Stone Knife

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Stone Knife
General
Category	Weapon
Encumbrance	0.75
Function	Weapons
Equipped	One-handed
Condition max.	6
Skill	Short Blade
Attachment	Belt
Damage
Type	SmallBlade
Attack speed	2
Range	0.61–0.85 tiles
Damage	0.4–0.6
Knockback	0.3
Execution	Jaw_Stab
Technical details
Ingredients	1 × Tree Branch 1 × Chipped Stone 1 × Ripped Sheets
Base ID	Base.FlintKnife

A stone knife is a craftable melee weapon categorized as a short blade

Usage

Cooking

Main article: Cooking

A stone knife can be used to make cooking recipes. If this weapon is tainted in blood and the player uses it, it won't have any effect on them (sick or infected) but it is recommended to wash it since it could change in the future.

Weapon

Pros

Cons

The stone knife is a one handed blade weapon which is capable of dealing a one shot kill on zombies when the player performs a jaw stab animation. Since it's a one handed weapon the player can carry a bag in the other hand but it is advised to have enough strength to do so.

Despite its fast attack rate, it has a short attack range and it inflicts low damage to the zombies if the player can't jaw stab the target, making it a weapon hard to master. This weapon can only hit 1 target at a time. The player should make sure other zombies are far enough in order to engage the closest one in case of a jaw stab with the weapon or else by the time this kind of attack is finished the player can't move making him and easy prey for the close zombies.

Breaking doors

It is very ineffective at bashing down doors, dealing only 1 damage per hit. For comparison, an axe deals 35 damage to that structure type.

Condition

The condition of the knife is influenced by the maintenance skill. 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 (7 + maintenance x 2)

Repairing

A stone knife cannot be repaired.

Crafting

Product	XP gained	Skill(s)	Recipe	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3
Stone Knife	0 XP	none		Tree Branch (consumed)	Chipped Stone (consumed)	One of: Ripped Sheets Dirty Rag Twine (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)

Cooking

Main article: Cooking

Product	XP gained	Skill(s)	Recipe	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)
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)

Distribution

Stone knives cannot be found in Knox Country and only crafted.

Trivia

• The stone knife was added to the game in build 41 (also known as animation build).

Gallery

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  Stone knife held by a player

Code

From items_weapons.txt (Project Zomboid directory/media/scripts/) Retrieved: Build 41.53

    item FlintKnife
	{
	MaxRange	=	0.85,
	WeaponSprite	=	FlintKnife,
	MinAngle	=	0.65,
	Type	=	Weapon,
	MinimumSwingTime	=	2,
	KnockBackOnNoDeath	=	FALSE,
	SwingAmountBeforeImpact	=	0.02,
	Categories	=	SmallBlade,
	ConditionLowerChanceOneIn	=	7,
	Weight	=	0.75,
	SplatNumber	=	4,
	PushBackMod	=	0.3,
	SubCategory	=	Stab,
	AimingMod	=	0.8,
	ConditionMax	=	6,
	MaxHitCount	=	1,
	IsAimedHandWeapon	=	TRUE,
	DoorDamage	=	1,
	SwingAnim	=	Stab,
	DisplayName	=	Stone Knife,
	MinRange	=	0.61,
	CloseKillMove = Jaw_Stab,
	SwingTime	=	2,
	KnockdownMod	=	0,
	SplatBloodOnNoDeath	=	TRUE,
	Icon	=	KnifeFlint,
	RunAnim	=	Run_Weapon2,
        IdleAnim	=	Idle_Weapon2,
        TreeDamage  =   2,
        BreakSound  =   BreakMetalItem,
        EnduranceMod = 0.5,
        CriticalChance	=	20,
        CritDmgMultiplier = 2,
        MinDamage	=	0.4,
        MaxDamage	=	0.6,
	WeaponLength = 0.25,
        DamageCategory = Slash,
        DamageMakeHole = TRUE,
        HitFloorSound	=	BladeHit,
        ImpactSound	=	BladeHit,
	HitSound	=	BladeHit,
	AttachmentType = Screwdriver,
    }

See also

• Crafted Spear
• Smashed Bottle
• Stake