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	XP gained	Skill(s)	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3	Ingredient 4
Notched Wooden Plank	0 XP	none	One of: Screwdriver Kitchen Knife Butter Knife Bread Knife Hunting Knife Chipped Stone Stone Knife (keep)	One of: Plank Log (consumed)
Stake	1.25 Carpentry	none	Tree Branch	One of: Stone Knife Hunting Knife Kitchen Knife Meat Cleaver Machete (keep)
Crafted Spear	1.25 Carpentry	Starting condition scales with player's carpentry.	One of: Tree Branch Plank (consumed)	One of: Chipped Stone Hunting Knife Kitchen Knife Machete Meat Cleaver Stone Knife (keep)
Spear with Knife	0 XP	none	Crafted Spear (consumed)	Kitchen Knife (consumed)	Duct Tape (2 units) (consumed)
Kitchen Knife	0 XP	none	Spear with Knife (consumed)
Fishing Rod	0 XP	none	One of: Hunting Knife Kitchen Knife Machete Meat Cleaver Stone Knife (keep)	Sturdy Stick (consumed)	One of: Fishing Line Twine (2 units) (consumed)	One of: Nails Paperclip (consumed)

Cooking

Main article: Cooking

Product	XP gained	Skill(s)	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2
Bread Slices x3	0.75 Cooking	none	One of: Kitchen Knife Hunting Knife Butter Knife Bread Knife Meat Cleaver Stone Knife Machete (keep)	Bread (consumed)
Ham Slice x6	0.75 Cooking	none	One of: Kitchen Knife Hunting Knife Meat Cleaver Stone Knife Machete (keep)	Ham (consumed)
Bacon Strips x4	0.75 Cooking	none	One of: Kitchen Knife Hunting Knife Stone Knife Machete (keep)	Bacon (consumed)
Bacon Bits x4	0.75 Cooking	none	One of: Kitchen Knife Hunting Knife Stone Knife Machete (keep)	Bacon Strips (consumed)
Fish Fillet x2	10 Cooking	none	One of: Kitchen Knife Hunting Knife Meat Cleaver Stone Knife Machete (keep)	One of: Bass Catfish Crappie Perch Pike Sunfish Trout (consumed)
Frog Meat	2.5 Cooking	none	One of: Kitchen Knife Hunting Knife Meat Cleaver Stone Knife Machete (keep)	Frog (consumed)
Small Bird Meat	2.5 Cooking	none	One of: Kitchen Knife Hunting Knife Meat Cleaver Stone Knife Machete (keep)	Dead Bird (consumed)
Rabbit Meat	2.5 Cooking	none	One of: Kitchen Knife Hunting Knife Meat Cleaver Stone Knife Machete (keep)	Dead Rabbit (consumed)
Rodent Meat	2.5 Cooking	none	One of: Kitchen Knife Hunting Knife Meat Cleaver Stone Knife Machete (keep)	One of: Dead Mouse Dead Rat Dead Squirrel (consumed)
Squid Calamari (Uncooked) x2	0.75 Cooking	none	One of: Kitchen Knife Hunting Knife Meat Cleaver Stone Knife Machete (keep)	Squid (consumed)
Jack-o'-lantern	0.75 Cooking	none	One of: Kitchen Knife Butter Knife Bread Knife Hunting Knife Meat Cleaver Stone Knife Machete (keep)	Pumpkin (consumed)
Onion Slices x2	0.75 Cooking	none	One of: Kitchen Knife Hunting Knife Machete Stone Knife (keep)	Onion (consumed)
Baloney Slices x6	0.75 Cooking	none	One of: Kitchen Knife Hunting Knife Meat Cleaver Stone Knife Machete (keep)	Baloney (consumed)
Salami Slices x4	0.75 Cooking	none	One of: Kitchen Knife Hunting Knife Meat Cleaver Stone Knife Machete (keep)	Salami (consumed)
Watermelon Slice x10	0.75 Cooking	none	One of: Kitchen Knife Hunting Knife Saw Axe Stone Axe Hand Axe Wood Axe Meat Cleaver Stone Knife Machete (keep)	Watermelon (consumed)
Cake Slice x5	0.75 Cooking	none	One of: Kitchen Knife Hunting Knife Butter Knife Bread Knife Meat Cleaver Stone Knife Machete (keep)	Cake (Cooked) (consumed)
Pie Slice x5	0.75 Cooking	none	One of: Kitchen Knife Hunting Knife Butter Knife Bread Knife Meat Cleaver Stone Knife Machete (keep)	Pie (Cooked) (consumed)
Pizza Slice x6	0.75 Cooking	none	One of: Kitchen Knife Hunting Knife Meat Cleaver Stone Knife Machete (keep)	Pizza (Cooked) (consumed)

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,