Kitchen Knife

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Kitchen Knife

General

Category

Weapon

Encumbrance

0.3

Equipped

One-handed

Function

Weapon
Cooking

Properties

Max condition

10

Performance

Damage

0.3–0.6

Range

0.61–0.9

Knockback

0.3

Knockdown

0

Special ability

Jaw stab

Technical

Item ID

Base.KitchenKnife

A kitchen knife is a short blade melee weapon.

Usage

The kitchen knife is a common short blade weapon that can also be used in cooking.

Weapon

The kitchen knife has a 'Jaw Stab' attack which can kill a zombie instantly if close enough and timed correctly. The kitchen 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 1 damage per hit. For comparison, an axe deals 35 damage.

Condition

The kitchen 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 (2 + maintenance x 2)

Repairing

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

Repair Kitchen 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

Survival

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
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 Knife	Crafted Spear ×1 Kitchen Knife ×1 Duct Tape ×2 unit(s)	none	none	none	none
Kitchen Knife	Spear with Knife ×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

Cooking

Main article: Cooking

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
Squid Calamari (Uncooked) ×2	One of: Kitchen Knife ×1 Hunting Knife ×1 Meat Cleaver ×1 Stone Knife ×1 Machete ×1 Each of: Squid ×1	none	none	none	0.75 Cooking
Jack-o'-lantern	One of: Kitchen Knife ×1 Butter Knife ×1 Bread Knife ×1 Hunting Knife ×1 Meat Cleaver ×1 Stone Knife ×1 Machete ×1 Each of: Pumpkin ×1	none	none	none	0.75 Cooking
Onion Slices	One of: Kitchen Knife ×1 Hunting Knife ×1 Machete ×1 Stone Knife ×1 Each of: Onion ×1	none	none	none	0.75 Cooking
Baloney Slices ×6	One of: Kitchen Knife ×1 Hunting Knife ×1 Meat Cleaver ×1 Stone Knife ×1 Machete ×1 Each of: Baloney ×1	none	none	none	0.75 Cooking
Salami Slices ×4	One of: Kitchen Knife ×1 Hunting Knife ×1 Meat Cleaver ×1 Stone Knife ×1 Machete ×1 Each of: Salami ×1	none	none	none	0.75 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
Pizza Slice ×6	One of: Kitchen Knife ×1 Hunting Knife ×1 Meat Cleaver ×1 Stone Knife ×1 Machete ×1 Each of: Pizza (Cooked) ×1	none	none	none	0.75 Cooking

Distribution

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

Containers
Building/Room	Container	Rolls	Chance
bakerykitchen	counter	4	6
	counter	4	6
burgerkitchen	counter	4	6
	counter	4	6
butcher	counter	4	1
	counter	4	2
cafeteriakitchen	counter	4	6
chinesekitchen	counter	4	6
	counter	4	6
deepfry_kitchen	counter	4	6
	counter	4	6
departmentstorage	metal_shelves	4	6
dinerbackroom	counter	4	6
italiankitchen	counter	4	6
knifefactory	crate	4	1
	crate	4	1
	crate	4	2
	crate	4	2
	crate	4	5
mexicankitchen	counter	4	6
pizzakitchen	counter	4	6
prisoncells	wardrobe	4	0.01
seafoodkitchen	counter	4	6
sushikitchen	counter	4	6
westernkitchen	counter	4	6

Code

Item

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Item
Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\items_weapons.txt

Retrieved: Build 41.78.16

item KitchenKnife
	{
	    DisplayCategory = Cooking,
		MaxRange	=	0.9,
		WeaponSprite	=	Knife,
		MinAngle	=	0.65,
		Type	=	Weapon,
		MinimumSwingTime	=	2,
		KnockBackOnNoDeath	=	FALSE,
		SwingAmountBeforeImpact	=	0.02,
		Categories	=	SmallBlade,
		ConditionLowerChanceOneIn	=	2,
		Weight	=	0.3,
		SplatNumber	=	4,
		PushBackMod	=	0.3,
		SubCategory	=	Stab,
		AimingMod	=	0.8,
		ConditionMax	=	10,
		MaxHitCount	=	1,
		IsAimedHandWeapon	=	TRUE,
		DoorDamage	=	1,
		SwingAnim	=	Stab,
		DisplayName	=	Kitchen Knife,
		MinRange	=	0.61,
		CloseKillMove = Jaw_Stab,
		SwingTime	=	2,
		KnockdownMod	=	0,
		SplatBloodOnNoDeath	=	TRUE,
		Icon	=	KnifeChopping,
		RunAnim	=	Run_Weapon2,
        IdleAnim	=	Idle_Weapon2,
        BreakSound  =   KitchenKnifeBreak,
        TreeDamage  =   1,
        EnduranceMod = 0.5,
        MetalValue = 10,
        CriticalChance	=	25,
        CritDmgMultiplier = 4,
        MinDamage	=	0.3,
        MaxDamage	=	0.7,
		WeaponLength = 0.19,
        DamageCategory = Slash,
        DamageMakeHole = TRUE,
        HitFloorSound	=	KitchenKnifeHit,
        ImpactSound	=	KitchenKnifeHit,
        DoorHitSound = KitchenKnifeHit,
		HitSound	=	KitchenKnifeHit,
		SwingSound = KitchenKnifeSwing,
		AttachmentType = Knife,
        Tags = CutPlant;SharpKnife,
 	}

Repair
Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\fixing.txt

Retrieved: Build 41.78.16

fixing Fix Kitchen Knife
    {
       Require : KitchenKnife,

       Fixer : DuctTape,
       Fixer : Glue,
       Fixer : Scotchtape=2,
    }

See also

• Butter Knife
• Hunting Knife