Stone Knife
| Stone Knife | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Short Blade |
| Skill | Short Blade |
| Damage | 0.4-0.6 |
| Range | 0.61-0.69 |
| Crit | 20% x2 |
| Condition | 6 |
| Weight | 0.75 |
| Hands | One-handed |
| Crafting Skill | Maintenance: 1 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Crafted only |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.FlintKnife
|
| Crafting XP | 5 XP (Maintenance) |
The Stone Knife is a short stone blade fixed to a Small Handle, used as a one-handed stabbing weapon. It trains the Short Blade skill. It is one of the first knives a survivor can make in the wild.
As a weapon it is weak, with low damage and a very short reach. Its value is as a tool. It counts as a sharp knife for crafting, so it unlocks butchering, leatherwork and carving without a single looted blade. The Stone Knife is never found as loot. It is made from a Stone Blade, a Small Handle and a binding at Maintenance 1. 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 Stone Knife swings fast but reaches only about 0.69 tiles. Each hit deals low damage, so a standing zombie takes many stabs. The crit chance starts at 20 percent, and a crit doubles the damage.
Like other one-handed blades, it can perform a jaw stab that kills a zombie in one blow. That is its best hope in a fight. A jaw stab locks the character in place until it ends, so other zombies should be well away before it starts. The knife strikes one zombie per attack.
The knife is one-handed, so a bag can stay in the other hand. The Short Blade skill raises its speed, damage and crit chance as it levels. The Long Stone Knife hits harder and reaches further from the same kind of material. The Stone Knife is best as a crafting tool and a backup blade.
Uses
The Stone Knife counts as a sharp knife, so it works in a long list of recipes. It kills and butchers animals and opens canned food. 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 also serves in cooking recipes that need a knife. Bound to a Long Stick or a Sapling, it becomes the Spear with Stone Head.
How to Craft Stone Knife
Each recipe that makes the Stone Knife is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Assemble Crude Knife
The Assemble Crude Knife recipe makes the Stone Knife. It needs Maintenance level 1.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stone Blade | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.StoneBlade
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| Small Handle | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.SmallHandle
|
| Rag | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.RippedSheets
|
Used in Crafting
These recipes take the Stone Knife as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bind Spear Head | Spear with Stone Head | 
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- | Maintenance: 1 | /additem Base.SpearStone
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| Bind Spear Head With Duct Tape | Spear with Stone Head |
|
- | Maintenance: 0 | /additem Base.SpearStone
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| Bind Spear Head With Wire | Spear with Stone Head |
|
- | Maintenance: 1 | /additem Base.SpearStone
|
| Dismantle Bladed Item | Hunting Knife Blade | 
|
- | None | /additem Base.HuntingKnifeBlade
|
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 Stone Knife has 6 condition. Each hit has a 1 in 7 chance of taking a point off. The Short Blade and Maintenance skills both lower that chance. Dismantle Bladed Item, with a hammer, takes the knife apart again. A Stone Blade and a fresh Small Handle then make a new knife.
Notes
- Assemble Crude Knife needs a Stone Blade, a Small Handle and one binding, at Maintenance 1.
- The same recipe turns a Long Stone Blade into the Long Stone Knife.
- Researching it can teach the recipes for making stone blades, assembling a crude knife, forging a crude blade and carving a fleshing tool.
- Blood on the blade is only cosmetic.
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