Spear with Hunting Knife
| Spear with Hunting Knife | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Improvised Weapon |
| Skill | Spear |
| Damage | 1.2-1.7 |
| Range | 0.98-1.48 |
| Crit | 20% x5 |
| Condition | 9 |
| Weight | 3 |
| Hands | Two-handed |
| Crafting Skill | Maintenance: 0 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Crafted only |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.SpearHuntingKnife
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| Crafting XP | 5 XP (Maintenance) |
The Spear with Hunting Knife is a two-handed improvised spear made by binding a Hunting Knife to a long shaft. It trains the Spear skill. It belongs to the top group of the knife spears, with the same damage and reach as the Spear with Fighting Knife and the Spear with Large Knife.
The heavy blade holds 9 condition and wears slowly for a lashed head. The trade is weight, as it is among the heaviest spears in the class. The Spear with Hunting Knife is never found as loot. It is crafted from a Hunting Knife and a Long Stick or a Sapling.
Combat
The Spear with Hunting Knife strikes from a long reach, slightly further than most bound spears. That extra reach lets it land the first hit on an approaching zombie. Its damage is at the top of the improvised spear range. The crit chance starts at 20 percent, and a crit multiplies the damage five times.
Both hands stay on the shaft. Spears can stab a zombie through a fence, so a fence line or a low barrier turns the spear into a safe killing tool. The weapon suits a fighter who keeps distance and deals with zombies one at a time.
The Spear skill raises attack speed, damage and crit chance as it levels. Against the Spear with Metal Head, the hunting knife spear hits harder and reaches further. The forged metal spear lasts longer and weighs less. Against the Spear with Kitchen Knife, it is better in damage, reach and durability.
Uses
The spear also works as a fishing spear, for catching fish in shallow water. Taking the spear apart returns the Hunting Knife and a Long Stick. The knife can then go back to its own work as a knife.
How to Craft Spear with Hunting Knife
Each recipe that makes the Spear with Hunting Knife is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Bind Spear Head
The Bind Spear Head recipe makes the Spear with Hunting Knife. It needs Maintenance level 1. The recipe has to be learned first.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunting Knife | 
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1x | No | /additem Base.HuntingKnife
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| Long Stick | 
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1x | No | /additem Base.LongStick
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| Zip Ties | 
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2x | No | /additem Base.Zipties
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Bind Spear Head With Duct Tape
The Bind Spear Head With Duct Tape recipe makes the Spear with Hunting Knife. It needs Maintenance level 0.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunting Knife |
|
1x | No | /additem Base.HuntingKnife
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| Long Stick |
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1x | No | /additem Base.LongStick
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| Duct Tape | 
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2x | No | /additem Base.DuctTape
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Bind Spear Head With Wire
The Bind Spear Head With Wire recipe makes the Spear with Hunting Knife. It needs Maintenance level 1. The recipe has to be learned first.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunting Knife |
|
1x | No | /additem Base.HuntingKnife
|
| Long Stick |
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1x | No | /additem Base.LongStick
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| Wire | 
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2x | No | /additem Base.Wire
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| Pliers | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.Pliers
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Used in Crafting
These recipes take the Spear with Hunting Knife as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dismantle Knife/Tool Spear | Hunting Knife |
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- | None | /additem Base.HuntingKnife
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Repair
The Spear with Hunting Knife has 9 condition and loses a point on about 1 hit in 8. The Spear and Maintenance skills both lower that chance. The blade can be sharpened with a whetstone, a grindstone or, poorly, with a file. The spear can be repaired with duct tape, adhesive tape, glue, zip ties, wood glue or epoxy. Zip ties need Maintenance 1, wood glue needs Carpentry 2, and epoxy needs Maintenance 3. Each repair restores less condition than the one before it.
Notes
- The spear can be bound with zip ties, leather strips or twine at Maintenance 1, with duct tape at any skill, or with wire and pliers at Maintenance 1.
- Dismantling the spear needs no tool and returns the Hunting Knife with a Long Stick.
- Researching the spear can teach the recipes for binding spears and for forging hunting knife, large knife, small knife and crude blades.
- The Spear with Fighting Knife, Spear with Large Knife and Spear with Scrap Knife match it in damage, reach and durability.
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