Kitchen Knife

General

Usage

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, so it is best if used in single combat or if zombies are relatively spread out when attacking.

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 blade weapon, therefore being influenced by the blade skills: accuracy, guard and maintenance. It has a maximum condition of just 5 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	Skill(s)	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3	Ingredient 4
Crafted Spear x1	none	Tree Branch or Plank x1 (consumed)	File:Knives2.png Kitchen Knife or Hunting Knife or Chipped Stone x1
Notched Wooden Plank x1	none	File:Knives2.png Bread Knife or Butter Knife or Kitchen Knife or Screwdriver or Chipped Stone or Hunting Knife or Stone Knife x1	Plank or Log x1 (consumed)
Stake x4	none	Tree Branch Tree Branch x1 (consumed)	Kitchen Knife or Stone Knife or Hunting Knife or Machete or Meat Cleaver x1 (consumed)
Fishing Rod (crafted) x1	none	Kitchen Knife or Hunting Knife x1	Sturdy Stick x1 (consumed)	Fishing Line x2 (consumed)	File:Nailclip.png Nails or Paperclip x1 (consumed)
Crafted Fishing Rod with Twine Line x1	none	Kitchen Knife or Hunting Knife x1	Sturdy Stick x1 (consumed)	Twine (2 units) (consumed)	File:Nailclip.png Nails or Paperclip x1 (consumed)

Cooking

Main article: Cooking

Product	Skill(s)	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3	Ingredient 4
Watermelon Slice x10	none	Watermelon x1 (consumed)	File:Saw.png Hand Axe or Kitchen Knife or Saw or Stone Knife or Axe or Hunting Knife or Machete or Meat Cleaver or Stone Axe or Wood Axe or x1
Boring Salad Boring Salad x1	none	Bowl x1 (consumed)	Kitchen Knife x1	Cabbage x1 (consumed)	Recipe ingredients x1 (consumed)
Simple Salad Simple Salad x1	none	Bowl x1 (consumed)	Kitchen Knife x1	Cabbage x1 (consumed)	Recipe ingredients x2 (consumed)
Tasty Salad Tasty Salad x1	none	Bowl x1 (consumed)	Kitchen Knife x1	Cabbage x1 (consumed)	Recipe ingredients x3 (consumed)
Bread Slices x3	none	Bread x1 (consumed)	Bread Knife or Butter Knife or Kitchen Knife or Hunting Knife or Machete or Meat Cleaver or Stone Knife x1
Pie Slice x5	none	Recipe ingredients x1 (consumed)	Butter Knife or Kitchen Knife or Stone Knife or Hunting Knife or Machete or Meat Cleaver or x1
Cake Slice x5	none	Recipe ingredients x1 (consumed)	Butter Knife or Kitchen Knife or Hunting Knife or Machete or Meat Cleaver or Stone Knife x1
Bacon Strips x4	none	Bacon x1 (consumed)	Kitchen Knife or Hunting Knife x1
Bacon Bits Bacon Bits x3	none	Bacon Strips x1 (consumed)	Kitchen Knife or Hunting Knife x1
Fish Fillet Fish Fillet x2	none	File:Fish.png Fish x1 (consumed)	Kitchen Knife or Stone Knife or Hunting Knife or Machete or Meat Cleaver x1
Rabbit Meat Rabbit Meat x1	none	Dead Rabbit x1 (consumed)	Kitchen Knife or Hunting Knife x1
Small Animal Meat Rodent Meat x1	none	Dead Mouse or Dead Rat or Dead Squirrel x1 (consumed)	Kitchen Knife or Hunting Knife x1
Small Bird Meat Small Bird Meat x1	none	Dead Bird x1 (consumed)	Kitchen Knife or Hunting Knife x1
Bread Slices x2	none	Kitchen Knife or Butter Knife or Hunting Knife x1	Bread (dough) x1 (consumed)
Frog Meat x1	none	Frog x1 (consumed)	Kitchen Knife or Stone Knife or Hunting Knife or Machete or Meat Cleaver x1
Ham Slice x6	none	Ham x1 (consumed)	Kitchen Knife or Stone Knife or Hunting Knife or Machete or Meat Cleaver x1

Distribution

Kitchen Knives can be found in kitchen counters in houses and restaurants, along with general stores and male corpses.

Code

Item

From items.txt (Project Zomboid directory/media/scripts/) Retrieved: Build 40.9

	item KitchenKnife
		MaxRange			= 0.9,
		WeaponSprite			= Knife,
		MinAngle			= 0,
		Type				= Weapon,
		MinimumSwingTime		= 2,
		KnockBackOnNoDeath		= FALSE,
		SwingAmountBeforeImpact		= 0.02,
		Categories			= Blade,
		ConditionLowerChanceOneIn	= 2,
		Weight				= 0.3,
		SplatN.umber			= 0,
		PushBackMod			= 0.3,
		MaxDamage			= 0.6,
		SubCategory			= Stab,
		AimingMod			= 0.8,
		ConditionMax			= 10,
		MaxHitCount			= 1,
		IsAimedHandWeapon		= TRUE,
		DoorDamage			= 1,
		SwingAnim			= Stab,
		WeaponWeight			= 1.7,
		DisplayName			= Kitchen Knife,
		MinRange			= 0.61,
		CloseKillMove 			= Jaw_Stab,
		SwingTime			= 2,
		MinDamage			= 0.3,
		KnockdownMod	        	= 0,
		SplatBloodOnNoDeath		= TRUE,
		Icon	        		= KnifeChopping,
		RunAnim	        		= Run_Weapon2,
        	IdleAnim	        	= Idle_Weapon2,
        	BreakSound          		= PZ_MetalSnap,
        	TreeDamage          		= 1,
        	EnduranceMod         		= 0.5,
        	MetalValue 			= 10,

Repair

From fixing.txt (Project Zomboid directory/media/scripts/) Retrieved: Build 40.9

	fixing Fix Kitchen Knife
		Require : KitchenKnife,
		Fixer : DuctTape,
		Fixer : Glue,
		Fixer : Scotchtape=2,