Long Simple Metal Knife
| Long Simple Metal Knife | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Short Blade |
| Skill | Short Blade |
| Damage | 0.6-1.2 |
| Range | 0.61-0.9 |
| Crit | 50% x3 |
| Condition | 5 |
| Weight | 1 |
| Hands | One-handed |
| Crafting Skill | Maintenance: 1 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Crafted only |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.LongCrudeKnife
|
| Crafting XP | 5 XP (Maintenance) |
The Long Simple Metal Knife is a crude long blade fixed to a Small Handle, used as a one-handed stabbing weapon. It trains the Short Blade skill. It weighs 1.
It hits a little harder than a Large Knife and crits far more often. The trade is a short life, so it needs frequent care. It also counts as a sharp knife for crafting. It is made from a Long Simple Metal Blade, a Small Handle and a binding at Maintenance 1. 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 Long Simple Metal Knife is a stabbing weapon with a reach of 0.9 tiles. Each hit deals between 0.6 and 1.2 damage. The crit chance starts at 50 percent, and a crit deals three times the damage. Half of all hits start out as crits, which makes quick kills common.
The knife strikes one zombie per attack. It suits a one on one fight against a lone zombie, and a group calls for a longer weapon.
The weapon is light, so its endurance cost stays low through a long fight. The Short Blade skill raises its speed, damage and crit chance as it levels. Against the Large Knife, it trades lasting power for a much higher crit chance.
Uses
The Long Simple Metal 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 and carves bone and wood into tools and handles. It also binds onto a Long Stick or Sapling to make the Spear with Long Simple Metal Head.
How to Craft Long Simple Metal Knife
Each recipe that makes the Long Simple Metal Knife is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Assemble Crude Knife
The Assemble Crude Knife recipe makes the Long Simple Metal Knife. It needs Maintenance level 1.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Simple Metal Blade | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.LongCrudeBlade
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| Small Handle | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.SmallHandle
|
| Rag | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.RippedSheets
|
Used in Crafting
These recipes take the Long Simple Metal Knife as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bind Spear Head | Spear with Long Simple Metal Head | 
|
- | Maintenance: 1 | /additem Base.SpearCrudeLong
|
| Bind Spear Head With Duct Tape | Spear with Long Simple Metal Head |
|
- | Maintenance: 0 | /additem Base.SpearCrudeLong
|
| Bind Spear Head With Wire | Spear with Long Simple Metal Head |
|
- | Maintenance: 1 | /additem Base.SpearCrudeLong
|
| Dismantle Bladed Item | Long Simple Metal Blade |
|
- | None | /additem Base.LongCrudeBlade
|
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 Long Simple Metal Knife has only 5 condition. Each hit has a 1 in 7 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, or poorly with a file. Dismantle Bladed Item returns the Long Simple Metal Blade. That blade and a fresh Small Handle make a new knife.
Notes
- Keep a whetstone on hand, since the edge wears down quickly.
- Researching it can teach the Assemble Crude Knife and Forge Small Knife recipes, among others.
- A worn knife can become a spear head instead of being thrown away.
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