Pocket Knife
| Pocket Knife | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Short Blade |
| Skill | Short Blade |
| Damage | 0.3-0.6 |
| Range | 0.61-0.9 |
| Crit | 20% x3 |
| Condition | 10 |
| Weight | 0.3 |
| Hands | One-handed |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.KnifePocket
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The Pocket Knife is a small folding knife that works as a tool and a light stabbing weapon. It trains the Short Blade skill. As a weapon it is weak, with short reach and low damage. As a tool it does every job that calls for a sharp knife.
The knife weighs only 0.3, so it costs almost nothing to carry. That makes it a good spare to keep in a bag for crafting, butchering and opening cans. The Pocket Knife is found in tackle boxes, military belts and packs, mechanic lockers, workshops and bedroom furniture. It is an uncommon find. 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 Pocket Knife is a stabbing weapon with a reach of only 0.9 tiles. Each hit deals between 0.3 and 0.6 damage. The critical chance starts at 20 percent, and a crit triples the damage.
The knife is one-handed and very light, so each stab costs little endurance. The other hand stays free for a flashlight or a bag. The Short Blade skill raises damage, attack speed and crit chance with each level.
The short reach means a zombie must be very close before the knife can land. That is risky against more than one zombie at a time. The knife suits a single zombie, ideally one already knocked down.
Uses
The Pocket Knife counts as a sharp knife in crafting. It cuts plants and butchers animals. It cuts leather into strips or halves, twists rope and makes twine. It opens canned food and serves as the tool in many carving recipes, from handles and stakes to bone tools. It also assembles long and medium implements such as axes, hammers and garden tools from a head and a handle. A worn-out knife can be smelted for iron or steel at a furnace.
Used in Crafting
Any recipe that asks for a sharp knife or smeltableironsmall accepts it as the tool, such as Cut Up Large Leather, Cut Up Medium Leather and Cut Up Small Leather.
Repair
The Pocket Knife has 10 condition, and each hit has a 1 in 2 chance of taking a point off. The Short Blade and Maintenance skills lower that chance. A dull blade can be sharpened with a whetstone, at a Grindstone, or poorly with a file.
Locations
The Pocket Knife is an uncommon find spread thinly across many places. Tackle boxes give the best odds. Military belts and army packs, hiking bags and mechanic lockers hold one now and then. Closets, sheds, garage storage and carpenter workshops keep one at a low rate. Bedroom dressers, wardrobes, side tables and lockers can hold one too, as can farmers' rooms and farm worker dorms.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Inside a bag or case | Tacklebox | 8.6% |
| Inside a bag or case | Alice belt sus | 2.9% |
| Inside a bag or case | Alicepack army | 2.3% |
| Inside a bag or case | Hiking bag | 1.1% |
| Inside a bag or case | Farming | 1% |
| Inside a bag or case | Prison intake personal objects | 0.3% |
| Any building | Zombie wearing a bandit outfit | 0.3% |
| Any building | Zombie wearing a bandit early outfit | 0.3% |
| Any building | Zombie wearing a bandit late outfit | 0.3% |
| Any building | Zombie wearing a bandit mid outfit | 0.3% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Fishing storage | Display case | 7.2% |
| Army surplus | Display case | 5.8% |
| Mechanic | Locker | 2.8% |
| Camping store | Shelves | 2.4% |
| Carpenter workshop | Dresser | 1.9% |
| Carpenter workshop | Wardrobe | 1.9% |
| Farmer | Dresser | 1.9% |
| Farmer | Wardrobe | 1.9% |
| Carpenter workshop | Cardboard box | 1.6% |
| Carpenter workshop | Counter | 1.6% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Outdoor supply store | Display case | 7.2% |
| Outdoorsupply storage | Other | 4.8% |
| Gun store | Display case | 4.3% |
| Tool store | Counter | 2.7% |
| Tool store | Other | 2.7% |
| Tool store | Shelves | 2.7% |
| Tool store | Small box | 2.7% |
| Outdoor supply store | Other | 2.4% |
| Gift store | Shelves | 2.2% |
| Tool store storage | Other | 2.2% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Closet | Crate | 2.2% |
| Closet | Other | 2.2% |
| Shed | Other | 2.2% |
| Garage storage | Crate | 1.8% |
| Any building | Wardrobe | 1.2% |
| Bedroom | Locker | 1.2% |
| Bedroom | Wardrobe | 1.2% |
| Bedroom | Dresser | 1.1% |
| Bedroom | Side table | 1.1% |
| Any building | Military locker | 0.8% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Cardboard box | 0.9% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Counter | 0.9% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Crate | 0.9% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Metal shelves | 0.9% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Small box | 0.9% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Cardboard box | 0.6% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Counter | 0.6% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Crate | 0.6% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Metal shelves | 0.6% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Small box | 0.6% |
Notes
- The knife is light enough to carry as a spare cutting tool in any bag.
- Opening cans with the blade saves the need for a can opener.
- Researching it can teach the crude blade and small knife forging recipes.
- Keep the knife for tool work and fight with something heavier.
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