“ | It used to be a kitchen utensil, but now it's a dangerous melee weapon. | ” |
–Item Description |
Overview[]
A Knife is one of the many available Weapons found in the game. Knives can be found whilst scavenging, as loot fromseverely a dead body, or may be crafted at an Metal Workshop.
Crafting Cost[]
Crafter | |||
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Marin | 2 | 4 | 3 |
Other | 2 | 5 | 3 |
Notes[]
- Anyone armed with a knife will drop it as loot upon death.
- Knife is more powerful than Shovel or Crowbar but weaker than a Hatchet.
- Other enemies will typically investigate the area after a successful stealth ambush. Players can still hide in hiding spots to avoid detection, potentially ambushing more enemies.
- Arica, Boris, and Roman can instakill with a backstab by knife, while other characters will only severely injuring the target, though it is usually enough to incapacitate them.
- All survivors (except Cveta) can instakill with a stealth ambush by knife. Cveta will only injure the target severely.
- The biggest advantage of knives is that they can offer some decent defense in the early game (better than tools like crowbars and shovels), and will never lose durability nor use up ammo. Unfortunately, they are quickly outshined after firearms and hatchets are accessible, being degraded to a trading item afterwards.
- Enemies with a Military Vest are likely to take greatly reduced Knife damage in direct combat, but are not protected from backstabs or stealth ambushes.