Hunting Knife

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Hunting Knife

General

Category

Weapon

Encumbrance

0.5

Equipped

One-handed

Function

Weapon
Cooking

Properties

Max condition

10

Performance

Damage

0.6–1.2

Range

0.61–0.9

Knockback

0.3

Knockdown

0

Special ability

Jaw stab

Technical

Item ID

Base.HuntingKnife

A hunting knife is a short blade melee weapon.

Usage

The hunting knife is an uncommon short blade weapon that can also be used in cooking.

Weapon

The hunting knife has a 'Jaw Stab' attack, which can kill a zombie instantly if close enough and timed correctly. It is also capable of performing backstabs on zombies that haven't noticed the player. There's a chance that after these attacks, the knife can get stuck in a zombie and will have to be looted back from the corpse. The hunting knife is a single attack weapon, and is best used when on a 1 on 1 fight with a zombie.

Breaking doors

It is mostly ineffective at bashing down doors, dealing just 1 damage per hit. For comparison, an axe deals 35 damage.

Chopping trees

It is mostly ineffective at chopping trees, dealing 2 damage per hit. For comparison, an axe deals 35 damage.

Condition

The hunting knife is a short blade weapon. It has a maximum condition of 10 and will be damaged depending on the player's maintenance skill. The chance of losing durability is: 1 in (15 + maintenance x 2)

Repairing

Materials that can be used to repair the hunting knife, based on first time repairing.

Repair Hunting Knife
Duct Tape Potentially repairs: 50% Chance of success: 95% Needs: Duct Tape (1 units)
Glue Potentially repairs: 20% Chance of success: 95% Needs: Glue (1 units)
Adhesive Tape Potentially repairs: 10% Chance of success: 95% Needs: Adhesive Tape (2 units)

Crafting

Product	Ingredients	Tools	Requirements	Workstation	XP
Notched Wooden Plank	One of: Screwdriver ×1 Kitchen Knife ×1 Butter Knife ×1 Bread Knife ×1 Hunting Knife ×1 Chipped Stone ×1 Stone Knife ×1 One of: Plank ×1 Log ×1	none	none	none	none
Fishing Rod	One of: Hunting Knife ×1 Kitchen Knife ×1 Machete ×1 Meat Cleaver ×1 Stone Knife ×1 One of: Fishing Line ×1 Twine ×2 unit(s) One of: Nails ×1 Paperclip ×1 Each of: Sturdy Stick ×1	none	Angler USA Magazine Vol.1	none	none

Weapons

Product	Ingredients	Tools	Requirements	Workstation	XP
Stake	One of: Stone Knife ×1 Hunting Knife ×1 Kitchen Knife ×1 Meat Cleaver ×1 Machete ×1 Each of: Tree Branch ×1	none	none	none	1.25 Carpentry
Crafted Spear	One of: Tree Branch ×1 Plank ×1 One of: Kitchen Knife ×1 Machete ×1 Meat Cleaver ×1 Stone Knife ×1	none	none	none	1.25 Carpentry
Spear with Hunting Knife	Crafted Spear ×1 Hunting Knife ×1 Duct Tape ×2 unit(s)	none	none	none	none

Cooking

Main article: Cooking

The hunting knife is used in various cooking recipes.

Product	Ingredients	Tools	Requirements	Workstation	XP
Bread Slices ×3	One of: Kitchen Knife ×1 Hunting Knife ×1 Butter Knife ×1 Bread Knife ×1 Meat Cleaver ×1 Stone Knife ×1 Machete ×1 Each of: Bread ×1	none	none	none	0.75 Cooking
Ham Slice ×6	One of: Kitchen Knife ×1 Hunting Knife ×1 Meat Cleaver ×1 Stone Knife ×1 Machete ×1 Each of: Ham ×1	none	none	none	0.75 Cooking
Bacon Strips ×4	One of: Kitchen Knife ×1 Hunting Knife ×1 Stone Knife ×1 Machete ×1 Each of: Bacon ×1	none	none	none	0.75 Cooking
Bacon Bits ×4	One of: Kitchen Knife ×1 Hunting Knife ×1 Stone Knife ×1 Machete ×1 Each of: Bacon Strips ×1	none	none	none	0.75 Cooking
Fish Fillet ×2	One of: Kitchen Knife ×1 Hunting Knife ×1 Meat Cleaver ×1 Stone Knife ×1 Machete ×1 Sunfish ×1 Trout ×1	none	none	none	10 Cooking
Frog Meat	One of: Kitchen Knife ×1 Hunting Knife ×1 Meat Cleaver ×1 Stone Knife ×1 Machete ×1 Each of: Frog ×1	none	none	none	2.5 Cooking
Small Bird Meat	One of: Kitchen Knife ×1 Hunting Knife ×1 Meat Cleaver ×1 Stone Knife ×1 Machete ×1 Each of: Dead Bird ×1	none	none	none	2.5 Cooking
Rabbit Meat	One of: Kitchen Knife ×1 Hunting Knife ×1 Meat Cleaver ×1 Stone Knife ×1 Machete ×1 Each of: Dead Rabbit ×1	none	none	none	2.5 Cooking
Rodent Meat	One of: Kitchen Knife ×1 Hunting Knife ×1 Meat Cleaver ×1 Stone Knife ×1 Machete ×1	none	none	none	2.5 Cooking
Watermelon Slice ×10	One of: Kitchen Knife ×1 Hunting Knife ×1 Saw ×1 Axe ×1 Stone Axe ×1 Hand Axe ×1 Wood Axe ×1 Meat Cleaver ×1 Each of: Watermelon ×1	none	none	none	0.75 Cooking
Cake Slice ×5	One of: Kitchen Knife ×1 Hunting Knife ×1 Butter Knife ×1 Bread Knife ×1 Meat Cleaver ×1 Stone Knife ×1 Machete ×1 Each of: Cake (Cooked) ×1	none	none	none	0.75 Cooking
Pie Slice ×5	One of: Kitchen Knife ×1 Hunting Knife ×1 Butter Knife ×1 Bread Knife ×1 Meat Cleaver ×1 Stone Knife ×1 Machete ×1 Each of: Pie (Cooked) ×1	none	none	none	0.75 Cooking

Distribution

The loot distributions can be found in the table(s) below.

