Stats
- Damage
- 21
- Durability
- 35
- Shop price
- 15c
- 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.
Cosmetic twins
The Rapier is a stat-identical reskin of this weapon. If a shop or pack is charging you for the engraved version, it buys nothing but the engraving.
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 | — |
| Aged Machete | 20 | 29 | 3c | — |
| 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: 35 before it needs replacing, and enemies can parry and disarm you.
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.
Serpent Hilt Smallsword questions
How much damage does the Serpent Hilt Smallsword do in The Mound?
21 damage, with 35 durability. That ranks it 29 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 Serpent Hilt Smallsword cost?
15c in the shop, with no rank requirement at all.
What does the Serpent Hilt Smallsword trade for?
A Dark Tizona Sword, for 20 tokens. That's notable: the Dark Tizona Sword normally needs rank 2, and this route gets there without it.