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

Containers

Building / Room	Container	Rolls	Chance
SafehouseLoot	counter	4	10.0
all	Bag_Military	1	0.5
all	Outfit_Bandit	1	6.0
all	Outfit_Biker	1	8.0
all	locker	4	6.0
armysurplus	metal_shelves	4	6.0
closet	crate	4	6.0
drugshack	counter	4	6.0
drugshack	crate	4	6.0
pawnshop	displaycase	4	6.0

Vehicles

Vehicle Type/Location	Rolls	Chance
CarpenterGloveBox	1	0.1
ConstructionWorkerGloveBox	1	0.1
DistilleryGloveBox	1	0.1
ElectricianGloveBox	1	0.1
FarmerGloveBox	1	0.1
FireGloveBox	1	0.1
FishermanGloveBox	1	0.1
FossoilGloveBox	1	0.1
GloveBox	1	0.1
GolfGloveBox	1	0.1
HeraldsGloveBox	1	0.1
HunterGloveBox	1	0.1
HunterTruckBed	4	8
MassGenFacGloveBox	1	0.1
McCoyGloveBox	1	0.1
MetalWelderGloveBox	1	0.1
PainterGloveBox	1	0.1
PoliceGloveBox	1	0.1
PostalGloveBox	1	0.1
RadioGloveBox	1	0.1
RangerGloveBox	1	0.1
SpiffoGloveBox	1	0.1
SurvivalistGlovebox	1	10
TransitGloveBox	1	0.1

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