Spear with Steak Knife
| Spear with Steak Knife | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Improvised Weapon |
| Skill | Spear |
| Damage | 1-1.6 |
| Range | 0.98-1.45 |
| Crit | 20% x5 |
| Condition | 7 |
| Weight | 2.5 |
| Hands | Two-handed |
| Crafting Skill | Maintenance: 0 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.SpearSteakKnife
|
| Crafting XP | 5 XP (Maintenance) |
The Spear with Steak Knife is a two-handed improvised spear made by binding a Steak Knife to a long shaft. It trains the Spear skill. It is a light spear made from an everyday piece of cutlery.
Its damage sits in the middle of the spear class. The thin blade wears out fast, and the spear loses condition far more often than the other knife spears. The Spear with Steak Knife is mostly crafted, and on rare occasions it turns up in a survivor safehouse.
Combat
The Spear with Steak 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.
Spears can stab a zombie through a fence, which spares the fragile blade from a long brawl in the open. The spear suits a quick fix in the early days, while a better head is still out of reach.
The Spear skill raises attack speed, damage and crit chance as it levels. The Spear with Kitchen Knife and the Spear with Small Knife deal the same damage and hold up much better. The Spear with Scissors is equally light, but it wears down a little more slowly and reaches a little less far.
Uses
The spear also works as a fishing spear, for catching fish in shallow water. Taking the spear apart needs no tool. It returns the Steak Knife and a Long Stick.
How to Craft Spear with Steak Knife
Each recipe that makes the Spear with Steak Knife is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Bind Spear Head
The Bind Spear Head recipe makes the Spear with Steak Knife. It needs Maintenance level 1. The recipe has to be learned first.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steak Knife | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.SteakKnife
|
| 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 Steak Knife. It needs Maintenance level 0.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steak Knife |
|
1x | No | /additem Base.SteakKnife
|
| 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 Steak Knife. It needs Maintenance level 1. The recipe has to be learned first.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steak Knife |
|
1x | No | /additem Base.SteakKnife
|
| Long Stick |
|
1x | No | /additem Base.LongStick
|
| Wire | 
|
2x | No | /additem Base.Wire
|
| Pliers | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Pliers
|
Used in Crafting
These recipes take the Spear with Steak Knife as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dismantle Knife/Tool Spear | Steak Knife |
|
- | None | /additem Base.SteakKnife
|
Repair
The Spear with Steak Knife has 7 condition and loses a point on about 1 hit in 2. 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.
Locations
The Spear with Steak Knife is a very rare find. It appears only in survivor safehouses that spawn late in a game. There it can sit in cardboard boxes, small boxes, crates, counters, metal shelves and wardrobes, each with a tiny chance.
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 (late game) | Wardrobe | <0.1% |
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 returns the Steak Knife with a Long Stick.
- Researching the spear can teach the recipes for binding spears and for forging small knife and crude blades.
- A Kitchen Knife or a Small Knife makes a far tougher spear with the same damage.
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