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Melee Weapon Comparisons
By Abster
Comparisons of all Melee Weapons in base game + all expansions, and content from mods (Vanilla Expanded & Eccentric Tech series of mods)

These are for the default quality & material, where material is applicable (i.e normal quality, steel material)
   
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Guide Index
Overview
Introduction 
General 
Neolithic 
Medieval 
Industrial 
Spacer 
Ultra 
Comments
Introduction
I love RimWorld, and especially enjoy the varied contend added by mods. I've been playing with Vanilla Expanded mods & others (like Eccentric Tech) & I couldn't find info on all the items added to compare & decide what I use in game. I didn't like the idea of checking the in-game stats every time.

Thus this comparison chart was born. I checked the stats of each melee weapon in game & noted down these values. This is from RimWorld v1.5, and the mods as on 20th April, 2025.

I took a while to learn to format my word document tables into HTML for steam lol.

Hope you find this as useful as I did.

Abbreviations used:
VWE = Vanilla Weapons Expanded
VQE = Vanilla Quests Expanded
General
Name
Use with Shield
DPS
AP
Range Cooldown (sec)
Source
Unarmed human
Yes
4.10
12 %
2
Base Game
Archotech arm
Yes
6.28
18.75 %
2
Base Game
Bionic arm
Yes
5.53
16.5 %
2
Base Game
Drill arm
Yes
5.90
18 %
2
Royalty
Field hand
Yes
4.40
12.75 %
2
Royalty
Prosthetic arm
Yes
4.10
12 %
2
Base Game
Elbow blade
Yes
7.78
23.25 %
2
Royalty
Hand talon
Yes
8.18
14.25 %
1.63
Royalty
Knee spike
Yes
7.57
31.5 %
2.45
Royalty
Power claw
Yes
9.28
27.75 %
2
Base Game
Venom fangs
Yes
6.65
19.5 %
2
Royalty
Venom talon
Yes
6.34
14.25 %
1.63
Royalty
Elephant tusk
Yes
6.44
23.33 %
2.45
Base Game
Thrumbo horn
Yes
10.53
34.63 %
2.45
Base Game
Beer
Yes
4.40
12.75 %
2
Base Game
Wood
Yes
4.78
14.25 %
2
Base Game
Neolithic
Name
Use with Shield
DPS
AP
Special
Source
Battle axe
No
8.43
15 %
VWE
Breach axe
Yes
4.94
13 %
Base Game
Chunk
Yes
5.26
30 %
VWE Tribal
Club
Yes
6.27
19 %
Base Game
Dagger
Yes
7.56
20 %
VWE Classical
Hatchet
Yes
6.64
23 %
+5% plant work speed
VWE
Heavy club
No
8.35
31 %
VWE Tribal
Ikwa
Yes
6.71
20 %
Base Game
Knife
Yes
6.50
18 %
Base Game
Light club
Yes
4.04
12 %
VWE Tribal
Shiv
Yes
6.40
12 %
VWE Tribal
Spatha
Yes
7.08
27 %
VWE Classical
Spear
No
7.35
38 %
Base Game
Stake
Yes
7.47
22 %
VWE Tribal
Tribal axe
Yes
5.46
16 %
VWE Tribal
Medieval
Name
Use with Shield
DPS
AP
Special
Source
Axe
Yes
6.71
20 %
Royalty
Claymore
No
8.70
29 %
Move speed -0.25
VWE Medieval 2
Dane axe
Yes
7.37
32 %
VWE Medieval 2
Flail
Yes
7.80
22 %
VWE Medieval 2
Gladius
Yes
7.52
23 %
Core
Halberd
No
9.23
35 %
VWE
Halberd
No
4.39
42 %
Range 2.8
Move speed -0.25
VWE Medieval 2
Hammer
No
6.27
19 %
General labour speed +3%
Construction speed +8%
Construction success chance 6%
VWE
Heavy mace
Yes
7.01
19 %
VWE Medieval 2
Heraldic standard
No
2.88
0 %
Move speed -0.25
VWE Medieval 2
Longsword
No
8.60
33 %
Core
Mace
Yes
7.02
21 %
Core
Pike
No
5.22
40 %
Range 2.8
Move speed -0.15
VWE Medieval 2
Shortsword
Yes
8.03
23 %
VWE Medieval 2
Warhammer
No
6.89
27 %
Royalty
Industrial
Name
Use with Shield
DPS
AP
Special
Source
Baton
Yes
6.75
15 %
VWE
Combat knife
Yes
8.29
17 %
VWE
M3 Rosethorn
Yes
8.98
19 %
Eccentric Tech: Foxy's Armory 2.0
Shovel
No
6.92
19 %
Mining speed +15%
Plant harvest yield +15%
VWE
Stun baton
Yes
4.44
10 %
VWE Non-Lethal
Warcasket broadsword
No
11.92
48 %
VWE Pirates
Warcasket combat knife
No
10.91
34 %
VWE Pirates
Warcasket gravity hammer
No
9.95
48 %
VWE Pirates
Warcasket plasma sword
No
13.05
15 %
VWE Pirates
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No melee weapons
Ultra
Name
Use with Shield
DPS
AP
Special
Source
Cryptoaxe
No
7.55
27
VQE: Cryptoforge
Eltex staff
Yes
4.62
18
Neural heat recovery rate +0.08
Psychic sensitivity offset +50%
Royalty
Laser sword
Yes
11.69
97
VWE Laser
Monosword
Yes
12.08
83
Royalty
Persona Monosword
Yes
16.03
84
Royalty
Persona Plasmasword
Yes
11.11
33
Royalty
Persona Zeushammer
No
13.4
42
Royalty
Plasmasword
Yes
7.85
30
Royalty
Zeushammer
No
9.95
42
Royalty
2 Comments
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Abster  [author] 17 Jul @ 9:21am 
Yup, true dat
AWeaponizedHobo 14 Jul @ 1:37pm 
The fact that a Thrumbo Horn will outclass almost any weapon up to Ultra is absolutely insane. This doesn't factor in item quality, but still.