Melee
Nightstick Stats & Availability
Standard issue blunt detterant of the Haddonfield Police force.
Quick answer
The Nightstick is confirmed to be available in the game, including multiplayer loadouts, but no story pickup has been confirmed. It is strongest for Force compared with other melee weapons.
- Type
- Melee
- Acquisition
- Multiplayer loadout only
- Damage per hit
- 40–50
- Strongest effect
- Force
Where to find it
This weapon is confirmed to be available in the game, but no exact pickup is known. Rather than send you to a guessed spot, the page leaves the location open.
Carried in the story (not a way to get it)
- Carried by police officers in the story. This is not a confirmed way for you to get it.
An enemy or character carrying a weapon does not mean the player can pick it up, so these are listed separately from the pickup routes above.
Multiplayer
- Multiplayer loadout for police roles.
Weapon stats
- Damage per hitDamage dealt on a landed hit.
- 40–50
- Attack powerA separate value from damage. The two are never added together.
- 30
- Stamina per attackCost of a single swing.
- 10–15
- Attack moves
- 3
- Daze buildup
- 10
- Force
- 100
- 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
Nightstick is strongest for Force.
- Force 100 — higher than 10 of the 15 melee weapons that inflict it.
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
- 45 · higher than 0 of 15 melee weapons
- Average stamina cost
- 11.7 · lower than 9 of 15 melee weapons
- Daze buildup
- 10 · higher than 2 of 6 melee weapons
- Force
- 100 · higher than 10 of 15 melee weapons
Can't find it?
Common reasons
- There is no location on this page
- No reliable pickup has been confirmed for this weapon. Rather than send you to a guessed spot, the page leaves it open until a route is confirmed.
- An enemy had this weapon
- An enemy carrying a weapon does not make it obtainable by the player. Those cases are listed separately and are not counted as pickup routes.
- I want it in the story, not multiplayer
- This weapon currently only has confirmed multiplayer loadouts. No story pickup is known.
Where to go next
- Weapons guideAll melee weapons and firearms
Related guides
Next step
- Weapon comparisonPut this weapon next to any other one
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