This guide will provide you with a comparison between the Pre-Hardmode Melee weapons. You will come to know which are the most damaging melee weapons in Terraria.
| Name | Damage | Comparison | |
 | Ice Boomerang | 16 | Ice boomerang is a melee weapon, and you can find it in the frozen chest in the ice biome. |
 | candy Cane Sword | 16 | You can obtain the Candy Cane sword obtain from presents dropped during Christmas even. It is a Christmas-themed sword. |
 | bone sword | 16 | The bone sword is a melee weapon with a 1/200 chance to drop from skeletons and spore skeletons in the cavern layer. |
 | Terragrim | 17 | You can obtain Terragrim from the unique background object found in the enchanted sword shrine. It is a rare pre-hard mode melee weapon. |
 | Ice blade | 17 | Ice blade is a sword, and you can find it in frozen chests in the ice biome. |
 | Artery | 17 | The artery is a yoyo crafted from criminate bars. |
 | Light’s bane | 18 | Light Bane is a pre Hardmode broadsword crafted sley out of corruption Demonte bars. |
 | Flaming Mace | 18 | Flaming mace is a Dail weapon, and you can craft it in the early pre-hard mode. It is crafted from mace and torch. |
 | Amazon | 18 | Amazon is a yoyo that is crafted from materials found in the underground jungle biome. |
 | Swordfish | 19 | Swordfish is a spear, and you can obtain it through fishing in the ocean biome. |
 | Exotic scimitar | 20 | Exotic scimitar is a melee weapon that has a 1/8 chance of being dropped from the dye trader. |
 | Code 1 | 21 | Code I is a yoyo purchased from a traveling merchant for 5 Gold Coins. |
 | Valor | 22 | Valor is a yoyo, and you can find it in the chests found in the dungeon. |
 | starfury | 22 | Starfury is a sword, and you can only obtain it from the skyware chests, azure crates of sky cates. |
 | blood butcherer | 22 | Blood butcherer is a pre hard mode sword crafted solely out of the crimtane bars |
 | Enchanted Sword | 23 | The enchanted sword is a pre-hard mode sword. You can obtain it by destroying the background object of an enchanted sword in the stone. |
 | Purple Clubberfish | 24 | Purple clubberfish is a melee weapon; you can obtain it by fishing in the corruption. |
 | yellow phaseblades | 25 | Phaseblade is a pre-hard mode broadsword; it is crafted using gems. |
 | white phasebldes | 25 | Phaseblade is a pre-hard mode broadsword; you can craft it using gems. |
 | thorn chakram | 25 | Thorn chakram is a pre hardmode bommerang it is called from jungle spores and stinger. |
 | Red Phaseblade | 25 | Phaseblade is pre hard mode broadsword; it is crafted using gems. |
 | purple phaseblade | 25 | The purple phase blade is a pre-hard mode broadsword; it is crafted using gems. |
 | orange Phaseblade | 25 | The Orange Phaseblade is a pre-hard mode broadsword; it is crafted using gems. |
 | Green phaseblade | 25 | The Green Phase blade is a pre-hard mode broadsword; you can craft it using gems. |
 | Falcon Blade | 25 | Falcon blade has a 1/16 chance to be found in an iron or mithril crate. It is a pre hardmode broadsword. |
 | Combat Wrench | 25 | Combat Wrench has a 1/8 chance of being dropped by the mechanic. It is a boomerang. |
 | Blue phaseblade | 25 | Blue Phaseblade is a pre-hard mode broadsword; you can craft it using gems. |
 | Arkhalis | 25 | Arkhalis is a rare melee weapon, and you can obtain it through treasure bags in expert mode. |
 | Muramasa | 26 | Muramasa is a blue broadsword found in the dungeon’s locked gold chest or golden lock boxes. |
 | Bee keeper | 26 | Beekeeper has a 1/400 chance of being dropped by any enemy in the underworld. It is a pre hardmode yoyo. |
 | Cascade | 27 | Cascade has a 1/400 chance of being dropped by any enemy in the underworld. It is a pre hardmode yoyo. |
 | Blade of Grass | 28 | Blade of Grass is a broadsword and crafted from jungle spores and stiger. |
 | Dark Lance | 29 | Dark Lance is a spear, and you can find it in shadow chests in the underworld. |
 | ball o’ Hurt | 30 | Ball o’hurt is a dail that can be obtained by fishing in the corruption. |
 | Flamarang | 32 | Flamarang is the upgraded version of the enchanted boomerang. |
 | The Meatball | 34 | The Meatball is a dail using crimtane Bars and tissue samples. |
 | Fiery Greatsword | 40 | Flery greatsword is a sword that is crafted from hellstone bars. |
 | Yellow phasesabers | 42 | Yellow phasesabers is crafted from phase blade and crystal shard. |
 | white phasesabers | 42 | White phasesabers is crafted using phase blade and crystal shard. |
 | Red Phasesabers | 42 | Red phasesabers is crafted with the help of a phase blade and crystal shard. |
 | Purple Phasesabers | 42 | Purple Phasesabers are crafted from phase blade and crystal shard. |
 | Orange Phasesabers | 42 | Orange Phasesabers are crafted from phase blade and crystal shard. |
 | Night’s Edge | 42 | Night’s Edge is a broadsword; it is crafted from blood butcher, Muramasa blade of grass fiery greatsword. |
 | Green Phasesabers | 42 | Green Phasesabers are crafted using a phase blade and crystal shard. |
 | Blue Phasesabers | 42 | Blue Phasesabers is crafted from phase blade and crystal shard. |
 | Blue Moon | 54 | The Blue moon is a dail that can be found in Goki’s chest within the dungeon. |
 | Sunfury | 64 | Sunfury is a dail in the obsidian lockbox and obsidian crates. |
 | First Fractal | 190 | The first fractal is an unobtainable melee weapon. Its place is now taken by zenith. |