Melee weapons

Melee weapons are weapons dealing melee damage which are used in close- to medium-ranged combat. The defining trait of melee weapons is the fact that they do not consume ammunition or mana upon use, so the player can continue to use Melee weapons whenever they desire.
Melee weapons are roughly categorized into swords, spears, flails, boomerangs, Jousting Lances, and . There are several other melee weapons not fitting any of these types.
Tools such as pickaxes, drills, axes, chainsaws, and hammers inflict melee damage and can be used as melee weapons, but are far weaker than actual melee weapons of corresponding tiers. As such, they are usually not considered melee weapons.
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The following lists present all melee weapons along with their damage and how to acquire them. The intention of this is to convey an idea of their strength and the approximate time during gameplay at which they can be obtained. For a sortable list that displays all statistics of all melee weapons, see List of melee weapons.
== Pre-Hardmode ==
=== Swords ===
Item	Item	Item	Damage	Source	Notes
=== Yoyos ===
Item	Item	Item	Damage	Source	Notes
=== Spears ===
Item	Item	Item	Damage	Source	Notes
=== Boomerangs ===
Item	Item	Item	Damage	Source	Notes
=== Flails ===
Item	Item	Item	Damage	Source	Notes
=== Others ===
Item	Item	Item	Damage	Source	Notes
== Hardmode ==
=== Swords ===
Item	Item	Item	Damage	Source	Notes
* Used to craft the Terra Blade
=== ===
Item	Item	Item	Damage	Source	Notes
=== Spears ===
Item	Item	Item	Damage	Source	Notes
=== Jousting Lances ===
Item	Item	Item	Damage	Source	Notes
=== Boomerangs ===
Item	Item	Item	Damage	Source	Notes
=== Flails ===
Item	Item	Item	Damage	Source	Notes
=== Others ===
Item	Item	Item	Damage	Source	Notes
== Boost gear ==
The following items will boost the stats of melee weapons.
=== Armor sets ===
Appearance	Set 	Defense	Defense	Defense	Defense	Bonuses / Effects / Notes	Cost / Source / Crafted At	
Appearance	Set 	Head 	Chest 	Legs 	Total 	Bonuses / Effects / Notes	Cost / Source / Crafted At	
 	6 	7 	6 	19 	
* +21% melee attack speed
* Each piece is interchangeable between Shadow armor and Ancient Shadow armor pieces
* Set Bonus: +15% movement speed
* Set Effect: After-image when moving and flames of rocket boots become purple	
* 60 
* 45 
* Crafted at /	 	
 	8 	9 	8 	25 	
* +7% melee speed
* +7% melee damage
* +7% melee critical hit chance
* Set Bonus: +17% melee damage
* Set Bonus: +10% melee damage (+17% total), cannot be set on fire
* Set Effect: Flame particles when moving	
* 45 
* Crafted at / 	 	
 	11/12 	8 	7/8 	26/28 	
* +3% critical strike chance
* +5% critical strike chance
* +20% movement speed
* +12% melee speed
* +15% melee damage
* +3% damage
* Set Bonus: +15% melee speed (+27% total)	
* 45 
* Crafted at / 	 	
 	14 	10 	8 	32 	
* +5% damage
* +3% critical strike chance
* +8% melee damage
* +12% melee damage
* +12% melee speed
* Set Bonus: Gives Rapid Healing buff for 5 seconds when you hit an enemy	
* 54 
* Crafted at / 	 	
 	16 	12 	9 	37 	
* +5% damage
* +7% damage
* +3% critical strike chance
* +10% critical strike chance
* +5% melee critical strike chance
* +8% melee critical strike chance
* +10% melee damage
* Set Bonus: +5% melee critical strike chance (+13% total)
* Set Bonus: +10% melee critical strike chance (+18% total)	
* 45 
* Crafted at / 	 	
 	19 	13 	10 	42 	
* +6% critical strike chance
* +18% movement speed
* +7% melee damage
* +11% melee damage
* +7% melee speed
* Set Bonus: Flower petals will fall on your target for extra damage	
* 54 
* Crafted at / 	 	
 	22 	16 	12 	50 	
* +6% damage
* +8% damage
* +4% critical strike chance
* +7% critical strike chance
* +5% movement speed
* +7% melee critical strike chance
* +14% melee damage
* Set Bonus: +18% melee speed, +18% movement speed (+23% total)
* Set Bonus: +20% melee speed, +20% movement speed (+23% total)
* Set Effect: Pulsating outline of player	
* 54 
* Crafted at / 	 	
 	23 	15 	11 	49 	
* +7% damage
* +6% critical strike chance
* +6% movement speed
* +8% melee speed
* +9% melee speed
* +8% melee damage
* +9% melee damage
* +8% melee critical strike chance
* +9% melee critical strike chance
* Set Bonus: Gives Titanium Barrier buff for 10 seconds when you hit an enemy.
