Melee weapon

The Melee weapon is always a part of an animal's inventory. It requires no ammunition to use, provides the fastest on-foot movement speed when equipped, and can cut grass or wooden crates to potentially reveal pickups. Each successful hit to an enemy will remove one point of armor, or deal 33 damage to animals without armor. Melee attacks also have penetration, and thus bypass 50% of armor (or 16.5 damage).

The default keyboard key to switch to the melee weapon is.

Skins
Melee weapon appearance does not affect its usage or damage, and can be customized with one of the following weapon skins: