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Base game character · Brotato 1.1.15.4

Knight

Unlock: Win a run in Danger 4

Two separate computed views

Opening pool and across-run DPS

“Your opening pick” compares Tier I records in the starting pool with one weapon equipped. “Across the whole run” compares every usable family at its highest usable tier.

Loadout identity

Starting choices and grants

Choose one unlocked entry from a normalized maximum pool of 13. A save’s visible pool can be smaller because unlock state and active DLC alter it.

Starting weapon pool

Relative to defaults

Base stat deltas

Armor
+3

Only direct character deltas are shown here; selected starting entries and weapon-set bonuses are not presented as base stats.

Your opening pick · pool-limited view

Tier I starting-pool DPS

This answers the first weapon-choice comparison. The across-run ranking below answers a separate question across every usable weapon family.

The normalized maximum starting-weapon pool contains 13 families. A save can display fewer because only unlocked entries appear, and active DLC can alter the pool.

No Tier I order is shown.

None of the 13 starting-pool records is Tier I; no Tier I values are substituted for later-tier entries.

Character-specific facts

Mechanics used or stated

Stat-gain factors

  • −50% gain to Attack Speed (×0.5)
  • −80% gain to Harvesting (×0.2)

Factors apply to the complete resolved target stat and remain fractional until the modeled damage or timing consumer rounds.

Weapon rules

  • Ranged weapons filtered from offers and cannot be bought
  • Shop weapons Tier 2 or higher

Other declared mechanics

  • ConfirmedLinked Melee Damage = truncate toward zero (2 × Armor / 1); uses all resolved sources

Wanted-tag roll

On a 5% conditional item roll, the pool is filtered to entries tagged Armor when that filtered pool is non-empty.

Offer filters, with exceptions

Filtered entries

Items and item groups below are filtered out of normal pre-final shop and crate rolls; listed upgrades are rerolled in normal pre-final level-up choices. At the final-wave boundary and in endless, character filters are disabled. If filtering empties the candidate pool, generation can use an unfiltered backup pool. Upgrade rejection stops after 50 retries. These are offer filters, not ownership or use prohibitions, and item/group filters do not ban weapons.

Items

Item groups

Same item computation, read by character

Measured item outliers for Knight

Offer filtering is listed first, followed by higher and lower resolved direct-stat changes. The item-page calculation applies this character’s stat-gain factors to each item’s declared direct stat effects. A value group appears when the signed change is at least 50% of that item’s total absolute direct-stat magnitude.

Filtered from normal pre-final rolls

These items are filtered from normal pre-final shop and crate rolls. At the final-wave boundary and in endless, character filters are disabled. If filtering empties the candidate pool, generation can use an unfiltered backup pool, and upgrade rejection stops after 50 retries. These are offer filters, not ownership or use prohibitions.

  • Blood Donation — included through Harvesting
  • Crown — included through Harvesting
  • Fertilizer — included through Harvesting
  • Lens — included through Ranged Damage
  • Seashell — listed directly in the character filter
  • Tractor — included through Harvesting

Showing 6 of 7 filtered items.

Resolved direct-stat change: +50% or more

  • Baby Squid — +50% normalized signed change (Attack Speed −3 resolves ×0.5)
  • Small Fish — +50% normalized signed change (Attack Speed −3 resolves ×0.5)
  • Stone Skin — +50% normalized signed change (Attack Speed −6 resolves ×0.5)
  • Will-o’-Wisp — +50% normalized signed change (Attack Speed −7 resolves ×0.5)

Resolved direct-stat change: −50% or less

  • Blood Donation — −80% normalized signed change (Harvesting +40 resolves ×0.2)
  • Starfish — −80% normalized signed change (Harvesting +10 resolves ×0.2)
  • White Flag — −80% normalized signed change (Harvesting +5 resolves ×0.2)
  • Wheelbarrow — −75.3% normalized signed change (Harvesting +16 resolves ×0.2)
  • Fertilizer — −71.1% normalized signed change (Harvesting +8 resolves ×0.2)
  • Tractor — −66.7% normalized signed change (Harvesting +40 resolves ×0.2)

Showing the 6 largest-magnitude changes of 8 items in this group.

Across the whole run · all usable families

Ranked by computed DPS for this character

Unlike the opening-pool view, this uses every usable weapon family at its highest usable tier and the full stated weapon-count context. 7 weapons change position versus the generic order.

Reading the Knight-specific column: ↑ 5 = 5 places higher in this character’s ranking than in the generic, zero-bonus ranking; ↓ 5 = 5 places lower; — = same place. “generic #N” is the weapon’s rank with no character bonuses applied.

How this ranking is computed

Default 10 Max HP and zero other default combat stats; no bonus stats beyond Knight’s direct base deltas; 6 equipped weapons from distinct families; the listed weapon is at its highest tier this character can use. Other equipped weapons are assumed Tier II or III. Item, material, structure, pet, and duplicate-item counters are 0 unless a note below says otherwise.

