Salvaged Sword

The melee most players settle on: one metal blade at a Level 1 bench buys a sword that outlasts the cleaver and the longsword. Quick enough to duel with.

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Characteristics

Category: Weapon

Stack size: 1

Durability: 350

Workbench: Level 1

Craftable: Yes

Researchable: Yes · 15 Scrap

Damage: 50

Swing time: 1.25 s

Overview

In-game description

A powerful melee weapon made from a filed-down wrench. Great durability, good damage.

On most servers the slot next to the bow holds this sword. It costs a single metal blade and a few frags, needs only a Level 1 bench, and takes more punishment before it breaks than the other blades in the table below.

The blade is the only real cost. Barrels and crates along roads drop them, and once you own a Level 2 workbench you can craft blades from frags and scrap, so losing a sword in a fight is no tragedy.

Weapon	Bench	Hard part	Durability
Machete	none	nothing	200
Salvaged Sword	Level 1	one blade	350
Salvaged Cleaver	Level 1	a road sign	250
Longsword	Level 2	two blades	250

Its best moment is a road run. You crack barrels with it instead of the rock, and when a bow player comes for your loot you can close in and actually trade hits instead of running. If you want more reach, the longsword gives it, at a higher bench and for twice the blades.