Scrap Metal Large Knife
| Scrap Metal Large Knife | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Short Blade |
| Skill | Short Blade |
| Damage | 0.6-1.1 |
| Range | 0.61-0.9 |
| Crit | 20% x3 |
| Condition | 10 |
| Weight | 1 |
| Hands | One-handed |
| Crafting Skill | Welding: 2 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.LargeKnife_Scrap
|
| Crafting XP | 20 XP (Welding) |
The Scrap Metal Large Knife is a home-made knife welded from scrap metal. It is a one-handed stabbing weapon that trains the Short Blade skill. It also works as a sharp knife for crafting and butchering.
It hits as hard as a factory Large Knife and weighs the same. Its crit chance is lower, and it wears out faster. It is a cheap first blade for a survivor with a welding torch. Welding is the usual way to get one, though survivor safehouses hold one on rare occasions. 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 Scrap Metal Large Knife stabs at close range, about 0.9 tiles. Each hit deals between 0.6 and 1.1 damage. The crit chance starts at 20 percent, and a crit triples the damage.
The short reach means the zombie must be very close before the knife lands. That makes it a poor choice against a group. It suits finishing a zombie on the ground or killing a lone one from behind. The Short Blade skill raises damage, crit chance and stab speed as it levels.
Compared with the Large Knife and the Hunting Knife, it has a weaker crit chance. It hits harder than a Kitchen Knife or a Small Knife.
Uses
The Scrap Metal Large Knife counts as a sharp knife in crafting. It butchers animals and cuts plants. It cuts leather into strips and twists twine and rope. It carves bone and wood into handles, spoons, beads and other small tools. It opens canned food. It is also the tool for fitting heads onto many long implements. Bound to a Long Stick, it becomes the Spear with Scrap Knife.
How to Craft Scrap Metal Large Knife
Each recipe that makes the Scrap Metal Large Knife is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Make Scrap Metal Knife
The Make Scrap Metal Knife recipe makes the Scrap Metal Large Knife. It needs Welding level 2.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Bar Half | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.IronBarHalf
|
| File | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.File
|
| Rag | 
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1x | No | /additem Base.RippedSheets
|
| Welding Torch | 
|
4x | No | /additem Base.BlowTorch
|
| Welder Mask | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.WeldingMask
|
Used in Crafting
These recipes take the Scrap Metal Large Knife as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bind Spear Head | Spear with Large Knife | 
|
- | Maintenance: 1 | /additem Base.SpearLargeKnife
|
| Bind Spear Head With Duct Tape | Spear with Large Knife |
|
- | Maintenance: 0 | /additem Base.SpearLargeKnife
|
| Bind Spear Head With Wire | Spear with Large Knife |
|
- | Maintenance: 1 | /additem Base.SpearLargeKnife
|
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 Scrap Metal Large Knife has 10 condition. Each hit has a 1 in 10 chance of taking a point off, so it wears out quickly in fights. The Short Blade and Maintenance skills both lower that chance. A dull blade can be sharpened with a whetstone, on a Grindstone, or poorly with a file.
Locations
The Scrap Metal Large Knife is a very rare find. It turns up only in mid and late game survivor safehouses. There it can sit in cardboard boxes, counters, crates, metal shelves, small boxes or wardrobes, each with a tiny chance. Welding one is far more reliable than looking for it.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Cardboard box | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Counter | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Crate | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Metal shelves | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Small box | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Cardboard box | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Counter | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Crate | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Metal shelves | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Small box | 0.1% |
Notes
- The Make Scrap Metal Knife recipe needs Welding 2, a half bar stock or a full blade, a Rag or strips, and four uses of a Welding Torch.
- The recipe also needs a file and a welding mask, which are kept.
- Dismantling a Spear with Scrap Knife returns the knife and a Long Stick.
- Reading the knife in the crafting menu can teach the Make Scrap Metal Knife and Small Knife forging recipes.
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