Salt Chipper
Tier 3 Hammer Melee Salty damage
Salt Chipper is a melee weapon in Grounded. It is a Tier 3 item. It deals 100 damage as a Busting attack. It has 16 stun. In-game it is described as: "The epic powers of sodium ions creates the perfect mining tool. Busting objects with the same intensity as salt busts blandness."
A melee weapon, so you have to close the distance — weigh its stun value if you plan to trade hits rather than hit and run.
Its 100 damage puts it right at the top of the 37 melee entries tracked here (#2 by raw damage).
Its Salty augmentation matches the 12 creatures in this database that are weak to Salty damage — including Antlion, Black Ox Beetle, Diving Bell Spider, and 9 more.
As a Busting weapon it exploits the physical weakness of the 7 creatures here weak to Busting damage — ARC.R, Infected Ladybug, Infected Wolf Spider, and 4 more.
Practical notes: it lands 16 stun per hit and is obtained via Buy Salt Chipper.
Verdict: Overall Salt Chipper is a melee weapon whose Salty elemental damage is worth matching to the creatures weak to it.
Full stats
| Speed | Slow |
|---|---|
| Charged speed | 5.20 Sec |
| Throw damage | 140 |
| Throw stun | 40 |
| Stamina cost | 17 |
| Durability | 700 |
| Damage type | Busting |
| Level 6 perk | Finale Bleed |
| Repair cost | 4 Salt Shard |
| How to get | Buy Salt Chipper |
The epic powers of sodium ions creates the perfect mining tool. Busting objects with the same intensity as salt busts blandness.
