Fillet Knife
| Fillet Knife | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Short Blade |
| Skill | Short Blade |
| Damage | 0.3-0.5 |
| Range | 0.61-0.9 |
| Crit | 10% x3 |
| Condition | 5 |
| Weight | 0.7 |
| Hands | One-handed |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.KnifeFillet
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The Fillet Knife is a thin kitchen and fishing knife that doubles as a one-handed weapon. It trains the Short Blade skill. As a weapon it is weak and fragile.
Its value is as a sharp knife. It butchers animals, cuts leather into strips and carves wood and bone into small tools. It also opens canned food. The Fillet Knife is a common find wherever food or fish is prepared, from restaurant kitchens to fishing tackle boxes. 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 Fillet Knife stabs at a short reach of 0.9 tiles. Each hit deals between 0.3 and 0.5 damage. The crit chance starts at 10 percent, and a crit triples the damage.
The knife is one-handed and very light, so each stab costs little endurance. The blade breaks fast. It suits only a desperate moment against a single zombie.
The Short Blade skill raises damage, crit chance and attack speed as it levels. The Kitchen Knife hits harder and lasts twice as long. The Hunting Knife and the Fighting Knife are far better weapons. The Fillet Knife belongs in the kitchen kit, with a real weapon on the belt.
Uses
The Fillet Knife counts as a sharp knife in crafting. It butchers animals and cuts leather into strips. It twists twine and rope and carves wood and bone into small tools. It opens canned food. An Advanced Furnace smelts it into two Steel Chunks.
Used in Crafting
Any recipe that asks for a sharp knife or smeltablesteelmedium accepts it as the tool, such as Cut Up Large Leather, Cut Up Medium Leather and Cut Up Small Leather.
Repair
The Fillet Knife has 5 condition, and each hit has a 1 in 2 chance of taking a point off. The Short Blade and Maintenance skills both lower that chance. A dull blade can be sharpened with a whetstone or a grindstone. A File sharpens it too, but poorly.
Locations
The Fillet Knife is a common find. The best odds are with chefs, both on their bodies and in their boxes, counters and shelves. Closets, sheds and garage storage crates turn one up often. Fishing storage lockers and fisherman outfits carry one, and tackle boxes hold one now and then. Kitchen and living room counters and overhead cabinets are good places to check. Arena and diner kitchens, burger kitchens and storage units hold one more rarely.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Chef | Body | 51.6% |
| Any building | Zombie wearing a fisherman outfit | 9.2% |
| Inside a bag or case | Tacklebox | 8.6% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Knife store | Display case | 48.8% |
| Knife store | Other | 48.8% |
| Chef | Small box | 44.4% |
| Cafeteria kitchen | Counter | 27.8% |
| Gigamart kitchen | Counter | 27.8% |
| Restaurant kitchen | Counter | 27.8% |
| Fancy restaurant kitchen | Counter | 27.8% |
| Diner kitchen | Counter | 22.2% |
| Butcher | Counter | 21.5% |
| Butcher | Metal shelves | 21.5% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Chef | Cardboard box | 44.4% |
| Chef | Counter | 44.4% |
| Chef | Crate | 44.4% |
| Chef | Metal shelves | 44.4% |
| Fishing storage | Counter | 18.4% |
| Fishing storage | Metal shelves | 18.4% |
| Fishing storage | Other | 18.4% |
| Fishing storage | Shelves | 18.4% |
| Fishing storage | Locker | 15.6% |
| Jerky factory | Metal shelves | 15.4% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Closet | Crate | 22.3% |
| Closet | Other | 22.3% |
| Shed | Other | 22.3% |
| Garage storage | Crate | 17.8% |
| Fishchips kitchen | Counter | 17.5% |
| Deepfry kitchen | Counter | 14% |
| Kitchen | Overhead cupboard | 12.7% |
| Living room | Counter | 12.7% |
| Living room | Overhead cupboard | 12.7% |
| Kitchenware shop | Other | 11.4% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Stove | 13.6% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Counter | 0.7% |
Notes
- Keep it for butchering and crafting, and fight with something sturdier.
- Half its hits wear the blade down.
- Zombie chefs are a reliable place to find one.
- Tackle boxes and fisherman outfits are good places to find one.
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