# Melee Weapons

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/melee-weapons/3568>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [October 19, 2013, 1:48am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/melee-weapons/3568 "2013-10-19T01:48:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![eternalflame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@eternalflame](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/eternalflame)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 4:09pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/melee-weapons/3568/21 "2013-10-21T16:09:32Z")

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I prefer to fight without a weapon in melee. But I have a soft spot for the pointy stick. It doubles as a cooking tool as well. Also, if I want to have a better weapon, I can upgrade it. I like upgrades.

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**Author:** ![Luissen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/luissen/32/1025_2.png) [@Luissen](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Luissen)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/melee-weapons/3568/22 "2013-10-21T16:12:39Z")

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> [@eternalflame](#):
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> I prefer to fight without a weapon in melee. But I have a soft spot for the pointy stick. It doubles as a cooking tool as well. Also, if I want to have a better weapon, I can upgrade it. I like upgrades.

if you use unarmed, you may want to trade your pointy stick for a skewer, not as a weapon but as a utility.

use your knife to cut up a wooden object (doesn’t work on pointy stick,b but works with 2x4 and heavy stick) and you get skewers, 0 weight 0 volume.

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**Author:** ![Ahk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/ahk/32/208_2.png) [@Ahk](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ahk)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/melee-weapons/3568/23 "2013-10-21T16:13:24Z")

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As soon as I start a new game I go right for the Knife spear, but with the addition of Nord and the Crude sword my choices have changed. I stick with the Crude Sword or Nord until I am blessed with finding a rapier or broadsword. 😃

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**Author:** ![infectedmochi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/infectedmochi/32/206_2.png) [@infectedmochi](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/infectedmochi)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 4:41pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/melee-weapons/3568/24 "2013-10-21T16:41:21Z")

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I just realized that I can craft a wood spear with some easy to find components , it like a pointy stick but almost twice as good. And then there is the knife spear - even better but harder to craft.

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**Author:** ![Luissen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/luissen/32/1025_2.png) [@Luissen](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Luissen)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/melee-weapons/3568/25 "2013-10-21T16:49:39Z")

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> [@infectedmochi](#):
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> I just realized that I can craft a wood spear with some easy to find components , it like a pointy stick but almost twice as good. And then there is the knife spear - even better but harder to craft.

if you have the survival, a stick, your pocketknife, and string… everything you need is in the shelter.

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**Author:** ![keldoclock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19b73/32.png) [@keldoclock](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/keldoclock)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 6:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/melee-weapons/3568/26 "2013-10-21T18:11:50Z")

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Actually all you need is Survival 1- smash a window in the shelter, cut up the curtains for rags, break the locker and use a rock to hammer the metal bits into a spike, and you are good to go. Getting survival 1 is easy too, just pick underbrush for like 3 IRL minutes.

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