Kitchen Knife
| Kitchen Knife | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Short Blade |
| Skill | Short Blade |
| Damage | 0.3-0.7 |
| Range | 0.61-0.9 |
| Crit | 25% x4 |
| Condition | 10 |
| Weight | 0.7 |
| Hands | One-handed |
| Crafting Skill | Maintenance: 1 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.KitchenKnife/additem Base.KitchenKnifeForged
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| Crafting XP | 1 XP (Maintenance) |
The Kitchen Knife is a one-handed short blade used for cooking and for close fighting. It trains the Short Blade skill. It is light at a weight of 0.7, and it fits easily in any bag.
As a weapon it stabs one zombie at a time. Its Jaw Stab attack can kill a zombie in one move when the timing is right. It wears out fast in a fight, so it works best as a backup weapon and a daily tool. The Kitchen Knife is a common find in kitchens, and it can also be assembled from a Kitchen 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 Kitchen Knife is a stabbing weapon with a short reach of 0.9 tiles. A normal hit deals between 0.3 and 0.7 damage. The real strength is the Jaw Stab, a close stab that can kill a zombie outright. The crit chance starts at 25 percent, and a crit deals four times the damage.
The knife strikes one zombie per attack. That makes it a weapon for a one on one fight, never for a group. Its low weight keeps the endurance cost small, so a survivor can fight with it for a long time without tiring.
The Short Blade skill raises its damage, crit chance and attack speed as it levels. It suits a quiet kill on a lone zombie and a spare weapon when the main one breaks.
Uses
The Kitchen Knife counts as a sharp knife, so it works in a long list of recipes. It butchers and kills animals, cuts plants and opens canned food. It cuts leather into strips, carves bone and wood into tools and handles, and twists rope from dogbane. It serves as the blade in the recipes that assemble axes, maces and long implements. It also binds onto a Long Stick or Sapling to make the Spear with Kitchen Knife.
How to Craft Kitchen Knife
Each recipe that makes the Kitchen Knife is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Assemble Bladed Item
The Assemble Bladed Item recipe makes the Kitchen Knife. It needs Maintenance level 1.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claw Hammer | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.Hammer
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| Kitchen Knife Blade | 
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1x | No | /additem Base.KitchenKnifeBlade
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| Small Handle | 
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1x | No | /additem Base.SmallHandle
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Used in Crafting
These recipes take the Kitchen Knife as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bind Spear Head | Spear with Kitchen Knife | 
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- | Maintenance: 1 | /additem Base.SpearKnife
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| Bind Spear Head With Duct Tape | Spear with Kitchen Knife |
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- | Maintenance: 0 | /additem Base.SpearKnife
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| Bind Spear Head With Wire | Spear with Kitchen Knife |
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- | Maintenance: 1 | /additem Base.SpearKnife
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| Dismantle Bladed Item | Kitchen Knife Blade |
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- | None | /additem Base.KitchenKnifeBlade
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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 Kitchen Knife has 10 condition, but each hit has a 1 in 2 chance of taking a point off. The Maintenance skill lowers that chance. A dull blade can be sharpened with a whetstone or a grindstone, or poorly with a file. Dismantle Bladed Item takes the knife apart and returns the Kitchen Knife Blade. That blade and a fresh Small Handle make a new knife.
Variants
The game holds the Kitchen Knife under more than one item id. Each one is listed here.
| Image | Damage | Condition | Weight | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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0.3-0.7 | 10 | 0.7 | /additem Base.KitchenKnife
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0.3-0.7 | 10 | 0.6 | /additem Base.KitchenKnifeForged
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Locations
The Kitchen Knife is a common find. Zombie chefs carry one about half the time, and the boxes, counters, crates and shelves of chef rooms are almost as good. Kitchens hold one often in their counters, shelves and overhead cabinets. Living room counters, diner back rooms and arena kitchens also turn one up. Survivor safehouses and survivor caches hold one at a fair rate.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Knife store | Display case | 100% |
| Knife store | Other | 100% |
| Chef | Small box | 44.4% |
| Butcher | Counter | 43% |
| Butcher | Metal shelves | 43% |
| Butcher | Other | 43% |
| Burger kitchen | Counter | 27.5% |
| Jayschicken kitchen | Counter | 25% |
| Spiffos kitchen | Counter | 24.7% |
| Pizza kitchen | Counter | 21.8% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Knife shipping | Other | 80% |
| Chef | Cardboard box | 44.4% |
| Chef | Counter | 44.4% |
| Chef | Crate | 44.4% |
| Chef | Metal shelves | 44.4% |
| Jerky factory | Metal shelves | 19.3% |
| Department storage | Metal shelves | 6.9% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Chef | Body | 51.6% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Deepfry kitchen | Counter | 27.5% |
| Mexican kitchen | Counter | 22.4% |
| Western kitchen | Counter | 18% |
| Fishchips kitchen | Counter | 17.5% |
| Wild West kitchen | Counter | 15.1% |
| Wild West kitchen | Overhead cupboard | 15.1% |
| Wild West kitchen | Shelves | 15.1% |
| Italian kitchen | Counter | 13.7% |
| Kitchen | Overhead cupboard | 12.7% |
| Living room | Counter | 12.7% |
| 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
- A forged Kitchen Knife is slightly lighter but fights the same.
