Salvaged Sword

A fairly cheap melee weapon that is arguably the best melee weapon for fighting because of its short attack delay, fast attack rate, and high damage, especially with headshots. Being able to do enough damage to down a person with most helmets with two headshots.
The salvaged sword is also the fastest and cheapest melee weapon at destroying deployables and the hard/soft side of wooden walls.

One sword deals 170 damage if repaired until it breaks completely. You need 2 swords on a wooden wall(hard side) and 3 swords on a stone wall (soft side). You need 180 metal fragments to repair a sword until it is completely broken.

Melee weapon DPS excluding event weapons

• 4-5 DPS [url=https://rustlabs.com/item/torch]Torch[/url]
• 8 DPS [url=https://rustlabs.com/item/rock]Rock[/url]
• 15 DPS [url=https://rustlabs.com/item/flashlight]Flashlight[/url]
• 17 DPS [url=https://rustlabs.com/item/bone-club]Bone Club[/url]
• 17 DPS [url=https://rustlabs.com/item/wooden-spear]Wooden Spear[/url]
• 17 DPS [url=https://rustlabs.com/item/stone-hatchet]Stone Hatchet[/url]
• 19 DPS [url=https://rustlabs.com/item/stone-pickaxe]Stone Pickaxe[/url]
• 20 DPS [url=https://rustlabs.com/item/pickaxe]Pickaxe[/url]
• 23 DPS [url=https://rustlabs.com/item/bone-knife]Bone Knife[/url]
• 23 DPS [url=https://rustlabs.com/item/stone-spear]Stone Spear[/url]
• 24 DPS [url=https://rustlabs.com/item/paddle]Paddle[/url]
• 25 DPS [url=https://rustlabs.com/item/mace]Mace[/url]
• 28 DPS [url=https://rustlabs.com/item/hatchet]Hatchet[/url]
• 30 DPS [url=https://rustlabs.com/item/salvaged-cleaver]Salvaged Cleaver[/url]
• 30 DPS [url=https://rustlabs.com/item/salvaged-hammer]Salvaged Hammer[/url]
• 32 DPS [url=https://rustlabs.com/item/salvaged-icepick]Salvaged Icepick[/url]
• 32 DPS [url=https://rustlabs.com/item/salvaged-axe]Salvaged Axe[/url]
• 35 DPS [url=https://rustlabs.com/item/machete]Machete[/url]
• 38 DPS [url=https://rustlabs.com/item/longsword]Longsword[/url]
• 40 DPS [url=https://rustlabs.com/item/salvaged-sword]Salvaged Sword[/url]
• 50 DPS [url=https://rustlabs.com/item/combat-knife]Combat Knife[/url]
• 60 DPS [url=https://rustlabs.com/item/chainsaw]Chainsaw[/url]
• 100 DPS [url=https://rustlabs.com/item/jackhammer]Jackhammer[/url]

Farming overview tl;dr:

Machete is #3 for barrel farming, and #3 for roadsign farming
Very cheap and balanced farming tool.
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Soft Barrel Toplist:

#1 - 0.32s › Sword, Icepick, Salvaged Axe
#2 - 0.72s › Mace
#3 - 0.77s › Longsword, Cleaver
#4 - 0.85s › Combat Knife
#5 - 1.05s › Hatchet
#6 - 1.20s › Salvaged Hammer
#7 - 1.28s › Machete
#8 - 1.63s › Paddle
#9 - 1.70s › Bone Knife
#9 - 1.92s › Pickaxe
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Hard Barrel Toplist:

#1 - 0.77s › Longsword, Cleaver
#2 - 0.85s › Combat Knife
#3 - 1.20s › Salvaged Hammer
#4 - 1.28s › Machete
#5 - 1.55s › Sword, Icepick, Salvaged Axe
#6 - 1.63s › Paddle
#7 - 1.82s › Bone Knife
#8 - 1.92s › Pickaxe
#9 - 1.95s › Hatchet
#10- 2.12s › Bone Knife
#11- 2.73s › Mace
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Barrel Average TTK Toplist:

#1 - 0.77s › Longsword, Cleaver
#2 - 0.85s › Combat Knife
#3 - 0.93s › Sword, Icepick, Salvaged Axe
#4 - 1.20s › Salvaged Hammer
#5 - 1.28s › Machete
#6 - 1.50s › Hatchet
#7 - 1.63s › Paddle
#8 - 1.72s › Mace
#9 - 1.92s › Pickaxe, Bone Knife
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Roadsigns Toplist:

#1 - 2.77s › Mace
#2 - 3.20s › Salvaged Hammer
#3 - 4.05s › Sword
#4 - 4.13s › Paddle
#5 - 4.62s › Hatchet
#6 - 4.75s › Longsword
#7 - 5.22s › Icepick, Salvaged Axe
#8 - 5.38s › Machete
#9 - 6.73s › Cleaver
#10- 9.43s › Pickaxe
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Credit to Tamura77, loopuleasa