Melee Weapons are a type of weapon in Fortnite: Battle Royale. The purpose of these weapons is for very close range range combat or destroying structures. They do not use ammo unlike other weapon types.
Functionality[]
Melee Weapons are great for close up combat. However, Melee Weapons don’t shoot bullets or projectiles, but rather they are swung at opponents to deal damage. In Battle Royale, Melee Weapons not only deal damage, but can be used to harvest materials as well.
List of Weaponry[]
This list only includes weapons accessible by the player through legitimate methods.
Name | Image | Rarities | Description | |
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Standard Playlists | ||||
Pickaxe | Common | Weapon used to harvest materials and deal low damage to players. | ||
Uncommon | ||||
Rare | ||||
Epic | ||||
Legendary | ||||
Star Wars Series | ||||
Slurp Series | ||||
Shadow Series | ||||
Marvel Series | ||||
Lava Series | ||||
Icon Series | ||||
Gaming Legends Series | ||||
Frozen Series | ||||
DC Series | ||||
Dark Series | ||||
Infinity Blade | Mythic | Mythic sword which deals high damage and gives increased HP. Takes up 5 inventory slots. | ||
Sideways Scythe | Rare | Weapon with a leap, swing and dash attack. | ||
Epic | ||||
Legendary | ||||
Mythic | ||||
Kingsman | Legendary | Weapon which can block damage and hurt enemies. Allows temporary glider redeploy. | ||
ODM Gear | Mythic | The ODM Gear can swing against surfaces and hurt enemies. | ||
Kinetic Blade | Rare | Blade that allows you to Dash mid air. | ||
Epic | ||||
Thorne's Vampiric Blade | Mythic | Kinetic Blade, imbued with the ability to syphon health from enemies. | ||
Grapple Blade | Epic | The Grapple Blade is used to traverse swiftly by grappling to different surfaces and swinging towards them. | ||
Donatello's Staff | Mythic | Unleash your Turtle Power with a melee combo, lightning fast dash, and thunderous air slam! | ||
Leonardo's Katanas | Mythic | Unleash your Turtle Power with a melee combo, lightning fast dash, and thunderous air slam! | ||
Michelangelo's Nunchaku | Mythic | Unleash your Turtle Power with a melee combo, lightning fast dash, and thunderous air slam! | ||
Raphael's Sai | Mythic | Unleash your Turtle Power with a melee combo, lightning fast dash, and thunderous air slam! | ||
Luke's Lightsaber | Mythic | Mythic Weapon which can block damage and hurt enemies. | ||
Luke's Green Lightsaber | ||||
Luke's Blue Lightsaber | ||||
Rey's Lightsaber | ||||
Obi-Wan's Lightsaber | ||||
Mace Windu's Lightsaber | ||||
Kylo Ren's Lightsaber | ||||
Sith Apprentice Lightsaber | ||||
Jedi Padawan Lightsaber | ||||
Jedi Training Lightsaber | ||||
Darth Vader's Lightsaber | Mythic | Mythic Weapon which can block damage and hurt enemies. Can be thrown. | ||
Other Playlists | ||||
Thor's Stormbreaker | Mythic | Melee weapon which can be thrown. Exclusive to the Endgame LTM. | ||
Kingsman | Rare | Weapon which can block damage and hurt enemies. Allows temporary glider redeploy. Exclusive to the Spy Games' LTMs | ||
Epic | ||||
Sideways Scythe | Common | Weapon with a leap, swing and dash attack. Exclusive to Fortnite: Creative or Limited Time Modes. | ||
Uncommon | ||||
Flag | Rare | Identical to the pickaxe but can be thrown to players. Used for various game modes, mainly for Capture the Flag. Exclusive to Fortnite: Creative. | ||
Basic Sword | Common | A sword which will be customizable with the Melee Designer Device. Exclusive to Fortnite: Creative. | ||
Basic Hammer | Common | A hammer which will be customizable with the Melee Designer Device. Exclusive to Fortnite: Creative. | ||
Unobtainable | ||||
Predator Claw | Legendary | Melee Weapon used by Predator AI. | ||
Ol' Chopper | Uncommon | Melee Weapon used by Willow AI. | ||
Brat Catcher | Rare | Melee Weapon used by Krampus AI. |
Strategy Guide[]
- It is ill advised to ever use the harvesting tool as a weapon, unless your opponent also has no other weapons.
Trivia[]
- Despite She-Hulk’s Fists and Wolverine's Claws being primarily Superpowers, they function like Melee Weapons.
- The same can be said for the Shockwave Hammer and The Ageless Champion's Shockwave Hammer.