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Melee28 DMG · 19 OF 36 BY DAMAGE

Halberd

The hardest-hitting melee in the game, tied with the axe, and the most durable of the pair. Axe blade plus spike: it answers both armour and reach.

Last updated 2026-07-25 · Patch patch 1.01
Halberd

Stats

Damage
28
Durability
50
Shop price
25c
Rank required
2
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.

Aged Halberd upgrades into this for 15 tokens — and costs only 20c to buy in the first place.
Polehammer trades into this for 20 tokens
Aged Polehammer trades into this for 25 tokens — which reaches a rank-2 weapon with no rank requirement of its own.

The rest of the melee rack

What else fills the same slot, ordered by damage.

WeaponDmgDurabilityCostRank
Francesca Axe284315c
Aged Francesca Axe252910c
Aged Halberd253520c1
Conquistador Side Sword243820c2
Dark Tizona Sword243820c2
Aged Conquistador Side Sword222515c1
Aged Dark Tizona Sword222515c1
Machete22435c
Polehammer224520c1
Rapier213515c
Serpent Hilt Smallsword213515c
Aged Machete20293c
Aged Polehammer203010c
Aged Rapier192310c
Aged Serpent Hilt Smallsword192310c
Spear173810c
Aged Spear15255c
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: 50 before it needs replacing, and enemies can parry and disarm you.

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Halberd questions

How much damage does the Halberd do in The Mound?

28 damage, with 50 durability. That ranks it 19 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 Halberd cost?

25c in the shop, and it needs explorer rank 2 before it appears.