Sure, shooting someone is all fine and dandy but there’s a wide selection of Red Dead Redemption 2 melee weapons and throwables for you to bludgeon, stab, and immolate your foes with. Below, we’ll run through every Red Dead Redemption 2 melee weapon, where to find melee weapons, as well as where to pick up certain hard-to-find throwables.
Red Dead Redemption 2 Melee Weapons – What Are They and Where to Find Them
Knives
- Hunting Knife – Location: Found in inventory from Chapter 1
- Jawbone Knife – Location: Complete “Test of Faith”
- Wide-Blade Knife – Location: Beryl’s Dream Mine
- Civil War Knife – Location: The basement of Fort Brennand
- Antler Knife – Location: Recover from a dead bear northwest of Hanging Dog Ranch
- Machete – Location: Purchase from any fence after Chapter 5 mission “Dear Uncle Tacitus”
Swords
- Broken Pirate Sword – Location: On a wrecked boat south of Saint Denis’ most southern bridge
Hatchets
- Hatchet – Location: Purchase from any fence after Chapter 5 mission “Dear Uncle Tacitus”
- Stone Hatchet – Location: After completing GTA Online bounty from Maude and killing 25 people with the Stone Hatchet, head to the Native Burial Site in Red Dead Redemption 2.
- Double Bit Hatchet – Location: In a tree northwest of Wallace Station
- Rusted Double Bit Hatchet – Location: In a tree in Annesburg
- Hewing Hatchet – Location: South shore of Moonstone Pond
- Viking Hatchet – Location: In the tomb northeast of Beaver Hollow
- Hunter Hatchet – Location: In a tree south of Window Rock
- Rusted Hunter Hatcher – Location: In a tree midway between O’Creagh’s Run and Elysian Pool
- Cleaver – Location: Purchase from any fence after Chapter 5 mission “Dear Uncle Tacitus
Red Dead Redemption 2 Throwables – What Are They and Where to Find Them
- Tomahawk – Location: Purchase from any fence or Trapper after Chapter 2 mission “Americans at Rest”
- Throwing Knife – Location: Purchase from any fence or Trapper after Chapter 2 mission “Paying a Social Call” (Note: Also obtained during this mission)
- Fire Bottle – Location: Purchase from any fence or Trapper after Chapter 3 mission “The Fire Joys of Tobacco” (Note: Also obtained during this mission)
- Ancient Tomahawk – Location: Sticking out of a target east of the Wapiti Indian Reservation
- Dynamite – Location: Purchase from any fence after Chapter 1 mission “Who the Hell is Leviticus Cornwall?”
