True melee

An in-game example of Light's Bane listing its damage type as "true melee" in previous versions of the Calamity Mod.

The Calamity Mod introduces a new damage class for true melee weapons. This damage type is applied to melee weapons (and tools) that do not fire any projectiles when used or require strikes with the weapon itself to create projectiles. Dealing damage with a true melee weapon is sometimes referred to as a 'true melee strike'.

All true melee weapons have their damage type displayed as 'true melee damage' instead of 'melee damage'. Weapons dealing true melee damage will inherit all of the stat boosts and effects from normal melee damage (such as Warrior Emblem), however any stat boosts or effects specific to true melee damage will only apply to true melee weapons and not to normal melee weapons.

All damaging components of a true melee weapon will deal 'true melee damage', even if that damage comes from a projectile created by the weapon. Melee weapons that are not classified with the 'true melee' damage type cannot deal true melee damage in any way, even when striking enemies with the weapon directly.

In the Calamity Mod, the true melee classification becomes relevant in several ways:

• Various accessories boost true melee damage specifically, such as the Counter Scarf, Evasion Scarf, Titan Glove and its upgrades, and Warbanner of the Sun.
• The Hide of Astrum Deus grants a 50% boost to true melee damage for up to 15 seconds after being struck and causes stars to fall from the sky when landing true melee strikes.
• Many melee weapons with lifesteal effects will only heal the player on true melee strikes.
• True melee broadswords and shortswords are not affected by Luxor's Gift.
• The Soaring Potion causes true melee strikes to restore a fraction of the player's wing time. The amount of wing time restored scales with the player's melee stats and weapon's swing speed.
• The melee Bloodflare armor and Auric Tesla armor set bonuses give true melee strikes lifesteal and give the Blood Frenzy buff for 5 seconds after dealing 15 true melee strikes, which greatly increases the player's melee stats.
• Gem Tech armor's melee set bonus cools down twice as fast while the player is wielding a true melee weapon.
• The Twins, Skeletron Prime, Calamitas Clone, and Supreme Witch, Calamitas and her brothers have decreased acceleration while the player is wielding a true melee weapon, allowing the player to more easily hit them with said weapons.
• Adrenaline and Rage are half as powerful while wielding a true melee weapon, preventing the player from combining the two to destroy bosses within seconds.
• Various bosses that are susceptible to true melee weapons (either because they are very easy to stay close to or have multiple segments) have increased resistance to true melee damage, preventing the player from using true melee weapons' high damage and infinite piercing to very quickly defeat them. These include:
  • All worm bosses (except The Devourer of Gods)
  • Crabulon
  • Ravager
  • Ceaseless Void's Dark Energies
  • Brain of Cthulhu's Creepers
  • XF-09 Ares

