Bread Knife
| Bread Knife | |
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| Class | Short Blade |
| Skill | Short Blade |
| Damage | 0.1-0.4 |
| Range | 0.61-1 |
| Crit | 15% x10 |
| Condition | 5 |
| Weight | 1 |
| Hands | One-handed |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.BreadKnife
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The Bread Knife is a long serrated kitchen knife that doubles as a light stabbing weapon. It is one-handed and trains the Short Blade skill. It is easy to find, it reaches further than most knives, and each stab costs almost no endurance. Its damage is very low, though, and it wears out after only a few fights.
In the kitchen the Bread Knife slices bread, cakes, pies and pizza, and it seals jars of preserved food. It is a common piece of loot in house kitchens and living rooms. Diner back rooms and survivor safehouses hold one often as well. 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 Bread Knife is a stabbing weapon with a reach of 1 tile, long for a knife. Each normal stab deals very little damage, so a standing zombie takes many hits. The crit chance starts at 15 percent, and a crit multiplies the damage ten times. That big multiplier is what makes the knife dangerous in the right moment.
The Bread Knife has the jaw stab and back stab special attacks of the knife family. These special attacks work best on a single zombie, so the knife suits careful, quiet fights rather than crowds. The blade can get stuck in a zombie after a kill, which costs time in a group.
The Short Blade skill raises damage, attack speed and crit chance with each level. The knife can hang on the belt for quick access, which also lowers its carried weight. Its longer reach is its main edge over other knives such as the Kitchen Knife.
Uses
The Bread Knife works as a blunt kitchen knife in many recipes. 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 opens animal heads for their skulls and scutches flax or hemp at a Scutching Board. It also seals jars of preserved vegetables and fish roe, collects seeds and carves a Halloween pumpkin. At an Advanced Furnace it can be smelted for a Steel Chunk.
Used in Crafting
Any recipe that asks for a dull knife or smeltablesteelsmall accepts it as the tool, such as Scutch Fibre, Smelt Steel From Small Steel Item and Smelt Small Steel Item.
Repair
The Bread Knife has a maximum condition of 5. Each hit has a 1 in 5 chance of taking a point off, so it wears down quickly. The Short Blade and Maintenance skills lower that chance. Using it trains Short Blade, while Maintenance stays untouched. A worn knife is best kept for kitchen work or smelted for steel. Carrying a spare blade is wise on any long trip.
Locations
The Bread Knife is a common find. The best odds are in kitchen overhead cupboards and in living room counters and overhead cupboards. Kitchen counters and kitchen shelves follow closely. Diner back rooms hold one about one time in ten. Survivor safehouses and survivor caches carry one often, in boxes, crates and on counters. Restaurant kitchens of every kind, from diners to donut shops, hold one only now and then.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Fishchips kitchen | Counter | 25% |
| Mexican kitchen | Counter | 24.6% |
| Western kitchen | Counter | 24.2% |
| Deepfry kitchen | Counter | 20% |
| Italian kitchen | Counter | 19% |
| Kitchen | Overhead cupboard | 17% |
| Living room | Counter | 17% |
| Living room | Overhead cupboard | 17% |
| Kitchenware shop | Other | 15.2% |
| Kitchenware shop | Shelves | 15.2% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Jayschicken kitchen | Counter | 25% |
| Seafood kitchen | Counter | 25% |
| Pizza kitchen | Counter | 22.1% |
| Kitchen crepe | Counter | 20.3% |
| Houseware store | Shelves | 15.2% |
| Bakery kitchen | Counter | 13.2% |
| Donut kitchen | Counter | 13.2% |
| Dinerback room | Counter | 10.6% |
| Cafeteria kitchen | Counter | 10.5% |
| Diner kitchen | Counter | 10.5% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Hotdog stand | Counter | 19.2% |
| Department storage | Metal shelves | 9.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor safehouse | Cardboard box | 9% |
| Survivor safehouse | Crate | 9% |
| Survivor safehouse | Small box | 9% |
| Survivor cache | Counter | 9% |
| Survivor cache | Counter | 9% |
| Survivor safehouse | Metal shelves | 7.2% |
| Survivor safehouse | Counter | 5.4% |
| Survivor safehouse | Wardrobe | 3.6% |
| Survivor cache (large building) | Counter | 1.8% |
Notes
- Belt it rather than bag it to save carried weight and draw it faster.
- Expect the blade to stick in a zombie now and then, and avoid using it against a group.
- The game tags the knife as a dull knife, so recipes that call for one accept it.
- Researching the knife can teach the recipe for forging a crude blade.
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