Melee
Meat Cleaver Location & Stats
Solid, stainless steel, and very sharp. Watch where you swing, or throw it.
Quick answer
- Type
- Melee
- First available
- The Road to Haddonfield
- Acquisition
- Confirmed pickup
- Damage per hit
- 60–75
- Strongest effect
- Low stamina cost
- Challenge use
- Challenge 5
Where to find it
- The Road to HaddonfieldRabbit in Red bar / biker cook area
Picked up during the chapter "The Road to Haddonfield", in Rabbit in Red bar / biker cook area.
It is also carried by an NPC here, but the pickup itself is confirmed.
The Road to Haddonfield walkthrough →
Weapon stats
- Damage per hitDamage dealt on a landed hit.
- 60–75
- Attack powerA separate value from damage. The two are never added together.
- 20–40
- Stamina per attackCost of a single swing.
- 10
- Attack moves
- 3
- Bleed buildup
- 5
- Force
- 50
- Fear buildup
- 15
Damage per hit and attack power are separate values. Daze, Bleed, Force and Fear are four independent systems — they are not damage and are never added together.
What it is good at
The Meat Cleaver is not the hardest hitter, but it is one of the cheapest to swing.
- Low stamina cost 10 — lower than 12 of the 15 melee weapons.
How it compares
Each stat is listed on its own. No weapon tops every one of them, because they measure different things, so this page does not pick a winner.
- 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
Challenges
Challenge 5 requires this weapon.
A Challenge requirement means the weapon is usable at that point in the game. It does not tell you where to pick it up.
Challenge 5 guide →Can't find it?
Common reasons
- I am in the right chapter and still missed it
- Some pickups only exist during a specific story step. Follow the chapter walkthrough order rather than searching the whole area.
Where to go next
- Weapons guideAll melee weapons and firearms
- The Road to Haddonfield walkthroughObjective order
- Challenge 5Requires this weapon
Related guides
Found here
- Rabbit in Red guideThe Road to Haddonfield
- The Road to Haddonfield walkthroughThe Road to Haddonfield
Required for
- Challenge 5Challenge guide
Next step
- Weapon comparisonPut this weapon next to any other one
- Weapons guideAll melee weapons with a side-by-side comparison