Hunting Knife
| Hunting Knife | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Short Blade |
| Skill | Short Blade |
| Damage | 0.6-1.2 |
| Range | 0.61-0.9 |
| Crit | 50% x3 |
| Condition | 10 |
| Weight | 1 |
| Hands | One-handed |
| Crafting Skill | Maintenance: 1 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.HuntingKnife/additem Base.HuntingKnifeForged
|
| Crafting XP | 1 XP (Maintenance) |
The Hunting Knife is a sturdy fixed-blade knife built for the outdoors. It is a one-handed stabbing weapon that trains the Short Blade skill. It is one of the best knives in the game, with solid damage, a high crit chance and good durability.
The hunting knife also counts as a sharp knife in crafting. That makes it a working tool as much as a weapon. It is a common find on raider, bandit and biker zombies and in survivor safehouses. It can also be assembled from a Hunting Knife Blade and a Small Handle. 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 Hunting Knife stabs at close range, about 0.9 tiles. Each hit deals between 0.6 and 1.2 damage. The crit chance starts at 50 percent, and a crit triples the damage. An ordinary zombie seldom takes more than a few stabs.
The knife has a jaw stab that can kill a zombie in one blow when it lands close and well timed. It can also backstab a zombie that has not noticed the survivor. After either move, the knife can get stuck in the zombie. It then has to be looted back from the corpse.
The knife hits one target at a time, so it suits a one-on-one fight. The Short Blade skill raises damage, crit chance and attack speed as it levels. Compared with the Kitchen Knife, it lasts much longer and hits harder. It is a strong sidearm for clearing single zombies quietly.
Uses
The Hunting Knife counts as a sharp knife. It cuts plants, butchers animals and cuts leather into strips. It opens cans, twists rope and crafts twine. It carves wood and bone into handles, spoons, forks and other small tools. It is the knife in the assembly recipes for axes, hammers, maces and garden tools. It can be bound to a Long Stick to make a Spear with Hunting Knife.
How to Craft Hunting Knife
Each recipe that makes the Hunting Knife is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Assemble Bladed Item
The Assemble Bladed Item recipe makes the Hunting Knife. It needs Maintenance level 1.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claw Hammer | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Hammer
|
| Hunting Knife Blade | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.HuntingKnifeBlade
|
| Small Handle | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.SmallHandle
|
Used in Crafting
These recipes take the Hunting Knife as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bind Spear Head | Spear with Hunting Knife | 
|
- | Maintenance: 1 | /additem Base.SpearHuntingKnife
|
| Bind Spear Head With Duct Tape | Spear with Hunting Knife |
|
- | Maintenance: 0 | /additem Base.SpearHuntingKnife
|
| Bind Spear Head With Wire | Spear with Hunting Knife |
|
- | Maintenance: 1 | /additem Base.SpearHuntingKnife
|
| Dismantle Bladed Item | Hunting Knife Blade |
|
- | None | /additem Base.HuntingKnifeBlade
|
Any recipe that asks for a sharp knife accepts it as the tool, such as Cut Up Large Leather, Cut Up Medium Leather and Cut Up Small Leather.
Repair
The Hunting Knife has 10 condition. Each hit has a 1 in 15 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, a grindstone or, poorly, with a file. When the handle wears out, the blade can be fitted to a fresh Small Handle.
Variants
The game holds the Hunting Knife under more than one item id. Each one is listed here.
| Image | Damage | Condition | Weight | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
0.6-1.2 | 10 | 1 | /additem Base.HuntingKnife
|
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0.6-1.2 | 10 | 1 | /additem Base.HuntingKnifeForged
|
Locations
The Hunting Knife is a common find on hostile survivors. Zombies dressed as raiders, bandits and bikers carry one often. Survivor caches hold one in their crates at a good rate. Survivor safehouses at every stage of the game hold one in boxes, crates, counters and metal shelves. The forged version is never found as loot.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Fishing storage | Display case | 36.1% |
| Army surplus | Display case | 28.9% |
| Army surplus | Metal shelves | 27.6% |
| Army surplus | Shelves | 27.6% |
| Fishing storage | Locker | 6.2% |
| Camping store | Shelves | 6% |
| Drug lab | Metal shelves | 5.7% |
| Armytent | Locker | 4.6% |
| Camping store | Other | 3% |
| Camping storage | Other | 3% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Outdoor supply store | Display case | 36.1% |
| Pawn shop office | Metal shelves | 27.6% |
| Pawn shop office | Other | 27.6% |
| Gun store | Display case | 21.7% |
| Outdoorsupply storage | Other | 12% |
| Outdoor supply store | Other | 6% |
| Pawn shop | Counter | 5.5% |
| Pawn shop | Display case | 4.3% |
| Pawnshop storage | Other | 2.8% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Any building | Zombie wearing a raider outfit | 23.9% |
| Any building | Zombie wearing a bandit outfit | 22.1% |
| Any building | Zombie wearing a bandit early outfit | 22.1% |
| Any building | Zombie wearing a bandit late outfit | 22.1% |
| Any building | Zombie wearing a bandit mid outfit | 22.1% |
| Any building | Zombie wearing a biker outfit | 18.1% |
| Inside a bag or case | Alice belt sus | 1.4% |
| Inside a bag or case | Alicepack army | 1.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor cache | Survivor crate | 17.9% |
| Survivor safehouse | Cardboard box | 12% |
| Survivor safehouse | Crate | 12% |
| Survivor safehouse | Small box | 12% |
| Survivor cache | Counter | 12% |
| Survivor cache | Counter | 12% |
| Survivor safehouse | Metal shelves | 9.6% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Cardboard box | 9% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Counter | 9% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Crate | 9% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Any building | Military locker | 6.7% |
| Closet | Other | 4.4% |
| Garage storage | Crate | 3.5% |
| Shed | Other | 3.5% |
| Garage storage | Other | 1.8% |
| Garage storage | Locker | 1.3% |
| Attic | Cardboard box | 0.4% |
| Attic | Crate | 0.4% |
| Attic | Other | 0.4% |
| Closet | Locker | 0.4% |
Notes
- The forged Hunting Knife is identical to the factory one in every number.
- Assembling one needs a hammer, a Hunting Knife Blade, a Small Handle and Maintenance 1.
- Check the corpse after a jaw stab, since the knife may be stuck in it.
- Raider, bandit and biker zombies are the most reliable carriers.
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