Stats
- Damage
- 20
- Durability
- 29
- Shop price
- 3c
- Rank required
- —
- Ammo
- —
- Category
- Melee
Where it sits on the Anvil ladder
The Weapon Upgrade Anvil runs two ladders: upgrading walks a piece up its own family, while trading jumps sideways into a different weapon — and trades can bypass rank locks the shop enforces.
The rest of the melee rack
What else fills the same slot, ordered by damage.
| Weapon | Dmg | Durability | Cost | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francesca Axe | 28 | 43 | 15c | — |
| Halberd | 28 | 50 | 25c | 2 |
| Aged Francesca Axe | 25 | 29 | 10c | — |
| Aged Halberd | 25 | 35 | 20c | 1 |
| Conquistador Side Sword | 24 | 38 | 20c | 2 |
| Dark Tizona Sword | 24 | 38 | 20c | 2 |
| Aged Conquistador Side Sword | 22 | 25 | 15c | 1 |
| Aged Dark Tizona Sword | 22 | 25 | 15c | 1 |
| Machete | 22 | 43 | 5c | — |
| Polehammer | 22 | 45 | 20c | 1 |
| Rapier | 21 | 35 | 15c | — |
| Serpent Hilt Smallsword | 21 | 35 | 15c | — |
| Aged Polehammer | 20 | 30 | 10c | — |
| Aged Rapier | 19 | 23 | 10c | — |
| Aged Serpent Hilt Smallsword | 19 | 23 | 10c | — |
| Spear | 17 | 38 | 10c | — |
| Aged Spear | 15 | 25 | 5c | — |
| Spike Bayonet | — | — | — | — |
| Training Sword | — | — | — | — |
Carrying it
Melee is silent, never runs out, and works in every weather. It also has a backstab bonus and an overhead stab to the head that deals double damage — see the tips page. The cost is durability: 29 before it needs replacing, and enemies can parry and disarm you.
This is an Agedpiece — one rung below its finished version, which is exactly why it's worth buying. Measured across all seventeen aged/finished pairs the damage penalty runs 8–15%, while durability drops much harder. Buy it for the low entry price and the missing rank lock, then feed it to the Anvil.
Keep reading
All 51 distinct weapons with the Anvil ladder.
The four roles a crew settles into.
What this is pointed at, with HP and multipliers.
How the shop opens up as you climb.
Michael for blades, Barbara for guns.
Affording the tier you actually want.
Aged Machete questions
How much damage does the Aged Machete do in The Mound?
20 damage, with 29 durability. That ranks it 31 of 36 among weapons with published figures. The game never shows you this number in-game, so it is a community measurement — we publish it only because two independent databases agree on it.
How much does the Aged Machete cost?
3c in the shop, with no rank requirement at all. As an Aged piece it's the cheap entry to its family — the Anvil finishes the job.
What does the Aged Machete upgrade into?
The Machete, for 15 tokens at the Weapon Upgrade Anvil aboard the Tempestad.