Spear with Kitchen Knife

Spear with Kitchen Knife
Class	Improvised Weapon
Skill	Spear
Damage	1-1.6
Range	0.98-1.45
Crit	20% x5
Condition	7
Weight	2.7
Hands	Two-handed
Crafting Skill	Maintenance: 0
Crafting	See How to Craft
Location	Crafted only
Spawn ID	/additem Base.SpearKnife
Crafting XP	5 XP (Maintenance)

The Spear with Kitchen Knife is a two-handed improvised spear made by binding a Kitchen Knife to a long shaft. It trains the Spear skill. The knife is lashed on with cord, tape or wire.

Its damage sits in the middle of the spear class. It wears down faster than the heavy knife spears but lasts longer than glass or stone tips. The Spear with Kitchen Knife is never found as loot. It is crafted from a Kitchen Knife and a Long Stick or a Sapling.

Combat

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The Spear with Kitchen Knife strikes from a long reach, so a zombie can be hit before it grabs. The crit chance starts at 20 percent, and a crit multiplies the damage five times. Both hands stay on the shaft.

Compared with other spear types, it is not very effective, but it serves in a pinch. Spears can stab a zombie through a fence, which is the safest way to make the most of a modest head like this one. The spear suits the early game, when the Spear skill is low and better heads are scarce.

The Spear skill raises attack speed, damage and crit chance as it levels. The Spear with Small Knife has the same damage, weight and durability. The Spear with Hunting Knife and the Spear with Fighting Knife hit harder, reach further and last longer, so either is worth the swap once found.

Uses

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The spear also works as a fishing spear, for catching fish in shallow water. Taking the spear apart returns the Kitchen Knife and a Long Stick. The knife then goes back to its own work.

How to Craft Spear with Kitchen Knife

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Each recipe that makes the Spear with Kitchen Knife is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.

Bind Spear Head

The Bind Spear Head recipe makes the Spear with Kitchen Knife. It needs Maintenance level 1. The recipe has to be learned first.

Name	Image	Amount	Kept	Spawn ID
Kitchen Knife		1x	No	/additem Base.KitchenKnife
Long Stick		1x	No	/additem Base.LongStick
Zip Ties		2x	No	/additem Base.Zipties

Bind Spear Head With Duct Tape

The Bind Spear Head With Duct Tape recipe makes the Spear with Kitchen Knife. It needs Maintenance level 0.

Name	Image	Amount	Kept	Spawn ID
Kitchen Knife		1x	No	/additem Base.KitchenKnife
Long Stick		1x	No	/additem Base.LongStick
Duct Tape		2x	No	/additem Base.DuctTape

Bind Spear Head With Wire

The Bind Spear Head With Wire recipe makes the Spear with Kitchen Knife. It needs Maintenance level 1. The recipe has to be learned first.

Name	Image	Amount	Kept	Spawn ID
Kitchen Knife		1x	No	/additem Base.KitchenKnife
Long Stick		1x	No	/additem Base.LongStick
Wire		2x	No	/additem Base.Wire
Pliers		1x	Yes	/additem Base.Pliers

Used in Crafting

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These recipes take the Spear with Kitchen Knife as an ingredient or a part.

Recipe	Output	Image	Station	Skill	Spawn ID
Dismantle Knife/Tool Spear	Kitchen Knife		-	None	/additem Base.KitchenKnife

Repair

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The Spear with Kitchen Knife has 7 condition and loses a point on about 1 hit in 4. 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

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• 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 Kitchen Knife with a Long Stick.
• Researching the spear can teach the recipes for binding spears and for forging kitchen knife, small knife and crude blades.

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