DRW Meat Cleaver


 * For the Dead Rising 2 weapon, see Meat Cleaver (Dead Rising 2).

The  is a weapon in Dead Rising. The meat cleaver is a unique psychopath weapon, only found in the Meat Processing Area after defeating Larry Chiang, the final psychopath battle in 72 Hour Mode during Case 8-4: The Butcher.

The meat cleaver is just as good as the Small Chainsaw and Machete, but its major drawback is it has a very short lifespan even with the Criminal Biography book.

Trivia

 * This is one of the weapons which the Official guide misnames, calling it the "Chinese Cleaver". The other misnamed wepaon is the Machete which the guide calls a "Combat Knife". (See Official guide list of weapons)
 * The meat cleaver always has blood on it, even if Frank hasn't killed anyone with it yet.