- Use the knife on a lone zombie and switch to a heavier weapon for groups.
- A Spear with Kitchen Knife can be taken apart again to recover the knife and a Long Stick.
- Researching the Kitchen Knife can teach the Forge Kitchen Knife Blade and Forge Small Knife recipes.
- Keep one in the bag for cooking and butchering even when it is not the main weapon.
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All Short Blades
| Name | Image | Skill | Damage | Range | Crit Chance | Condition | Weight | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forged Spoon | 
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Blacksmithing: 0 | 0.1-0.1 | 0.8 | 0 | 3 | 0.25 | /additem Base.SpoonForged
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| Smashed Bottle | 
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None | 0.2-0.5 | 0.8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | /additem Base.SmashedBottle
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| Stake | 
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Carving: 0 | 0.25-0.53 | 0.85 | 10 | 5 | 0.5 | /additem Base.Stake
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| Blunt Bone Knife | 
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Carving: 1 | 0.1-0.4 | 0.8 | 7 | 1 | 0.25 | /additem Base.DullBoneKnife
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| Forged Fork | 
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Blacksmithing: 1 | 0.1-0.1 | 0.8 | 5 | 3 | 0.25 | /additem Base.ForkForged
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| Glass Shiv | 
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Maintenance: 1 | 0.3-0.5 | 0.8 | 10 | 1 | 0.5 | /additem Base.GlassShiv
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| Shiv | 
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Maintenance: 1 | 0.3-0.5 | 0.8 | 10 | 5 | 0.5 | /additem Base.KnifeShiv
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| Small Knife | 
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Blacksmithing: 1 | 0.3-0.6 | 0.9 | 20 | 8 | 0.5 | /additem Base.SmallKnife
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| Toothbrush Shiv | 
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Maintenance: 1 | 0.3-0.5 | 0.8 | 10 | 5 | 0.25 | /additem Base.Toothbrush_Shiv
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| Bone Spoon | 
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Carving: 2 | 0.1-0.1 | 0.8 | 0 | 1 | 0.25 | /additem Base.Spoon_Bone
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| Butter Knife | 
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Blacksmithing: 2 | 0.1-0.4 | 0.8 | 7 | 3 | 0.25 | /additem Base.ButterKnife
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| Long Sharp Bone | 
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Carving: 2 | 0.6-1 | 0.85 | 20 | 5 | 1 | /additem Base.SharpBone_Long
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| Machete Blade Knife | 
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Maintenance: 2 | 0.6-1.1 | 0.9 | 30 | 10 | 1 | /additem Base.MacheteKnife
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| Mason's Trowel | 
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Blacksmithing: 2 | 0.2-0.4 | 0.9 | 30 | 6 | 1 | /additem Base.MasonsTrowel
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| Scrap Metal Large Knife | 
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Welding: 2 | 0.6-1.1 | 0.9 | 20 | 10 | 1 | /additem Base.LargeKnife_Scrap
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| Spoon |
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Blacksmithing: 2 | 0.1-0.1 | 0.8 | 0 | 3 | 0.25 | /additem Base.Spoon
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| Bone Fork | 
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Carving: 3 | 0.1-0.1 | 0.8 | 5 | 1 | 0.25 | /additem Base.Fork_Bone
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| Fork | 
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Blacksmithing: 3 | 0.1-0.1 | 0.8 | 5 | 3 | 0.25 | /additem Base.Fork
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| Crude Scissors | 
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Blacksmithing: 4 | 0.1-0.1 | 0.9 | 5 | 10 | 0.5 | /additem Base.ScissorsForged
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| Gardening Trowel | 
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Blacksmithing: 4 | 0.2-0.4 | 0.9 | 30 | 6 | 1 | /additem Base.HandShovel
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| Scissors | 
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Blacksmithing: 5 | 0.1-0.1 | 0.9 | 5 | 10 | 0.5 | /additem Base.Scissors
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| Handguard Dagger | 
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Blacksmithing: 6 | 0.6-1.2 | 0.9 | 50 | 5 | 1 | /additem Base.HandguardDagger
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| Name | Image | Damage | Range | Crit Chance | Condition | Weight | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bread Knife |
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0.1-0.4 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 1 | /additem Base.BreadKnife
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| Butterfly Knife | 
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0.3-0.6 | 0.9 | 20 | 10 | 0.3 | /additem Base.KnifeButterfly
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| Can Opener - Old-Fashioned | 
