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
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

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
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
Speedy	+30% Speed +1 Melee Damage for every 2% Speed you have -100 Armor while standing still -3 Armor	Reach +50% Speed	Fin	Speed
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
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

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

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