The target is not cursed, burning, or a boss. Every attack or projectile aimed at the primary target connects. DPS is before enemy armor. Character-local weapon bonuses and the stated equipment counters are applied through the calculator’s staged truncation, rounding, and timing rules.

Visible character-specific reorder: Spiky Shield — up 6 from genericChainsaw — down 1 from genericQuarterstaff — down 1 from genericScrewdriver — down 1 from genericSpoon — down 1 from generic

Melee weapons

  1. 1 Excalibur ExcaliburTier IV —generic #1 373.37DPS
  2. 2 Scythe ScytheTier IV —generic #2 211.30DPS
  3. 3 Flaming Brass Knuckles Flaming Brass KnucklesTier IV —generic #3 132.74DPS
  4. 4 Power Fist Power FistTier IV —generic #4 132.74DPS
  5. 5 Fist FistTier IV —generic #5 106.19DPS
  6. 6 War Hammer War HammerTier IV —generic #6 104.23DPS
  7. 7 Brick BrickTier IV —generic #7 87.37DPS
  8. 8 Mace MaceTier IV —generic #8 86.36DPS
  9. 9 Captain’s Sword Captain’s SwordTier IV —generic #9 83.29DPS
  10. 10 Plasma Sledge Plasma SledgeTier IV —generic #10 82.49DPS
  11. 11 Hammer HammerTier IV —generic #11 81.57DPS
  12. 12 Knife KnifeTier IV —generic #12 79.21DPS
  13. 13 DEX-troyer DEX-troyerTier IV —generic #13 77.04DPS
  14. 14 Hatchet HatchetTier IV —generic #14 71.06DPS
  15. 15 Thunder Sword Thunder SwordTier IV —generic #15 70.38DPS
  16. 16 Sword SwordTier IV —generic #16 65.26DPS
  17. 17 Anchor AnchorTier IV —generic #17 61.76DPS
  18. 18 Trident TridentTier IV —generic #18 58.24DPS
  19. 19 Vorpal Sword Vorpal SwordTier IV —generic #19 57.26DPS
  20. 20 Thief Dagger Thief DaggerTier IV —generic #20 55.82DPS
  21. 21 Claw ClawTier IV —generic #21 55.28DPS
  22. 22 Rock RockTier IV —generic #22 53.91DPS
  23. 23 Spear SpearTier IV —generic #23 48.51DPS
  24. 24 Circular Saw Circular SawTier IV —generic #24 47.43DPS
  25. 25 Cacti Club Cacti ClubTier IV —generic #25 45.30DPS
  26. 26 Chopper ChopperTier IV —generic #26 44.30DPS
  27. 27 Jousting Lance Jousting LanceTier IV —generic #27 38.59DPS
  28. 28 Drill DrillTier IV —generic #28 37.87DPS
  29. 29 Spiky Shield Spiky ShieldTier IV ↑ 6generic #35 35.52DPS
  30. 30 Chainsaw ChainsawTier IV ↓ 1generic #29 34.22DPS
  31. 31 Quarterstaff QuarterstaffTier IV ↓ 1generic #30 31.64DPS
  32. 32 Screwdriver ScrewdriverTier IV ↓ 1generic #31 31.53DPS
  33. 33 Spoon SpoonTier IV ↓ 1generic #32 31.19DPS
  34. 34 Plank PlankTier IV ↓ 1generic #33 30.08DPS
  35. 35 Pruner PrunerTier IV ↓ 1generic #34 29.92DPS
  36. 36 Scissors ScissorsTier IV —generic #36 28.92DPS
  37. 37 Ghost Axe Ghost AxeTier IV —generic #37 27.21DPS
  38. 38 Hiking Pole Hiking PoleTier IV —generic #38 26.01DPS
  39. 39 Sickle SickleTier IV —generic #39 21.29DPS
  40. 40 Lightning Shiv Lightning ShivTier IV —generic #40 20.44DPS
  41. 41 Ghost Flint Ghost FlintTier IV —generic #41 18.77DPS
  42. 42 Sharp Tooth Sharp ToothTier IV —generic #42 18.35DPS
  43. 43 Wrench WrenchTier IV —generic #43 16.62DPS
  44. 44 Lute LuteTier IV —generic #44 14.13DPS
  45. 45 Stick StickTier IV —generic #45 11.11DPS
  46. 46 Brass Knuckles Brass KnucklesTier II —generic #46 10.79DPS
  47. 47 Hand HandTier IV —generic #47 1.38DPS
  48. 48 Torch TorchTier IV —generic #48 1.20DPS

Ranged weapons

Ranged weapons are filtered from offers and cannot be bought.

Metric boundary

What the across-run ranking does not claim

The lists compare expected direct damage to one primary target per second. They do not combine melee with ranged, and they do not model enemy armor, target density, positioning, closing distance, survivability, misses or spread, overkill, explosions, burning, spawned attacks, later pierce or bounce targets, or conditional target bonuses. Those omitted factors can change results observed during a run.