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0.3-0.4 | 0.8 | 10 | 10 | 0.6 | /additem Base.TinOpener_Old
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| Carving Fork | 
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0.2-0.4 | 0.9 | 10 | 6 | 0.5 | /additem Base.CarvingFork2
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| Fighting Knife | 
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0.6-1.2 | 0.9 | 50 | 10 | 1 | /additem Base.FightingKnife
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| Fillet Knife | 
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0.3-0.5 | 0.9 | 10 | 5 | 0.7 | /additem Base.KnifeFillet
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| Gold Butter Knife | 
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0.1-0.4 | 0.8 | 7 | 1 | 0.25 | /additem Base.ButterKnife_Gold
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| Gold Fork | 
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0.1-0.1 | 0.8 | 5 | 1 | 0.25 | /additem Base.Fork_Gold
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| Gold Spoon | 
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0.1-0.1 | 0.8 | 0 | 1 | 0.25 | /additem Base.Spoon_Gold
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| Hand Fork | 
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0.2-0.4 | 0.9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | /additem Base.HandFork
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| Handiknife | 
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0.3-0.5 | 0.9 | 25 | 10 | 0.4 | /additem Base.Handiknife
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| Hunting Knife | 
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0.6-1.2 | 0.9 | 50 | 10 | 1 | /additem Base.HuntingKnife
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| Ice Pick | 
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0.6-0.9 | 0.8 | 10 | 10 | 0.3 | /additem Base.IcePick
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| Kitchen Knife |
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0.3-0.7 | 0.9 | 25 | 10 | 0.7 | /additem Base.KitchenKnife
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| Large Knife | 
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0.6-1.1 | 0.9 | 30 | 10 | 1 | /additem Base.LargeKnife
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| Letter Opener | 
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0.1-0.1 | 0.8 | 5 | 5 | 0.3 | /additem Base.LetterOpener
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| Long Simple Metal Knife | 
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0.6-1.2 | 0.9 | 50 | 5 | 1 | /additem Base.LongCrudeKnife
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| Long Stone Knife | 
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0.7-1.1 | 0.85 | 20 | 6 | 1 | /additem Base.StoneKnifeLong
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| Multitool | 
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0.3-0.6 | 0.9 | 25 | 10 | 0.5 | /additem Base.Multitool
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| Paring Knife | 
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0.3-0.4 | 0.8 | 10 | 10 | 0.3 | /additem Base.KnifeParing
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| Pocket Knife | 
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0.3-0.6 | 0.9 | 20 | 10 | 0.3 | /additem Base.KnifePocket
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| Railroad Spike | 
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0.3-0.4 | 0.9 | 5 | 15 | 0.5 | /additem Base.RailroadSpike
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| Railroad Spike Knife | 
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0.3-0.7 | 0.9 | 25 | 10 | 0.5 | /additem Base.RailroadSpikeKnife
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| Scalpel | 
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0.1-0.4 | 0.8 | 10 | 5 | 0.3 | /additem Base.Scalpel
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| Silver Butter Knife | 
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0.1-0.4 | 0.8 | 7 | 2 | 0.25 | /additem Base.ButterKnife_Silver
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| Silver Fork | 
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0.1-0.1 | 0.8 | 5 | 2 | 0.25 | /additem Base.Fork_Silver
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| Silver Spoon | 
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0.1-0.1 | 0.8 | 0 | 2 | 0.25 | /additem Base.Spoon_Silver
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| Simple Metal Knife | 
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0.5-0.9 | 0.9 | 25 | 6 | 0.7 | /additem Base.CrudeKnife
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| Steak Knife | 
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0.3-0.7 | 0.9 | 25 | 5 | 0.5 | /additem Base.SteakKnife
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| Stone Knife | 
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0.4-0.6 | 0.69 | 20 | 6 | 0.75 | /additem Base.FlintKnife
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| Sushi Knife | 
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0.3-0.7 | 0.9 | 25 | 15 | 0.7 | /additem Base.KnifeSushi
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| Switchblade | 
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0.3-0.6 | 0.9 | 20 | 10 | 0.3 | /additem Base.SwitchKnife
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