Melee Weapons

Simple Melee Weapons

These are mostly unchanged from NetHack and new ones don't have many special properties, except for 1d20 silver damage.

• Spear — See note 1 below
• Elven spear — See note 1 below
• Orcish spear — See note 1 below
• Dwarvish spear — See note 1 below
• Trident — This is a spear, see note 1 below
• Fork — This is a spear, see note 1 below, 1d20 silver damage
• Dagger — See note 2 below
• Elven dagger — See note 2 below
• Orcish dagger — See note 2 below
• Main-gauche — Left-hand dagger, see note 2 below
• Athame — Dagger, can be used for engraving without dulling, can be thrown
• Scalpel — Dagger, healer starting weapon
• Knife – Dagger, see note 2 below
• Stiletto – Dagger, see note 2 below
• Worm tooth — Dagger, can be enchanted to crysknife, see note 2 below
• Crysknife — Dagger, can be enchanted from worm tooth, does not revert back to worm tooth in GnollHack, see note 2 below
• Axe – See note 3 below
• Dwarvish axe – See note 3 below
• Battle-axe – See note 3 below
• Short sword
• Elven short sword
• Orcish short sword
• Dwarvish short sword
• Scimitar
• Silver saber — 1d20 silver damage
• Broadsword
• Elven broadsword
• Long sword
• Two-handed sword
• Katana
• Lance — Lance use the spear skill, it can be applied to joust while riding
• Dwarvish mattock — This is a two-handed pick-axe, it can be applied to cut rock
• Pick-axe — Can be applied to cut rock
• Mace
• Morning star — Uses the flail skill
• War hammer
• Club
• Two-handed club
• Rubber hose
• Quarterstaff
• Flail
• Bullwhip — Can be applied to disarm opponents

Simple Melee Weapon Modifiers

1. Can get weapon quality modifiers
2. Can be mythic or legendary

Notes on Simple Melee Weapons

1. Spears can be applied to hit targets at 2 or more squares away (depending on the skill level, requires Basic or better skill). The range is 2, SQRT(5), SQRT(8) on Basic/Skilled/Expert. They also work as a melee weapon.
2. Daggers stack and can also be thrown.
3. Axes can be applied to chop down trees.

New Melee Weapons

Non-Magical Melee Weapons

• Double-headed flail
• Flindbar
• Triple-headed flail

Non-Magical Melee Weapon Modifiers

1. Can get weapon quality modifiers
2. Only Flindbar can be mythic or legendary

Magical Weapons

• Glass sword
• Staff of fire
• Staff of frost
• Staff of life
• Staff of the magi
• Staff of thunder and lightning
• Staff of withering
• Sword of holy vengeance
• Sword of unholy desecration
• Wraithblade

Magical Melee Weapon Modifiers

1. Can get weapon quality modifiers
2. Cannot be mythic or legendary