Spear with Large Knife
| Spear with Large 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.SpearLargeKnife
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| Crafting XP | 5 XP (Maintenance) |
The Spear with Large Knife is a two-handed improvised spear made by binding a Large Knife to a long shaft. It trains the Spear skill. It shares the top spot among the knife spears with the Spear with Fighting Knife, the Spear with Hunting Knife and the Spear with Scrap Knife.
The long blade gives it strong damage and good reach. It holds 9 condition and wears slowly for a lashed head. It is one of the heavier spears to carry. The Spear with Large Knife is never found as loot. It is crafted from a Large Knife and a Long Stick or a Sapling.
Combat
The Spear with Large Knife strikes from a long reach, a little further than most bound spears. A zombie walking in takes the first hit before it can grab. 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 gap in a barricade makes a safe place to fight. The spear works best against single zombies or a short line of them.
The Spear skill raises attack speed, damage and crit chance as it levels. Against the Spear with Metal Head, it hits harder and reaches further, while the forged spear lasts longer and weighs less. Against the Spear with Kitchen Knife, it wins on 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 Large Knife and a Long Stick. The blade is never lost to the build.
How to Craft Spear with Large Knife
Each recipe that makes the Spear with Large Knife is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Bind Spear Head
The Bind Spear Head recipe makes the Spear with Large Knife. It needs Maintenance level 1. The recipe has to be learned first.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Large Knife | 
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1x | No | /additem Base.LargeKnife
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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 Large Knife. It needs Maintenance level 0.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Large Knife |
|
1x | No | /additem Base.LargeKnife
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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 Large Knife. It needs Maintenance level 1. The recipe has to be learned first.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Large Knife |
|
1x | No | /additem Base.LargeKnife
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| 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 Large Knife as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dismantle Knife/Tool Spear | Large Knife |
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- | None | /additem Base.LargeKnife
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Repair
The Spear with Large 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 Large 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.
- A Scrap Metal Large Knife makes the Spear with Scrap Knife instead, with the same combat values.
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