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Starfield Shattered Space

All Melee Weapons List

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This page lists all Melee Weapons in Starfield. Check out our complete list of all Melee Weapons and how to use them in this guide!

All Weapon Types
Unique EM Laser Ballistic Particle
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All Melee Weapons in Starfield

All Melee Weapons

Weapon Stats How to Get
Starfield - Barrow Knife Barrow Knife Damage: Phys
Ammo: N/A
Weapon ID: 0026F181
Buy from select shops in New Atlantis and Akila City
Starfield - Combat Knife Combat Knife Damage: Phys
Ammo: N/A
Weapon ID: 00035A48
Loot from enemies
Starfield - Osmium Dagger Osmium Dagger Damage: Phys
Ammo: N/A
Weapon ID: 0026D966
Loot in enemy Va'ruun Ships
Starfield - Rescue Axe Rescue Axe Damage: Phys
Ammo: N/A
Weapon ID: 0004F760
Loot from enemies
Starfield - Ripshank Ripshank Damage: Phys
Ammo: N/A
Weapon ID: 0026D95E
Buy from The Trade Authority in The Well, MAST District, New Atlantis
Starfield - Syndicate Enforcer Syndicate Enforcer Damage: Phys
Ammo: N/A
Weapon ID: -
Loot in Seokguh Syndicate Hideout
Starfield - Tanto Tanto Damage: Phys
Ammo: N/A
Weapon ID: 0026D8A3
Buy from select shops in New Atlantis, Akila City, and Neon City
Starfield - The Last Priest The Last Priest Damage: Phys
Ammo: N/A
Weapon ID: 31F25A
Complete the Infinity's End side quest
Starfield - UC Naval Cutlass UC Naval Cutlass Damage: Phys
Ammo: N/A
Weapon ID: 0026D8A5
Buy from Trade Authority at the Den Station orbiting Chthonia in the Wolf System
Starfield - Va Va'ruun Painblade Damage: Phys
Ammo: N/A
Weapon ID: 0026D8A2
Buy from Zuri's Essentials in The Key
Starfield - Va Va'ruun Schimaz
(DLC)
Damage: Phys
Ammo: N/A
Weapon ID: 0100ED92
Loot from Vortex Phantoms (Shattered Space DLC)
Starfield - Wakizashi Wakizashi Damage: Phys
Ammo: N/A
Weapon ID: 0026D8A1
Looted in Lair of the Mantis

What Are Melee Weapons?

Used Against Enemies in Close Combat

Melee weapons are used to deal damage directly to enemies by getting up close in combat and attacking with handheld bladed weapons.

Melee Weapon Damage Explained

A weapon's overall damage does not scale and does not increase when you level up. Instead, weapon damage depends on its tier and rarity, weapon mods, and your skills.

This means that in order to obtain more powerful weapons, you need to defeat stronger enemies and loot from chests in higher-level zones. Then, you can increase their effectiveness by installing mods at a weapon workbench and leveling up your skills that correspond to the damage type of your weapon.

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Starfield - Weapons

List of All Weapons

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Electromagnetic Weapons
EM (Non-Lethal) Weapons

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