Terraria Melee Class Guide — weapons, armor & loadouts

The Melee class

Melee is Terraria's sturdiest class — swords, spears, yoyos, boomerangs and flails backed by the highest armor defense. It trades reach for survivability and strong close-to-mid range damage, making it the most forgiving class for new players.

What defines it

• Highest defense of any class, so it takes the fewest risks in a fight.
• Weapon types range from true melee swords to ranged-hitbox projectiles like yoyos and flails.
• Benefits from melee-speed and defense accessory prefixes (Warding, Violent).

Best loadouts by progression tier

• Best melee loadout — pre-bosses
• Best melee loadout — pre-hardmode
• Best melee loadout — pre-mech
• Best melee loadout — pre-plantera
• Best melee loadout — pre-golem
• Best melee loadout — endgame

Signature melee weapons

Iconic melee weapons to aim for, from early Hardmode to the endgame:

• Vampire Knives
• Scourge of the Corruptor
• Terra Blade
• Possessed Hatchet
• The Horseman's Blade
• North Pole
• Influx Waver
• Sky Dragon's Fury
• Solar Eruption
• Daybreak
• Meowmere
• Star Wrath
• Flying Dragon
• Zenith