HuntingKnife distribution Show / Hide

Effective chance calculations are based off of default loot settings, and median zombie density. The higher the density of zombies in an area, the higher the effective chance of an item spawning. Chance is also influenced by the lucky and unlucky traits.

Containers

Building/Room	Container	Effective chance
Bag_Military	Bag_Military	0.71%
SafehouseLoot	counter	23.28%
SafehouseLoot	crate	23.28%
SafehouseLoot	metal_shelves	23.28%
SafehouseLoot	wardrobe	23.28%
SurvivorCache1	counter	23.28%
SurvivorCache2	counter	23.28%
all	Outfit_Bandit	4.01%
all	Outfit_Biker	5.21%
all	Outfit_Hobbo	4.01%
all	Outfit_Punk	5.21%
all	Outfit_Raider	4.01%
all	Outfit_Redneck	4.01%
all	locker	15.1%
armysurplus	metal_shelves	15.1%
armysurplus	shelves	15.1%
bedroom	locker	15.1%
closet	crate	15.1%
drugshack	counter	15.1%
drugshack	crate	15.1%
garagestorage	crate	15.1%
pawnshop	counter	15.1%
pawnshop	displaycase	15.1%
pawnshopoffice	crate	15.1%
pawnshopoffice	metal_shelves	15.1%
pawnshopstorage	crate	15.1%
pawnshopstorage	metal_shelves	15.1%
storageunit	crate	15.1%

Vehicles

Type	Container	Effective chance
Carpenter	Glove Box	0.47%
Construction Worker	Glove Box	0.47%
Distillery	Glove Box	0.47%
Electrician	Glove Box	0.47%
Farmer	Glove Box	0.47%
Fire	Glove Box	0.47%
Fisherman	Glove Box	0.47%
Fossoil	Glove Box	0.47%
All	Glove Box	0.47%
Golf	Glove Box	0.47%
Heralds	Glove Box	0.47%
Hunter	Glove Box	0.47%
Hunter	Trunk	19.27%
Mass Gen Fac	Glove Box	0.47%
McCoy	Glove Box	0.47%
Metal Welder	Glove Box	0.47%
Painter	Glove Box	0.47%
Police	Glove Box	0.47%
Postal	Glove Box	0.47%
Radio	Glove Box	0.47%
Ranger	Glove Box	0.47%
Spiffo	Glove Box	0.47%
Survivalist	Glove Box	6.41%
Transit	Glove Box	0.47%

Zombie

Outfit	Days survived	Chance
Bandit	0	80
All	10	5

Trivia

Upon closer inspection of the knife blade's general shape and relative size in the player's hand, the hunting knife looks like a crude version of a bowie knife.

Code

Code snippet! This section contains source code from Project ZomboidShow / Hide

Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\items_weapons.txt

Retrieved: Build 41.78.16

item HuntingKnife
	{
	    DisplayCategory = Weapon,
		MaxRange	=	0.9,
		WeaponSprite	=	HuntingKnife,
		MinAngle	=	0.65,
		Type	=	Weapon,
		MinimumSwingTime	=	2,
		KnockBackOnNoDeath	=	FALSE,
		SwingAmountBeforeImpact	=	0.02,
		Categories	=	SmallBlade,
		ConditionLowerChanceOneIn	=	15,
		Weight	=	0.5,
		SplatNumber	=	4,
		PushBackMod	=	0.3,
		SubCategory	=	Stab,
		AimingMod	=	0.8,
		ConditionMax	=	10,
		MaxHitCount	=	1,
		IsAimedHandWeapon	=	TRUE,
		DoorDamage	=	1,
		SwingAnim	=	Stab,
		DisplayName	=	Hunting Knife,
		MinRange	=	0.61,
		CloseKillMove = Jaw_Stab,
		SwingTime	=	2,
		KnockdownMod	=	0,
		SplatBloodOnNoDeath	=	TRUE,
		Icon	=	HuntingKnife,
		RunAnim	=	Run_Weapon2,
        IdleAnim	=	Idle_Weapon2,
        TreeDamage  =   2,
        EnduranceMod = 0.5,
        BreakSound  =   HuntingKnifeBreak,
        MetalValue = 30,
        CriticalChance	=	50,
        CritDmgMultiplier = 3,
        MinDamage	=	0.6,
        MaxDamage	=	1.2,
	 	WeaponLength = 0.25,
        DamageCategory = Slash,
        DamageMakeHole = TRUE,
        HitFloorSound	=	HuntingKnifeHit,
        ImpactSound	=	HuntingKnifeHit,
        DoorHitSound = HuntingKnifeHit,
		HitSound	=	HuntingKnifeHit,
		SwingSound = HuntingKnifeSwing,
		AttachmentType = Knife,
        Tags = CutPlant;SharpKnife,
    }

See also

• Kitchen Knife
• Butter Knife
• Meat Cleaver
• Bread Knife