Machete Blade Knife
| Machete Blade Knife | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Short Blade |
| Skill | Short Blade |
| Damage | 0.6-1.1 |
| Range | 0.61-0.9 |
| Crit | 30% x3 |
| Condition | 10 |
| Weight | 1 |
| Hands | One-handed |
| Crafting Skill | Maintenance: 2 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Crafted only |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.MacheteKnife
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| Crafting XP | 30 XP (Maintenance) |
The Machete Blade Knife is a crude knife made from a machete blade with a bound grip. It trains the Short Blade skill. It weighs 1 and attacks with a stab.
It is a handmade stand-in for a proper kitchen or hunting knife. It works as a short blade in a fight and as a sharp knife in crafting. It wears down faster than most knives. The Machete Blade Knife is crafted from a Machete Blade (No Tang) with the Make Knife From Machete Blade recipe. The best occupations for short blades are the Burger Flipper, the Chef and the Doctor. Each starts with the same Short Blade skill.
Combat
Each hit deals between 0.6 and 1.1 damage. The reach is 0.9 tiles, so the survivor has to stand right next to the zombie. The crit chance starts at 30 percent, and a crit triples the damage.
As a short blade it stabs rather than swings. A stab from behind can trigger the execution move on an unaware zombie. That makes it useful for quiet, careful kills one zombie at a time. It is a poor choice against a group.
The Short Blade skill raises its speed, damage and crit chance as it levels. The Machete Blade Knife is a fair pick when a tang-less machete blade is at hand and no better knife is.
Uses
The knife counts as a sharp knife in crafting. It cuts plants and butchers animals. It can kill small trapped animals. It cuts leather into strips and twists rope from dogbane. It opens canned food with its blade. It carves wood into stakes, handles and spoons, and bone into small tools.
How to Craft Machete Blade Knife
Each recipe that makes the Machete Blade Knife is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Make Knife From Machete Blade
The Make Knife From Machete Blade recipe makes the Machete Blade Knife. It needs Maintenance level 2.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Machete Blade (No Tang) | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.MacheteBlade_NoTang
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| Rag | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.RippedSheets
|
| Whetstone | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Whetstone
|
Used in Crafting
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 Machete Blade 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 is sharpened with a whetstone, a grindstone or, poorly, with a file.
Notes
- Make Knife From Machete Blade needs Maintenance 2.
- The recipe takes a Machete Blade (No Tang) and a weapon binding.
- A whetstone, a file, a metal saw or a small saw is kept as the tool.
- Researching the knife can teach the Forge Machete Blade recipe.
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