Core Keeper Codex
1.2.1.5 · verified 2026-09-07

Best equipment for Melee

Ranked by the sum of the stats that matter for a melee build: Physical Melee Damage Increase, All Damage Increase, Attack Speed, Crit Chance, Armor Increase. Top 60 of 202 items that grant at least one of them.

ItemSlotLevelPhysical Melee Damage IncreaseAll Damage IncreaseAttack SpeedCrit ChanceArmor Increase
Ancient SpearHeld15361————
Crystal RingRing16—300———
Omoroth BeakOther14291————
Void Fused Breast ArmorChest18233———29
Shadow Breast ArmorChest19—11995—36
Void Fused HelmHead18217———23
Void Fused Pants ArmorLegs18197———27
Radiation PantsOther16189———26
Radiation Breast ArmorChest16176———25
Sulfur PantsOther18—158——31
Atlantian Worm HelmHead17——162620
Core Commander Breast ArmorChest17—6691—30
Grub Egg NecklaceNecklace8181————
Sulfur Breast ArmorChest18—147——31
Nomad RingRing14—177———
Battle AxeHeld7176————
Atlantian Worm RingRing17172————
Torc NecklaceNecklace12—163———
Core Commander HelmHead17—6371421
Radiation HelmHead16137———21
Ancient Gemstone Breast ArmorChest16——142—12
Octopus Breast ArmorChest13—7162—20
Hydra Bone Breast ArmorChest17122———26
Ancient Gemstone PantsOther16——134—11
Octopus PantsOther13—6558—19
Slime Breast ArmorChest12—119——22
Sky RingRing11135——5—
Alien Tech Breast ArmorChest16—99——34
Alien Tech PantsOther16—101——28
Sulfur HelmHead18—105——22
Godsent Breast ArmorChest16—96——27
Moldweb PantsOther10104———17
Alien Tech HelmHead16—95——25
Octopus HelmHead13—5547—17
Rambo PantsOther10—115———
Godsent PantsOther16—90——23
Core Commander PantsOther17——78424
Crystal Breast ArmorChest16——78—26
Godsent HelmHead16—84——19
Hydra Bone PantsOther17——72—25
Slime HelmHead12—80——16
Double RingRing14—55343—
Rambo Breast ArmorChest10—92———
Plate HelmHead19——62—26
Skull RingRing9——88——
Iron BreastOther7—72——12
Tamer RingRing10—84———
Bronze BreastOther574———9
Plague Doctor HelmHead12—66——16
Omoroth NecklaceNecklace13—71——7
Dancer Breast ArmorChest14——695—
Caveling HelmHead772————
Iron PantsOther7—58——12
Hivebone Breast ArmorChest9——53—14
Hivebone PantsOther9——48—14
Dancer Pants ArmorLegs14——61——
Rambo HelmHead10—59———
Iron HelmHead7—48——10
Dancer HelmHead14——48——
Hivebone HelmHead9——36—12

How this ranking is made, so you can disagree with it

Every value in the table is read from the game files. The ordering is ours: a plain sum of the listed stats, unweighted. That is a deliberate choice rather than a hidden formula — the stats are not in the same units, so any weighting would be an opinion dressed as maths. Sort by the single column you actually care about and the table answers a sharper question than the ranking does.