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[]
| Name | Image | Rarities | Season | Description | |
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| Pickaxe |  |
Common Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary Dark Series DC Series Frozen Series Gaming Legends Series Icon Series Lava Series Marvel Series Shadow Series Slurp Series Star Wars Series |
Pre-Season | Weapon used to harvest materials and deal low damage to players | |
| Exclusive to other modes. | |||||
| Thor's Stormbreaker |  |
Mythic | Season 7 | Melee weapon which can be thrown. Exclusive to Endgame LTM. | |
| Name | Image | Rarities | Season | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightsabers |      |
Mythic | Chapter 2: Season 1 | Melee weapon that can block damage and swing at enemies. | |
| Kingsman |  |
Legendary | Chapter 2: Season 2 | Melee weapon that can block damage and swing at enemies, also allows temporary Glider Redeploy. | |
| Sideways Scythe |  |
Rare Epic Legendary Mythic |
Chapter 2: Season 8 | Otherworldly scythe that grants healing upon elimination! | |
| Exclusive to other modes. | |||||
| Kingsman | |
Rare Epic |
Chapter 2: Season 2 | Melee weapon that can block damage and swing at enemies, also allows temporary Glider Redeploy. Exclusive to the Spy Games LTM. | |
| Sideways Scythe | |
Common Uncommon |
Chapter 2: Season 8 | Otherworldly scythe that grants healing upon elimination! Exclusive to the Fortnite: Creative and Limited Time Modes. | |
| Unobtainable through legitimate methods. | |||||
| Predator Claw |  |
Legendary | Chapter 2: Season 5 | Weapon used by the Predator AI. | |
| Name | Image | Rarities | Season | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darth Vader's Lightsaber |  |
Mythic | Chapter 3: Season 3 | Melee weapon that can block damage and swing at enemies,can also be thrown. Also utilized by the Darth Vader AI. | |
| Exclusive to other modes. | |||||
| Basic Sword |  |
Common | Chapter 3: Season 3 | Basic sword based weapon which can be customized with the Melee Designer Device. Exclusive to Fortnite: Creative. | |
| Basic Hammer |  |
Common | Chapter 3: Season 3 | Basic hammer based weapon which can be customized with the Melee Designer Device. Exclusive to Fortnite: Creative. | |
| Unobtainable through legitimate methods. | |||||
| Ol' Chopper |  |
Uncommon | Chapter 3: Season 4 | Melee weapon used by the Willow AI. | |
| Name | Image | Rarities | Season | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinetic Blade |  |
Rare Epic |
Chapter 4: Season 2 | A blade like weapon which can dash through the air with a dash attack, and swing down at your foes. |
| Jedi Padawan Lightsaber |   |
Mythic | Chapter 4: Season 2 | Melee weapon that can block damage and swing at enemies. Could also pull or push enemies depending on which Force technique learnt. |
| Sith Apprentice Lightsaber |  |
Mythic | Chapter 4: Season 2 | Melee weapon that can block damage and swing at enemies. Could also throw objects with learned Force technique. |
| Thorne's Vampiric Blade | |
Mythic | Chapter 4: Season 4 | A Mythic version of the Kinetic Blade which can also Siphon health. Obtained by defeating Kado Thorne. |
| Name | Image | Rarities | Season | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grapple Blade |  |
Epic | Chapter 5: Season 1 | Grapple towards foes and slash them down at distance with a blade on a rope. | |
| Donatello's Staff |  |
Mythic | Chapter 5: Season 1 | Unleash your Turtle Power with a melee combo, lightning fast dash, and thunderous midair slam! | |
| Leonardo's Katanas |  |
Mythic | Chapter 5: Season 1 | Unleash your Turtle Power with a melee combo, lightning fast dash, and thunderous midair slam! | |
| Michelangelo's Nunchaku |  |
Mythic | Chapter 5: Season 1 | Unleash your Turtle Power with a melee combo, lightning fast dash, and thunderous midair slam! | |
| Raphael's Sai |  |
Mythic | Chapter 5: Season 1 | Unleash your Turtle Power with a melee combo, lightning fast dash, and thunderous midair slam! | |
| Chains of Hades |  |
Epic | Chapter 5: Season 2 | A dangerous melee weapon imbued with the power of the underworld. A long-range hookshot allows the wielder to rip enemies into range of its devastating attack combo. | |
| Nitro Fists |  |
Epic | Chapter 5: Season 3 | Unleash a fiery flurry of punches and uppercuts with these Nitro-fueled gauntlets. | |
| Megalo Don's Nitro Fists | |
Mythic | Chapter 5: Season 3 | Unleash a fiery flurry of punches and uppercuts with Megalo Don's Nitro-fueled gauntlets. | |
| Shuri's Black Panther Claws |  |
Epic | Chapter 5: Season 4 | Shuri's own Black Panther Claws enable the wearer to swiftly navigate the battlefield. The weapon absorbs kinetic energy that can be used to supercharge its devastating offensive capabilities. | |
| Chainsaw |  |
Epic | Chapter 5: Season 4 | Hack your way through enemies or rev your saw into the ground to propel yourself forward at frightening speeds! | |
| Unobtainable through legitimate methods | |||||
| Brat Catcher |  |
Rare | Chapter 5: Season 1 | Weapon used by the Krampus AI. | |
Unreleased
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- Main Article: Unreleased Items#Melee Weapons
Strategy Guide[]
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This section outlines a strategy. |
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- 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,The Ageless Champion's Shockwave Hammer,Infinity Blade and Typhoon Blade.
- The Amban Sniper Rifle also has a melee attack, though it is primarily part of the Sniper Rifles.
- The same can be said for the ODM Gear.