True melee weapons

Name		DMG	UT	KB	Crit	Auto	Rarity	HM	ML	Sell
	Aegis Blade	108	14 (Fast)	4.25 (Average)	4%					12
	Aftershock	65	27 (Slow)	7.5 (Very Strong)	4%					4  80
	Anarchy Blade	150	18 (Average)	7.5 (Very Strong)	4%					12
	Astral Blade	85	8 (Very Fast)	4 (Weak)	29%					16
	Astral Pike	90	13 (Fast)	8.5 (Very Strong)	29%					16
	Avalanche	100	34 (Very Slow)	7.25 (Very Strong)	4%					4  80
	Baleful Harvester	90	21 (Average)	8.0 (Very Strong)	4%					20
	Basher	30	25 (Slow)	7 (Strong)	4%					20
	Brimlance	50	19 (Average)	7.5 (Very Strong)	4%					4  80
	Burnt Sienna	32	20 (Average)	5.5 (Average)	4%					20
	Carnage	130	20 (Average)	5.25 (Average)	4%					2  40
	Comet Quasher	160	21 (Average)	7.75 (Very Strong)	4%					12
	Depth Crusher	36	21 (Average)	5.25 (Average)	4%					40
	Diseased Pike	65	20 (Average)	8.5 (Very Strong)	4%					12
	Dragon Rage	1075	25 (Slow)	7.5 (Very Strong)	4%					30
	Earth	170	15 (Average)	9.5 (Extremely Strong)	4%					40
	Evil Smasher	120	37 (Very Slow)	6 (Average)	4%					2  40
	Feralthorn Claymore	80	12 (Fast)	7.25 (Very Strong)	4%					9  60
	Gauss Dagger	25	23 (Slow)	7 (Strong)	4%					80
	Gilded Proboscis	315	19 (Average)	8.75 (Very Strong)	4%					22
	Grand Guardian	150	21 (Average)	8.5 (Very Strong)	4%					20
	Greentide	95	23 (Slow)	7 (Strong)	4%					9  60
	Hellkite	180	30 (Very Slow)	8 (Very Strong)	4%					9  60
	Holy Collider	270	21 (Average)	7.75 (Very Strong)	4%					24
	Hydraulic Volt Crasher	75	16 (Average)	12 (Insane)	4%					4  80
	Lion Heart	323	14 (Fast)	5.5 (Average)	4%					26
	Majestic Guard	70	21 (Average)	7.5 (Very Strong)	4%					4  80
	Mantis Claws	144	8 (Very Fast)	7 (Strong)	4%					9  60
	Murasama	2222	25 (Slow)	6.5 (Strong)	65%					30
	Mycelial Claws	28	6 (Very Fast)	3.75 (Weak)	4%					40
	Old Lord Claymore	60	34 (Very Slow)	7 (Strong)	4%					80
	Omniblade	100	9 (Very Fast)	6 (Average)	49%					12
	Phosphorescent Gauntlet	2705	39 (Extremely Slow)	9 (Very Strong)	14%					26
	Sahara Slicers	23	18 (Average)	6 (Average)	4%					40
	Sausage Maker	36	20 (Average)	6.25 (Strong)	4%					80
	Stellar Striker	480	24 (Slow)	7.75 (Very Strong)	4%					20
	Submarine Shocker	90	10 (Fast)	7 (Strong)	4%					4  80
	Tainted Blade	60	26 (Slow)	5 (Average)	4%					40
	Teardrop Cleaver	45	23 (Slow)	5.5 (Average)	4%					40
	The Enforcer	890	16 (Average)	9 (Very Strong)	4%					28
	The Last Mourning	360	19 (Average)	8.5 (Very Strong)	4%					26
	The Mutilator	483	17 (Average)	8 (Very Strong)	4%					24
	Titan Arm	69	12 (Fast)	80 (Insane)	100%					9  60
	Ultimus Cleaver	130	19 (Average)	8 (Very Strong)	4%					12
	Vulcanite Lance	90	22 (Average)	6.75 (Strong)	4%					12
	Yateveo Bloom	30	22 (Average)	5 (Average)	4%					40

History

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These history sections are still a work-in-progress, and may not yet contain changes relevant to the current version of the Calamity Mod.

• 2.0.1.001: Now considered a proper subclass.

• 2.0.0.001: True melee weapons can no longer gain the "Lecherous" enchantment.

• 1.5.1.001: True melee weapons now only gain 50% of the damage boost gained while using Rage and Adrenaline.

• 1.5.0.001: All segmented bosses now resist damage dealt by true melee strikes by 50%.

• 1.4.5.001: Holding a true melee weapon will now reduce the acceleration of Calamitas, Supreme Calamitas, and The Twins by 50%.

• 1.4.4.002: Flails no longer count as true melee damage.

• 1.4.2.101: Spears and flails now count as true melee damage.

• 1.3.3.001: True melee weapons now share the same melee speed cap as other melee weapons.

• 1.3.2.001: True melee weapons now have a cap for how fast they can swing, up to 115% of their initial speed.

• 1.2.4.101: True melee weapons now let the player gain Rage upon striking an enemy.