Simple Metal Knife
| Simple Metal Knife | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Short Blade |
| Skill | Short Blade |
| Damage | 0.5-0.9 |
| Range | 0.61-0.9 |
| Crit | 25% x4 |
| Condition | 6 |
| Weight | 0.7 |
| Hands | One-handed |
| Crafting Skill | Maintenance: 1 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.CrudeKnife
|
| Crafting XP | 5 XP (Maintenance) |
The Simple Metal Knife is a crude knife made from a Simple Metal Blade bound to a Small Handle. It is a one-handed stabbing weapon that trains the Short Blade skill. It also counts as a sharp knife for crafting.
It hits a little harder than a Kitchen Knife and has the same strong crit. It wears out quickly, with only 6 condition. It is easy to put together once a blade is at hand. Zombies in inmate outfits carry one fairly often, and survivor safehouses hold one now and then. 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 Simple Metal Knife stabs at close range, about 0.9 tiles. Each hit deals between 0.5 and 0.9 damage. The crit chance starts at 25 percent, and a crit multiplies the damage four times. A crit often finishes a zombie at once.
The short reach means the zombie must be very close before the blade lands. That makes it a poor choice against a group. It suits finishing a zombie on the ground or a quick kill from behind. The Short Blade skill raises damage, crit chance and stab speed as it levels.
Compared with the Kitchen Knife, it hits harder but breaks much sooner. The Large Knife and the Hunting Knife hit harder and last longer. The Long Simple Metal Knife is the bigger version of the same build.
Uses
The Simple Metal Knife counts as a sharp knife in crafting. It cuts leather into strips and twists twine and rope. It carves bone and wood into handles, spoons, beads, needles and other small tools. It opens canned food. It is also the knife for fitting heads onto many long implements, maces and hammers. Bound to a Long Stick, it becomes a spear.
How to Craft Simple Metal Knife
Each recipe that makes the Simple Metal Knife is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Assemble Crude Knife
The Assemble Crude Knife recipe makes the Simple Metal Knife. It needs Maintenance level 1.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple Metal Blade | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.CrudeBlade
|
| Small Handle | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.SmallHandle
|
| Rag | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.RippedSheets
|
Used in Crafting
These recipes take the Simple Metal Knife as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bind Spear Head | Spear with Simple Metal Head | 
|
- | Maintenance: 1 | /additem Base.SpearCrude
|
| Bind Spear Head With Duct Tape | Spear with Simple Metal Head |
|
- | Maintenance: 0 | /additem Base.SpearCrude
|
| Bind Spear Head With Wire | Spear with Simple Metal Head |
|
- | Maintenance: 1 | /additem Base.SpearCrude
|
| Dismantle Bladed Item | Simple Metal Blade |
|
- | None | /additem Base.CrudeBlade
|
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 Simple Metal Knife has 6 condition. Each hit has a 1 in 7 chance of taking a point off, so it dulls 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. Taking it apart with a hammer returns the Simple Metal Blade for a new handle.
Locations
The Simple Metal Knife turns up most often on zombies in inmate outfits. Mid and late game survivor safehouses keep them in boxes, crates, counters and on metal shelves. Prison cells hold one on rare occasions.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Any building | Zombie wearing a inmate outfit | 7.7% |
| Any building | Zombie wearing a inmate khaki outfit | 7.7% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Drug shack | Other | 1.6% |
| Drug lab | Counter | 0.8% |
| Drug lab | Overhead cupboard | 0.8% |
| Prison cells | Other | 0.3% |
| Derelict | Other | <0.1% |
| Derelict steel factory | Other | <0.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Cardboard box | 1.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Counter | 1.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Crate | 1.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Metal shelves | 1.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Small box | 1.1% |
| 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% |
Notes
- The Assemble Crude Knife recipe needs Maintenance 1, a Simple Metal Blade, a Small Handle and a binding.
- The same recipe makes the Long Simple Metal Knife, the Stone Knife and the Long Stone Knife from their blades.
- The Dismantle Bladed Item recipe takes the blade back off with a hammer, a club hammer or a mallet.
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