* Set Bonus: Gives Shadow Dodge buff for 30 seconds when you hit an enemy, or until you take damage.	
* 59 
* Crafted at / 	 	
 	10 	20 	13 	43 	
* +16% melee and ranged damage
* +11% melee and ranged critical strike chance
* +8% movement speed
* +7% melee speed
* Set Bonus: Melee and ranged attacks cause Frostburn
* Set Bonus: +10% melee and ranged damage, melee and ranged attacks cause Frostburn with 25 damage per second
* Set Effect: Snow trail when moving, ice shattering sound effect replaces pain sound	
* 46 or 46 ()
* 46 ()
* 3 
* Crafted at /	 	
 	24 	15 	11 	50 	
* +7% damage
* +7% critical strike chance
* +8% movement speed
* +10% melee damage critical strike chance
* +10% melee speed
* Set Bonus: +19% melee speed (+29% total), +19% movement speed (+27% total)
* Set Bonus: Become immune after striking an enemy 
* Set Effect: After-image and pulsating effect	
* 54 
* Crafted at / 	 	
 	 	012/13 	027 	017/ 18	0/ 58 	
* +1 sentry capacity
* +30% minion damage
* +15% melee damage
* +20% melee critical strike chance
* +15% melee critical strike chance
* +20% movement speed
* Increased life regeneration
* Set Bonus: +1 sentry capacity (+2 total)Ballista pierces more targets and panics when you take damage	
* Sold by the Tavernkeep for (set)	
* Sold by the Tavernkeep for (set)
 	 	08 	022 	016 	046 	
* +1 sentry capacity
* +30% minion damage
* +20% melee damage
* +20% melee speed
* +15% melee critical strike chance
* +20% movement speed
* Set Bonus: +1 sentry capacity (+2 total)Lightning Aura can now crit and strikes faster	
* Sold by the Tavernkeep for (set)	
* Sold by the Tavernkeep for (set)
 	25/ 20	18 	13 	56/ 51 	
* +5% damage
* +15% critical strike chance
* +5% movement speed
* +16% melee damage
* +6% melee critical strike chance
* Set Bonus: Causes a leaf crystal to permanently appear over the player's head, attacking enemies for ~40 base damage
** Additionally grants 5% damage reduction	
* 54 
* Crafted at / 	 	
 	21 	27 	17 	65 	
* +14% melee damage
* +12% critical strike chance
* Enemies are more likely to attack you
* Set Bonus: Melee attacking enemies receive damage inflicted equal to their damage value before your defense reduction (twice as much damage is dealt in ).
** Additional set bonus of 15% damage reduction	
* 54 
* 3 
* Crafted at /	 	
 	23 	20 	18 	61 	
* +14% melee damage
* +8% melee critical strike chance
* +12% movement and melee speed
** Set Bonus: Increases melee damage and speed in increments of 10%, up to 30%	
* 18 
* Full Turtle armor set
* Crafted at /	 	
 	23 	32 	18 	73 	
* +11% melee damage
* +6% movement and melee speed
* +5% melee critical strike chance
** Set Bonus: Starts at 15% damage mitigation and goes up to 45%	
* 18 
* Full Turtle armor set
* Crafted at /	 	
 	26 	20 	14 	60 	
* +15% melee damage
* +2% melee attack speed
* +25% critical strike chance
* +12% movement speed
* Set Bonus: +21% melee attack speed (+23% total), +21% movement speed (+33% total)	
* 30 
* 50 
* Full Cobalt armor set
* Full Mythril armor set
* Full Adamantite armor set () / Full Titanium armor set ()
* Full Hallowed armor set
* Crafted at / 
* Each piece has an 11% chance to be dropped by Ocram	 	
 	 	014/ 20	030/ 24	020/ 24	064/ 68	
* +2 sentry capacity
* +60% minion damage
* +10% melee damage
* +20% melee critical strike chance
* +30% movement speed
* Massively increased life regeneration
* Set Bonus: +1 sentry capacity (+3 total)Greatly enhances Ballista effectiveness	
* Sold by the Tavernkeep for (set)	
* Sold by the Tavernkeep for (set)
 	 	010 	026 	018 	054 	
* +2 sentry capacity
* +60% minion damage
* +20% melee damage
* +20% melee speed
* +20% melee critical strike chance
* +25% melee critical strike chance
* +20% movement speed
* +30% movement speed
* Set Bonus: +1 sentry capacity (+3 total)Greatly enhances Lightning Aura effectiveness	
* Sold by the Tavernkeep for (set)	
* Sold by the Tavernkeep for (set)
 	24 	34 	20 	78 	
* +29% melee damage
* +26% melee critical hit chance
* Increased life regeneration (+3 HP/sec)
* +15% movement and melee speed
* Enemies are more likely to target you
* Set Bonus: Solar shields generate over time protecting you, consume the shield power to dash, damaging enemies
* Set Effect: After-image during motion.	
* 45 
* 36 
* Crafted at	 	
=== Accessories ===
Item	Item	Melee Boost(s)
 	
