Zombie Arm

Macabre night drop and heavy melee impact

Acquired as a rare 0.4% drop from standard Zombie enemies during nighttime, the Zombie Arm serves as a brutal melee club. It swings in a broad arc, delivering 15 base melee damage and 5.5 knockback at 22 use time. This drop grants high melee damage without spending time mining or smelting metal bars, giving fortunate players a huge combat boost on their very first night.

Comparison with forged metal swords and early progression

Dealing more damage than the Lead Broadsword and matching the Silver Broadsword, this arm is an outstanding early weapon. Its sweeping reach swats away demon eyes and incoming slimes during early exploration, easily defending wooden base perimeters. It remains effective deep into underground caverns until gold or platinum broadswords are forged. The ideal modifier to reforge is Legendary, boosting its damage, swing speed, and size.

Trivia

• The Zombie Arm has a 0.4% drop rate from regular zombies, equating to one in 250 kills.
• It is one of the few early broadswords obtained through monster drops rather than crafting.