Topper
Best grade: Meitou (made by Cross) — 2.42 cut and 0.2 blunt, 8 kg, needs 8 strength. The Topper is a katana that deals mostly cut damage.
Weaker at armoured targets (-15% armour penetration) and fighting indoors (-4 attack and defence).
- Class
- Katanas
- Damage type
- Cut
- Reach
- 25
- Strength needed
- 8 (Rusted Junk) → 8 (Meitou)
- Weight
- 8 → 8 kg
- Value
- 904 → 50,365 cats
- Blueprint
- Toppers, level 2, 6,000 cats
Topper stats by grade
Cut and blunt are damage multipliers. Str is the strength the weapon asks for at that grade — below it, attacks and blocks slow down, by up to 47.5% at 20 or more points short (Kenshi Wiki: Strength).
| Grade | Maker | Cut | Blunt | Str | Weight | Value | Atk / Def |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rusted Junk | Unknown | 0.423 | 0.01 | 8 | 8 kg | 904 | -1 / -1 |
| Rusting Blade | Unknown | 0.517 | 0.02 | 8 | 8 kg | 992 | — |
| Mid-Grade Salvage | Ancient | 0.549 | 0.03 | 5.6 | 5.6 kg | 2,983 | — |
| Old Refitted Blade | Ancient | 0.634 | 0.04 | 5.6 | 5.6 kg | 3,463 | — |
| Refitted Blade | Ancient | 0.718 | 0.05 | 5.6 | 5.6 kg | 4,132 | — |
| Catun No.1 | Catun Scrapmaster | 0.891 | 0.072 | 9.6 | 9.6 kg | 7,556 | — |
| Catun No.2 | Catun Scrapmaster | 0.985 | 0.084 | 9.6 | 9.6 kg | 9,324 | — |
| Catun No.3 | Catun Scrapmaster | 1.078 | 0.096 | 9.6 | 9.6 kg | 11,510 | — |
| Mk I | Skeleton Smiths | 1.265 | 0.1 | 8 | 8 kg | 16,800 | — |
| Mk II | Skeleton Smiths | 1.359 | 0.11 | 8 | 8 kg | 19,547 | — |
| Mk III | Skeleton Smiths | 1.452 | 0.12 | 8 | 8 kg | 22,088 | — |
| Edge Type 1 | Edgewalkers | 1.803 | 0.14 | 8 | 8 kg | 30,383 | — |
| Edge Type 2 | Edgewalkers | 1.906 | 0.15 | 8 | 8 kg | 31,968 | — |
| Edge Type 3 | Edgewalkers | 2.009 | 0.16 | 8 | 8 kg | 33,138 | — |
| Meitou | Cross | 2.42 | 0.2 | 8 | 8 kg | 50,365 | — |
Crafted (homemade) Topper: 13 grades
What you can make yourself at a weapon smithing bench — every grade up to Edge Type 2.
| Grade | Cut | Blunt | Str | Weight | Value | Atk / Def |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rusted Junk | 0.423 | 0.01 | 8 | 8 kg | 3,016 | -1 / -1 |
| Rusting Blade | 0.517 | 0.02 | 8 | 8 kg | 3,308 | — |
| Mid-Grade Salvage | 0.611 | 0.03 | 8 | 8 kg | 3,729 | — |
| Old Refitted Blade | 0.704 | 0.04 | 8 | 8 kg | 4,329 | — |
| Refitted Blade | 0.797 | 0.05 | 8 | 8 kg | 5,165 | — |
| Catun No.1 | 0.891 | 0.06 | 8 | 8 kg | 6,296 | — |
| Catun No.2 | 0.985 | 0.07 | 8 | 8 kg | 7,770 | — |
| Catun No.3 | 1.078 | 0.08 | 8 | 8 kg | 9,592 | — |
| Mk I | 1.265 | 0.1 | 8 | 8 kg | 14,000 | — |
| Mk II | 1.359 | 0.11 | 8 | 8 kg | 16,289 | — |
| Mk III | 1.452 | 0.12 | 8 | 8 kg | 18,407 | — |
| Edge Type 1 | 1.639 | 0.14 | 8 | 8 kg | 21,702 | — |
| Edge Type 2 | 1.732 | 0.15 | 8 | 8 kg | 22,834 | — |
Topper vs other katanas
Every one of the katanas at Meitou; a weapon that never comes in that grade shows its best one.
- Topper vs Nodachi: At Meitou, the Topper has less cut (2.42 vs 2.64) and more blunt (0.2 vs 0).
- Topper vs Guardless Katana: At Meitou, the Topper has more cut (2.42 vs 2.2), more blunt (0.2 vs 0), longer reach (25 vs 21), needs more strength (8 vs 1) and a larger indoor penalty (-4 vs 0).
- Topper vs Katana: At Meitou, the Topper has more cut (2.42 vs 2.2), more blunt (0.2 vs 0), longer reach (25 vs 21), needs more strength (8 vs 2) and a larger indoor penalty (-4 vs 0).
| Weapon | Grade | Cut | Blunt | Reach | Atk / Def | Indoors | Str | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Topper | Meitou | 2.42 | 0.2 | 25 | 0 / 0 | -4 | 8 | 8 |
| Guardless Katana | Meitou | 2.2 | 0 | 21 | +6 / -6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Katana | Meitou | 2.2 | 0 | 21 | +4 / -4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Ninja Blade | Meitou | 1.76 | 0 | 21 | +2 / -4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nodachi | Meitou | 2.64 | 0 | 25 | +4 / -4 | -4 | 8 | 8 |
| Wakizashi | Meitou | 1.98 | 0 | 16 | +2 / -2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Where to get the Topper
Shops that stock it
| Shop | Stock chance | Found in |
|---|---|---|
| Catun Scrapmasters | Common | Catun |
Blueprint
The Toppers blueprint (level 2, 6,000 cats) unlocks crafting it. Sold at: Catun Scrapmasters, Ronin Weapon Shop, Scraphouse, The Great Library. Also found at: Cactus Den, Cat-Lon's Exile, Flotsam Armory, Tower of Ninjas.
Crafting
The wiki page gives no material list for this weapon.
Which race learns Katanas fastest
About the Topper
A hybrid between katana and sabre, it has a top-heavy balance that feels odd to a katana user, hence the name. It's fast and has a similar reach to a Nodachi. A mostly forgotten weapon in modern times, it was once popular among mercenaries of the old empire.In-game description
Katanas lean almost entirely on cutting damage and get a double-strike attack animation; most hit humans harder but do poorly against armour and robots. Source: Kenshi Wiki
