Want to know the best Starfield melee weapons? Check our tier list to find the top-tier melee weapons in Starfield.

To complete the Starfield main missions, weapons are essential. The weaponry in Starfield has some explosive guns, grenades, and launchers. There are Ballistic, Ranged, and Melee weapons. Every weapon in Starfield is available in both light and heavy types. You can procure weapons by looting them from enemies, containers, and inventories of NPCs. Completing side and main quests gets you weapons as well.

In Starfield, many enemies and creatures are specialized in melee-based combat. Some elite enemies unleash heavy melee attacks and to overcome these, you have to get a melee weapon as well. There are as many as melee weapons in Starfield. You can find them on planets across the star system. Here is a list of powerful melee weapons in Starfield that you can find in our tier list.

Starfield Melee Weapons Tier List – All Weapons Ranked!

You have to focus on top-tier melee weapons in Starfield. Our tier list includes the strongest weapons ranked according to their base stats like dps, mass, value and rarity.

The best melee weapons in Starfield are here in the tier list,

• S – Barrow Knife,  Wakizashi, Ripshank
• A – Combat Knife, Tanto, Rescue Axe, Syndicate Enforcer, The Last Priest 
• B – Osmium Dagger, UC Naval Cutlass
• C – Va’Ruun Painblade

S Tier

These are the best set of melee weapons in Starfield with high damage rate and value. Pick these weapons on priority to strengthen your force

• Barrow Knife  – Another common melee weapon that gets sharp as it’s upgraded. Barrow Knife is a slashing weapon that you can use and stab enemies. It has a dps of 22. You can collect it from crates, enemies and vendor shops.
• Wakizashi – Another powerful melee weapon that’s available at the Rowland Arms and UC Exchange Vendor in Cydonia city of Mars. This weapon unleashes heavy projectiles and works well in ranges. A medium size weapon that uses powerful ammo and shells to deal over 49 damage per second. It’s also available in neon city. Here, you have to join the Ebbside strikers gang and complete the questline named Audition. Finally, you can unlock the weapon from the vendor named Hatcher.
• Ripshank  – Ripshank is a lightweight melee weapon. This deals 12 dps and it will increase with every upgrade. Ripshank can be obtained from as loot containers, drops from monsters. Also you can get it from the Trade Authority Kiosk and Reader vendor shops. You can even steal it from NPCs’ inventories. A rare melee weapon that can be used in the starting stages of the game.

A Tier

The second best ranked weapons are seen here. A Tier weapons are lethal against elite enemies and you can upgrade their stats to unleash their full potential

• Combat Knife  A small melee weapon that’s best used for Starfield side-quests. It deals a physical damage of 16. This can be bought from shops and it’s also primarily seen in a small storage room near abandoned UC colonies.
• Tanto – This is a common lightweight weapon that launches heavy attacks. Tanto deals 40 dps on average. You can get it as loot and enemy drops. Also, the vendor in the Rowland Arms shop sells it for some bucks. The shop is located in Akila City, Cheyenne system.
• Rescue Axe – This is one of the best axes to use in Starfield. Rescue Axe is a small and strong melee weapon. It has a damage stat of 17 and it can be carried easily. Get it from vendors or slay enemies to get it as drops.
• Syndicate Enforcer – Syndicate Enforcer is an explosive melee weapon. This light-sized weapon is also a unique and epic variant of the Wakizashi. Syndicate Enforcer deals 49 dps. Loot a weapon case  at the  Seokguh Syndicate Hideout in Neon. Complete the faction quest, Guilty Parties, and get it as a reward. This mission also grants more resources and rewards. The weapon comes with two unique features. Berserker, this deals more damage to enemies without armor sets. Lacerate, will randomly apply a bleed effect on targets.
• The Last Priest – A top-tier melee weapon which deals 62 physical dps. You can unlock this as a reward after completing the questline called, Infinity’s End, for the Starborn enemy Hunter. This is a unique variant of the Va’ruun Painblade and can be a valuable addition to your inventory.

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B Tier

B tier weapons are not as powerful as the other two categories. However, you can utilize them for side-quests in Starfield

• Osmium Dagger – This is a rare and versatile weapon. Osmium Dagger deals 28 dps. Defeat Va’Ruun Zealot enemies on any planets and loot the weapon as a drop.
• UC Naval Cutlass – A small knife you might find effective for side-quests. Naval Cutlass deals 20 dps and is available on every planet as well. This weapon can pierce through enemy’s attacks and knock them down.

C Tier

These weapons are weaker. You have to upgrade and level up their stats at the workbench before using them for battles

• Va’Ruun Painblade – A fiery weapon that fires over 62 damage per second. This is a one-handed melee weapon that’s well used at close-range battles. You can purchase this from the vendors like Key and Zuri Avara in Crimson Fleet. Also, it can be looted from high level elite enemies’ corpses like Va’Ruun Zealot. Overall, this weapon has great stats for value and mass.

These are the best melee weapons to use in Starfield battles. Melee weapons are explosive when you take on enemies within close-range. There are only limited melee weapons in the game right now. Pick these weapons and dominate challenges.

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