User:Hordes/Melee Comparison

Page designed to hash things out. Probably not a separate page, probably belongs in Weapon Guide?

Craftable

There are 4 "viable" melee weapons that you can craft in RimWorld. In order of highest raw DPS to lowest:

• Longswords are the best (craftable) weapon against unarmored and lightly armored targets.
• Spears are somewhat worse than longswords, but have a much higher AP.
• Maces are special for being Blunt weapons. Most enemies have very little blunt armor, and Blunt damage has a few other special mechanics. The mace is also the cheapest of the 4 weapons.
• Warhammers are also Blunt weapons. The warhammer swings slowly, but with a big swing, so very high quality warhammers can one-shot human targets.

But ranking weapons isn't as simple as ranking DPS. There are a lot of complex mechanics, even beyond armor, that make determining the "best" weapon difficult.

Longsword

• DPS: 10.71 (plasteel, normal)
• Damage types for "Best" attack: Stab or Cut

Notable mechanics

• Cut damage has a chance to "cleave". When a Cut damage hits an enemy, there is a chance to cleave an enemy. This increases total damage by 140%, then spreads it throughout body parts.

Spear

• DPS: 10.55 (plasteel, normal)
• Damage types for "Best" attack: Stab

Notable mechanics

Mace

• DPS: 9.56 (uranium, normal)

Notable mechanics

Warhammer

• DPS: 9.31 (uranium, normal)
• Damage types for "Best" attack: Blunt

Notable mechanics