* Causes the wearer's melee attacks to inflict the Hellfire / On Fire! debuff	
 	
* Causes the wearer's melee attacks to inflict the Hellfire debuff
* Grants immunity from blocks that inflict the Burning debuff	
 	
* Causes the wearer's melee attacks to inflict the Hellfire debuff
* Grants immunity from blocks that inflict the Burning debuff
* Reduces Lava's base damage from 80 to 35	
 	
* +15% melee damage	
 	
* +12% damage to all weapons	
 	
* +10% damage
* +8% critical strike chance	
 	
* +12% melee speed
* Enable Autoswing for all Melee Weapons (whips included)	
 	
* +70% melee knockback
* Increases the size of (eligible) melee weapons by 10%	
 	
* +12% melee speed
* +70% melee knockback
* Enable Autoswing for all Melee Weapons (whips included)
* Increases the size of (eligible) melee weapons by 10%	
 	
* +12% melee speed
* +12% melee damage
* +70% melee knockback
* Enable Autoswing for all Melee Weapons (whips included)
* Increases the size of (eligible) melee weapons by 10%	
 	
* +12% melee speed / 10% melee speed 
* +12% melee damage / 10% melee damage / 9% melee damage 
* +100% melee knockback
* All melee weapons emit light particles during use
* All melee weapons cause the Hellfire / On Fire! debuff
* Enable Autoswing for all Melee Weapons (whips included)
* Increases the size of (eligible) melee weapons by 10%	
 	
At daytime:
* +10% melee speed
* +10% damage (all types)
* +2% critical strike chance	
 	
At night:
* +10% melee speed
* +10% damage (all types)
* +2% critical strike chance	
 	
* +10% melee speed
* +10% damage (all types)
* +2% critical strike chance	
 	
* +10% melee speed
* +10% damage (all types)
* +2% critical strike chance
Werewolf form: (added at night, while not underwater)
* +2% melee critical hit chance
* +5.1% melee damage
* +5.1% melee speed	
 	
* +5% damage (all types)
* +5% critical strike chance
* Enemies are less likely to target you.	
 	
* +12% melee speed
* +100% melee knockback
* Increases the size of (eligible) melee weapons by 10%
* Enable Autoswing for all Melee Weapons (whips included)
* Enemies are more likely to target you	
=== Buffs ===
Item	Item	Melee Boost(s)
 	
* +5% increased damage
* +5% increased melee speed
* +2% increased critical strike chance	
 	
* +7.5% increased damage
* +7.5% increased melee speed
* +3% increased critical strike chance	
 	
* +10% increased damage
* +10% increased melee speed
* +4% increased critical strike chance	
 	
* +10% increased damage	
 	
* +15% increased damage while below 50% health, underwater, or 6 seconds thereafter	
 	
* +20% increased damage	
 	
* Up to +45% (All) damage for 8 seconds	
 	
* +12 / 4 armor penetration for melee weapons	
 	
* -4 defense
* +10% increased melee damage
* +10% increased melee attack speed
* +2% increased melee critical strike chance	
 	
* Melee attacks cause a burst of confetti	
 	
* Melee attacks inflict Cursed Inferno debuff on enemies	
 	
* Melee attacks inflict On Fire! debuff on enemies	
 	
* Melee attacks inflict Midas debuff on enemies	
 	
* Melee attacks inflict Ichor debuff on enemies	
 	
* Melee attacks inflict Confused debuff on enemies	
 	
* Melee attacks inflict Poisoned debuff on enemies	
 	
* Melee attacks inflict Venom debuff on enemies	
== Footnotes ==