Letter Opener
| Letter Opener | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Short Blade |
| Skill | Short Blade |
| Damage | 0.1 |
| Range | 0.61-0.8 |
| Crit | 5% x10 |
| Condition | 5 |
| Weight | 0.3 |
| Hands | One-handed |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.LetterOpener
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The Letter Opener is a small office blade that works as a one-handed stabbing weapon. It trains the Short Blade skill. It weighs only 0.3.
Its normal hits do almost nothing. Its value lies in the Jaw Stab, a close stab that can kill a zombie in one move. It is a common early weapon, but it breaks quickly. The Letter Opener is found in bedroom desks and office drawers. 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 Letter Opener is a stabbing weapon with a short reach of 0.8 tiles. A normal hit deals only 0.1 damage. The crit chance is just 5 percent, but a crit deals ten times the damage.
The real attack is the Jaw Stab. When a zombie is close and the timing is right, one stab kills it instantly. The Letter Opener strikes one zombie per attack. It suits single fights or zombies that come one at a time, never a group.
The weapon is very light, so its endurance cost is tiny. The Short Blade skill raises its speed and crit chance as it levels. Its condition wears down faster than the Kitchen Knife, the Ice Pick or the Hunting Knife.
Uses
At a furnace the Letter Opener counts as a small iron item. A Primitive or better Furnace smelts it into an Iron Chunk. An Advanced Furnace turns it into a Steel Chunk.
Used in Crafting
Any recipe that asks for a smeltableironsmall accepts it as the tool, such as Smelt Iron From Small Item, Smelt Steel From Small Iron Item and Smelt Small Iron Item.
Repair
The Letter Opener has 5 condition. At low skill almost every hit takes a point off, so it breaks within a handful of hits. The Short Blade and Maintenance skills lower that rate. Hits with it give no Maintenance experience.
Locations
The Letter Opener is a fairly common find. Bedroom desks give the best odds. Office drawers in any building hold one now and then.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Bedroom | Desk | 10.1% |
| Any building | Office drawers | 1.4% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Gift store | Shelves | 4.4% |
| Gift storage | Other | 1.5% |
| Gift store | Other | 1.5% |
| Toy store | Counter | 1.5% |
| Toy store | Other | 1.5% |
| Toy store | Shelves | 1.5% |
| Toystore storage | Other | 1.5% |
Notes
- Carry a spare or two, since each Letter Opener lasts only a few kills.
- Approach a lone zombie and land the Jaw Stab rather than trading normal hits.
- Its tiny weight makes it an easy backup blade for any bag.
- A used up Letter Opener still gives a little iron at a furnace.
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