their attack	40			Dodge, Melee Damage
Sunken Bell(DLC)	Tier 3	Once per wave, you explode for 100 (+500%+500%+500%+500%) damage when you fall below 40% health	65	1		Explosive

Characters

These Characters start with different Melee Damage, or have mechanics related to their Melee Damage:

Positive Characters

Name	Stats	Unlocked By	Unlocks	Item Tags
Apprentice	+2 Melee Damage when you level up +1 Ranged Damage when you level up +1 Elemental Damage when you level up +1 Engineering when you level up -2 Max HP when you level up	Reach level 20	Quarterstaff	XP Gain
Diver(DLC)	You start with 1 Harpoon Gun -100% Harpoon Gun price +200 % Crit Damage with Precise weapons % Crit Chance modifications are increased by 25% +1 HP Regeneration for every 2 Melee Damage you have Enemies take 300% more damage for 3 seconds when hit by Ranged Damage -100 Ranged Damage +250 % Enemy health	Kill 1000 enemies that are more than 700 range away from you	Starfish	Crit Chance, Melee Damage
Dwarf(DLC)	+1 Engineering when killing at least 6 enemies with a direct weapon hit +1 Melee Damage for every permanent 2 Engineering you have You can't equip ranged weapons -20 % Dodge -100 % Attack Speed % Attack Speed modifications are reduced by 50%	Hit at least 25 enemies with a single melee attack	War Hammer	Engineering, Structure
Generalist	+2 Melee Damage for every 1 Ranged Damage you have +1 Ranged Damage for every 2 Melee Damage you have You can only equip 3 melee weapons and 3 ranged weapons at a time	Collect 2000 materials	Big Arms	Melee Damage, Ranged Damage
Gladiator	+20% Attack Speed for every different weapon you have +5 Melee Damage You can't equip ranged weapons -40% Attack Speed -30 Luck	Kill 20000 enemies	Spider	Melee Damage
Knight	+2 Melee Damage for every 1 Armor you have +3 Armor You can't equip ranged weapons You can only equip tier 2 weapons or above % Attack Speed modifications are reduced by 50% Harvesting modifications are reduced by 80%	Win a run in Danger 4	Plasma Sledge	Armor
Ogre(DLC)	Enemies taking double their max health as damage explode for 15 (+50%-50%) damage +10 Melee Damage You can't equip ranged weapons -50 % Attack Speed -10 % Speed	Deal 1000 damage to an enemy in a single hit	Mace	Max HP, Melee Damage, Explosive (Item Tag)
Speedy	+30% Speed +1 Melee Damage for every 2% Speed you have -100 Armor while standing still -3 Armor	Reach +50% Speed	Fin	Speed

Negative Characters

Name	Stats	Unlocked By	Unlocks	Item Tags
Cyborg	You start with 1 Minigun Ranged Damage modifications are increased by 200% 100% of your Ranged Damage are temporarily converted into Engineering halfway through a wave (1 Ranged Damage = 2 Engineering) Engineering modifications are reduced by 75% Melee modifications are reduced by 100% Elemental modifications are reduced by 100%	Reach 10 Ranged Damage and get 3 structures at the same time	Improved Tools	Engineering, Ranged Damage
Mage	Elemental Damage modifications are increased by 25% You start with 1 Snake You start with 1 Scared Sausage Melee Damage Modifications are reduced by -100% Ranged Damage Modifications are reduced by -100% Engineering Modifications are reduced by -50%	Unlocked by default	Thunder Sword	Elemental Damage
Technomage	You start with 2 Turret +5 % Structure attack speed for every permanent 1 Elemental Damage you have +2 Elemental Damage for every 1 Structure you have +75% XP required to level up Melee Damage modifications are reduced by 100% Ranged Damage modifications are reduced by 100%	Reach 10 Elemental Damage and get 3 structures at the same time	Particle Accelerator	Elemental Damage, Engineering, Structure

Weapon Classes

These Weapon Classes affect Melee Damage:

Class	Bonuses	Weapons
Blade	(2)+1 Melee Damage 1% Life Steal (3)+2 Melee Damage 2% Life Steal (4)+3 Melee Damage 3% Life Steal (5)+4 Melee Damage 4% Life Steal (6)+5 Melee Damage 5% Life Steal	Chopper Circular Saw Sword Captain's Sword Chainsaw Thunder Sword Excalibur