Melee
Meat Cleaver Location & Stats
Quick answer
Confirmed pickup
The Road to Haddonfield· Rabbit in Red
Part of Halloween: The Game Weapons
- Damage
- 60–75
- Challenge
- The Road to Haddonfield · Challenge 5
In-game description. Solid, stainless steel, and very sharp. Watch where you swing, or throw it.
Where to Find the Meat Cleaver
You can pick this up during The Road to Haddonfield, inside the Rabbit in Red.
Quick answer
- The Road to Haddonfield
- ↓ Rabbit in Red
- ↓ Meat Cleaver pickup
Picked up during the chapter "The Road to Haddonfield", in Rabbit in Red bar / biker cook area.
Confirmed pickup
Meat Cleaver in Story Mode
- First available
- The Road to Haddonfield
- Area
- Rabbit in Red
- Acquisition
- Confirmed pickup
Multiplayer Availability
Meat Cleaver
Multiplayer sources
Hunt Loot
Configured count range: 2–3
Current configuration: Required inclusion
The current Hunt Loot configuration marks this item for required inclusion. This does not by itself prove the final number of reachable copies in every match.
The game applies a minimum spacing rule between copies.
A specific item probability is not confirmed.
Is the Meat Cleaver Good?
The Meat Cleaver is not the hardest hitter. It stands out for lower stamina cost per swing.
Combat Stats
Combat
- Damage per hitDamage on landed attacks
- 60–75
- Average damageUsed for comparison
- 66.7
- Attack PowerSeparate property
- 20–40
- StaminaCost varies by attack
- 10
- Average staminaComparison value
- 10
- MovesAttack move count
- 3
Effects
- Daze
- None
- Bleed
- 5
- Force
- 50
- Fear
- 15
How these stats work
Damage on hit and Attack Power are separate values. Daze, Bleed, Force and Fear are separate combat effects; they are not added to damage.
How the Meat Cleaver Compares
Each number uses the same comparison function as the weapon comparison tool. There is no combined rank.
- Average damage
- 66.7 · Higher than 5 of 15 melee weapons
- Average stamina cost
- 10 · Lower than 12 of 15 melee weapons
- Bleed buildup
- 5 · Higher than 0 of 10 melee weapons
- Force
- 50 · Higher than 0 of 15 melee weapons
Compare the Meat Cleaver
Default:Pick-Axe vs Pick-Axe
Meat Cleaver
VS
- 66.7DamagePick-Axe →103
- 10Stamina← Meat Cleaver22
- NoneDazePick-Axe →5
- 5BleedTie5
- 50ForcePick-Axe →100
Meat Cleaver has lower stamina cost, while Pick-Axe has higher damage per hit, stronger Daze and stronger Force.
Compare these two →Challenges Using the Meat Cleaver
Story Challenges are few and exact, so they are listed by name. Progressive Challenges and Weapon Prestige Challenges are whole chains, so they link out to their own pages instead of being copied here.
Story Challenges
The Road to Haddonfield · Challenge 5
Kill any target with a thrown cleaver.
This confirms that the Meat Cleaver can be used during The Road to Haddonfield, but it does not identify a pickup source there.
Can't Find the Meat Cleaver?
The confirmed Story pickup is associated with The Road to Haddonfield.
Open The Road to Haddonfield Walkthrough →
Where the Meat Cleaver Fits
Story pickup, Multiplayer progression and Combat are separate routes. A Story pickup is not a prerequisite for levelling or Prestiging the weapon.
Story
- The Road to Haddonfield
↓
- Rabbit in Red
↓
- Meat Cleaver
Meat Cleaver Reference
- Weapon type
- Melee
- First Story availability
- The Road to Haddonfield
- Pickup
- Rabbit in Red
- Damage
- 60–75
- Attack moves
- 3
- Attack Power
- 20–40
- Stamina
- 10
- Bleed
- 5
- Force
- 50
- Fear
- 15
Related Weapons
Meat Cleaver FAQ
- Where is the Meat Cleaver?
- Rabbit in Red, The Road to Haddonfield.
- When can I first get the Meat Cleaver?
- The Road to Haddonfield
- Is the Meat Cleaver better than the Pick-Axe?
- Meat Cleaver has lower stamina cost, while Pick-Axe has higher damage per hit, stronger Daze and stronger Force. There is no combined winner.
- What Challenge needs the Meat Cleaver?
- The Road to Haddonfield · Challenge 5 — Kill any target with a thrown cleaver.
- Is Force extra damage?
- No. Damage on hit, Attack Power, Daze, Bleed, Force and Fear are separate combat values. They are never added together.