Melee Weapons | Fallout 4 Wiki

Melee Weapons in Fallout 4 are close-quarters combat weapons designed for use in hand-to-hand combat. These weapons are effective for players who like to get down and dirty up close with their enemies. Melee Weapons are composed of bladed, blunt, and unarmed weapons. Bladed weapons can sever the limbs of humanoid enemies, permanently damaging the affected limb and disarming the target. Like all melee weapons, bladed weapons gain advantages from the Big Leagues perk and Strength stat. Bladed weapons all come with attack speeds from Medium, Fast, and Very Fast. Blunt weapons have a higher tendency to stagger enemies compared to bladed weapons. They also benefit from Big Leagues and Strength. Blunt weapons will always have either Medium or Slow attack speeds. Unarmed weapons benefit from the Iron Fist perk and Strength stat. It's important to note that unarmed weapons cannot be wielded while wearing power armor.

Fallout 4 All Melee Weapons

NAME				Speed	Special Effects
2076 World Series baseball bat	16	16.5	3	Slow	6% chance to send targets flying.
Alien shock baton (Creation Club)	11 + 23	??	2	Medium	No Special Effects for this weapon.
Assaultron blade (Automatron DLC)	17	19.8	3	Medium	No Special Effects for this weapon.
Atom's Judgement	40 + 100	??	20	Slow	Deals +100 radiation damage.
Baseball bat	16	9.07	3	Slow	No Special Effects for this weapon.
Baton	11	9.84	2	Medium	No Special Effects for this weapon.
Big Jim	13	11.63	2	Medium	20% chance to cripple the target's leg.
Bloodletter (Far Harbor DLC)	30	??	7	Slow	Targets bleed for 25 points of additional damage.
Board	14	7.94	3	Slow	No Special Effects for this weapon.
Boxing glove	9	8.05	1	Medium	No Special Effects for this weapon.
Chinese officer sword	16	18.7	3	Medium	No Special Effects for this weapon.
Cito's Shiny Slugger (Nuka-World DLC)	31	??	7.5	Slow	Refills AP on critical hit.
Combat knife	9	11.66	1	Fast	No Special Effects for this weapon.
Commie Whacker (Nuka-World DLC)	10	8.94	2	Medium	No Special Effects for this weapon.
Deathclaw gauntlet	25	22.36	10	Medium	No Special Effects for this weapon.
Disciples blade (Nuka-World DLC)	20	??	1.5	Fast	No Special Effects for this weapon.
Fencebuster (Far Harbor DLC)	16	??	3	Slow	Ignores 30% of target's damage and energy resistance.
General Chao's Revenge	28	34	3	Medium	Deals +50% more damage to robots.
Grognak's axe	25 + 10	29.8 + 11.92	10	Medium	+50% chance to stagger.
Knuckles	10	8.94	0.5	Medium	No Special Effects for this weapon.
Kremvh's Tooth	28 + 3	50.2	2	Medium	+3 points of poison damage.
Lead pipe	11	9.84	3	Medium	No Special Effects for this weapon.
Machete	14	12.52	2	Medium	No Special Effects for this weapon.
Meat hook (Far Harbor DLC)	20	17.89	2	Medium	No Special Effects for this weapon.
Mr. Handy buzz blade (Automatron DLC)	5	26.2	10	Very Fast	No Special Effects for this weapon.
Pickman's Blade	15 + 35	19.44 + 45.35	1	Fast	Targets bleed for 25 points of additional damage.
Pint-Sized Slasher knife (Creation Club)	13	??	1.5	Fast	Deals +50% more damage to humans.
Pipe wrench	13	11.63	2	Medium	No Special Effects for this weapon.
Pole hook (Far Harbor DLC)	30	??	7	Slow	No Special Effects for this weapon.
Pool cue	13	7.37	1	Slow	No Special Effects for this weapon.
Power fist	20	17.89	4	Medium	No Special Effects for this weapon.
Reckoning	4	25	6	Very Fast	Take 15% less damage while standing still.
Revolutionary sword	16	18.7	3	Medium	No Special Effects for this weapon.
Ripper	4	18.25	6	Very Fast	No Special Effects for this weapon.
Rockville Slugger	22	12.7	3.5	Slow	40% less AP cost in VATS.
Rolling pin	11	9.84	1	Medium	No Special Effects for this weapon.
Shem Drowne sword	16 + 9	20.4	3	Medium	Targets are irradiated on hit.
Shishkebab	13 + 13	15.3	3	Medium	No Special Effects for this weapon.
Sledgehammer	23	13.04	12	Slow	No Special Effects for this weapon.
Steel sword (Creation Club)	35	??	4	Medium	Increased damage after each consecutive hit on same target.
Super sledge	40	22.67	20	Slow	No Special Effects for this weapon.
Swatter	18	10.2	3	Slow	No Special Effects for this weapon.
Switchblade	8	10.37	1	Fast	No Special Effects for this weapon.
Sword of Wonders (Nuka-World DLC)	16	??	3	Medium	Ignores 30% of target's damage and energy resistance.
The Fish Catcher (Far Harbor DLC)	30	??	7	Slow	40% less AP cost in VATS.
The Harvester (Far Harbor DLC)	4	??	6	Very Fast	Chance to stagger on hit.
Throatslicer (Nuka-World DLC)	20	??	1.5	Fast	Targets bleed for 25 points of additional damage.
Tire iron	12	10.73	2	Medium	No Special Effects for this weapon.
Walking cane	10	8.94	2	Medium	No Special Effects for this weapon.
Zao's sword	16	22	3	Medium	No Special Effects for this weapon.