Steak Knife
| Steak Knife | |
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| Class | Short Blade |
| Skill | Short Blade |
| Damage | 0.3-0.7 |
| Range | 0.61-0.9 |
| Crit | 25% x4 |
| Condition | 5 |
| Weight | 0.5 |
| Hands | One-handed |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.SteakKnife
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The Steak Knife is a one-handed table knife that works as a light short blade weapon. It trains the Short Blade skill. It is small, quick and very light, and it counts as a sharp knife for crafting.
As a weapon it hits as hard as a Kitchen Knife and crits just as often. It is far more fragile, though, and holds only half the condition. The Steak Knife turns up in survivor safehouses and survivor caches. Taking apart a Spear with Steak Knife also returns one. 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 Steak Knife swings fast and hits one zombie at a time. The reach is short, so each attack puts the user close to the zombie. Normal hits deal low damage. The crit chance starts at 25 percent, and a crit multiplies the damage four times. Like most short blades, it can perform a jaw stab that kills a zombie outright.
The knife is one-handed, so a bag or a light can stay in the other hand. Its weak point is wear. It loses condition about every second hit, so it rarely lasts more than a short fight.
The Short Blade skill raises attack speed, damage and crit chance as it levels. The Kitchen Knife deals the same damage and lasts about twice as long. The Hunting Knife hits harder, crits more often and lasts far longer. The Steak Knife is best as a crafting knife and a light emergency blade.
Uses
The Steak Knife counts as a sharp knife in crafting. It cuts leather into strips, crafts twine and twists dogbane into rope. It carves wood into stakes, long sticks, handles and spoons, and it carves bone into tools and beads. It opens cans, butchers animals and cuts plants. It also works as a tool when assembling axes, hammers and maces from their heads and handles. Bound to a Long Stick or a Sapling, it becomes the Spear with Steak Knife.
Used in Crafting
These recipes take the Steak Knife as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bind Spear Head | Spear with Steak Knife | 
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- | Maintenance: 1 | /additem Base.SpearSteakKnife
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| Bind Spear Head With Duct Tape | Spear with Steak Knife |
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- | Maintenance: 0 | /additem Base.SpearSteakKnife
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| Bind Spear Head With Wire | Spear with Steak Knife |
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- | Maintenance: 1 | /additem Base.SpearSteakKnife
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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 Steak Knife has 5 condition and loses a point on about 1 hit in 2. The Short Blade and Maintenance skills both lower that chance. The blade can be sharpened to keep its edge.
Locations
The Steak Knife is a fairly common find in survivor hideouts. Survivor safehouses hold one in cardboard boxes, crates and small boxes at a fair rate. They also keep them on metal shelves, on counters and in wardrobes. Survivor caches hold one on the counter, and caches in large buildings hold one less often.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Western kitchen | Counter | 30.3% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor safehouse | Cardboard box | 12% |
| Survivor safehouse | Crate | 12% |
| Survivor safehouse | Small box | 12% |
| Survivor cache | Counter | 12% |
| Survivor cache | Counter | 12% |
| Survivor safehouse | Metal shelves | 9.6% |
| Survivor safehouse | Counter | 7.2% |
| Survivor safehouse | Wardrobe | 4.8% |
| Survivor cache (large building) | Counter | 2.4% |
Notes
- The Steak Knife weighs less than a Kitchen Knife, which makes it a light crafting knife to keep in a bag.
- Binding it to a spear gives it reach, but the Spear with Steak Knife still wears out quickly.
- Researching the knife can teach the recipes for forging a small knife and a crude blade.
- It can kill and butcher animals.
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