Blunt Bone Knife
| Blunt Bone Knife | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Short Blade |
| Skill | Short Blade |
| Damage | 0.1-0.4 |
| Range | 0.61-0.8 |
| Crit | 7% x10 |
| Condition | 1 |
| Weight | 0.25 |
| Hands | One-handed |
| Crafting Skill | Carving: 1 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.DullBoneKnife
|
| Crafting XP | 10 XP (Carving) |
The Blunt Bone Knife is a small one-handed knife carved from a Sharp Bone Fragment. It trains the Short Blade skill when it is used as a weapon. It is a kitchen tool first and a weapon a distant second. Its stab does almost no damage, and it has a single point of condition.
The knife earns its place in a primitive camp, where steel knives are scarce. It slices bread, cakes and pies, scutches flax and hemp, and seals jars of preserved food. Most copies are carved by hand with the Carve Blunt Bone Knife recipe. A few turn up in the display cases of anthropology classrooms. The best occupations for short blades are the Burger Flipper, the Chef and the Doctor. Each starts with the same Short Blade skill.
Combat
The Blunt Bone Knife is a short stabbing weapon with a very short reach. Each stab deals only a sliver of damage, so a zombie takes many hits to drop. Its crit chance is low, and a crit still does little because the base damage is so small. The knife is light and quick to ready, which is the only point in its favour as a weapon.
The single point of condition is the real limit. At low skill the first hit on a zombie usually breaks it. Higher Short Blade and Maintenance skills lower that chance, but the knife stays a fragile backup at best. Nearly any steel knife hits harder and lasts longer. The Blunt Bone Knife suits only a desperate last stab when nothing else is at hand.
Uses
The knife works as a blunt kitchen knife in crafting. It slices bread into three slices and cuts cakes and pies into five slices. It slices pizza and baloney and helps make tortilla chips. It also opens animal heads for their skulls and scutches flax or hemp at a Scutching Board. Jars of preserved vegetables and fish roe need a knife like this one. It also collects seeds and carves a Halloween pumpkin.
How to Craft Blunt Bone Knife
Each recipe that makes the Blunt Bone Knife is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Carve Blunt Bone Knife
The Carve Blunt Bone Knife recipe makes the Blunt Bone Knife. It needs Carving level 1.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whetstone | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Whetstone
|
| Large Knife | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.LargeKnife
|
| Sharp Bone Fragment | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.SharpBoneFragment
|
Used in Crafting
Any recipe that asks for a dull knife accepts it as the tool, such as Scutch Fibre, Slice Animal Head and Slice Bread.
Repair
The Blunt Bone Knife has a maximum condition of 1. A single lost point breaks it outright. The Short Blade and Maintenance skills lower the chance of that loss on each hit. Hits with the knife train Short Blade, while Maintenance stays untouched. A broken knife is simply replaced by carving a new one.
Locations
The Blunt Bone Knife is a rare find in the world. The best place to look is the display case of an anthropology classroom, where it spawns fairly often. University storage rooms hold one now and then. Everywhere else, the knife comes from the crafting menu.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Class room anthro | Display case | 27.4% |
| University storage | Other | 7.4% |
Notes
- Carving the knife needs Carving 1, a sharp knife and a whetstone or a file, all of which are kept.
- Researching the knife can teach the recipes for the Fleshing Tool, the Bone Fork and the Blunt Bone Knife itself.
- The game tags the knife as a dull knife. Recipes that ask for a dull knife accept it.
- Keep it in the kitchen kit and carry a real weapon for fights.
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