True melee

True melee may refer to several things in the Calamity Mod. "True melee strikes" are strikes by a melee weapon that are not caused by projectiles. This includes melee hits with swords and melee hits with spears. "True melee damage" refers to damage done by true melee strikes and is increased by several accessories in the mod, listed further down. Finally "true melee weapons" are a term used to refer to melee weapons that do not fire projectiles, linking back to previous versions of true melee. However, there is no concept of a "true melee weapon" within the mod currently.

In the Calamity Mod, the true melee classification becomes relevant in several ways:
 * Many melee weapons with lifesteal effects will only heal the player on true melee strikes.
 * In Revengeance Mode, true melee strikes will increase the Rage Meter. This scales with the weapon's base damage; a maximum of 10 rage can be gained through a true melee strike.
 * Rage will only be generated from enemies that have a damage stat of 5 or higher. Rage will not be gained by striking enemies spawned from statues.
 * Most true melee weapons are not affected by Luxor's Gift.
 * The Soaring Potion causes true melee strikes to restore a fraction of the player's wing time. The amount of wing time restored scales with the player's melee stats and weapon's swing speed.
 * The Titan Scale Potion causes true melee strikes to grant the player 25 defense and 10% damage reduction for 10 seconds.
 * The Revengeance Mode-exclusive Counter Scarf and Evasion Scarf grant 15% and 25% boosts to true melee damage respectively.
 * The Fungal Symbiote grants a 15% boost to true melee damage and causes true melee weapons to emit glowing mushrooms when swung.
 * The Hide of Astrum Deus grants a 50% boost to true melee damage for up to 15 seconds after being struck.
 * The Devourer of Gods (Lore) item grants a 25% boost to true melee damage, however the player takes 5% increased damage.
 * While wearing Bloodflare armor with the Bloodflare Ram Mask, landing 15 true melee strikes causes the player to enter a Blood Frenzy for 5 seconds, during which melee stats are greatly buffed. Additionally, true melee strikes will heal the player.
 * While wearing Silva armor with the Silva Helm, true melee strikes have a 25% chance to deal 5 times the amount of damage.

Weapons
Below is a list of weapons that are capable of performing true melee strikes.

True melee weapons
True melee weapons are melee weapons that do not fire projectiles or that require true melee strikes in order to do so.