Bread Knife

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Bread Knife
BreadKnife Model.png
General
Category
Cooking
Encumbrance
Moodle Icon HeavyLoad.png
0.3
Equipped
One-handed
Slot attached
Belt
Function
Skill
Properties
Max condition
5
Performance
Damage
0.1–0.4
Door damage
1
Range
0.61–1
Knockback
0.3
Knockdown
0
Special ability
Jaw_Stab
Technical
Item ID
Base.BreadKnife

A bread knife is a short blade melee weapon and cooking utensil.

Usage

Pros Cons
  • Back-stab and jaw-stab special abilities.
  • Very low weight.
  • Easy to find.
  • Longer range compared to other knives.
  • A good attachment for spears due to its long range.
  • Uses barely any stamina.
  • Very low damage.
  • Can get stuck inside of zombies.
  • Very low durability. Carrying backup weapons is recommended.
  • Cannot be repaired.

Weapon

The bread knife can hit 1 enemy at a time (even with multi-hit enabled), dealing a maximum of 0.4 damage to enemies (unless a critical hit or execution) from up to 1 tile away at an attack speed of 2. It can be attached to the character's belt for quick access and weight reduction.

Special abilities: back-stab and jaw-stab

  • Most knives have the ability to silently back-stab an unsuspecting zombie. First, you must sneak up behind the zombie by crouching, aim and attack. If a zombie has detected you and turns their head around to look behind, you can still back-stab them. Back-stabbing can be risky due to it requiring you to get up close to a zombie and the zombie could turn around at any time and ruin the back-stab attempt. Back-stabs can cause the knife to get stuck inside of the zombie, resulting in you having to loot the knife off of it's corpse. Carrying a knife is recommended for players focusing on stealth.
  • Most knives have the ability to jaw-stab a zombie, which results in a one-hit kill. Jaw-stabs are very risky to attempt due to it being quite random and requiring you to let an attacking zombie get very close to your character. Jaw-stabs result in your character performing the jaw-stab animation which can leave your character vulnerable to other threats. Jaw-stabs can also cause the knife to get stuck inside of the zombie.

Condition

The bread knife has a maximum condition of 5. Its rate of degradation is influenced by the short blade and maintenance skills. The chance of losing durability can be simplified to the following formula: 1 in (5 + maintenanceMod × 2). Where "maintenanceMod" is calculated using the short blade and maintenance skills.
Below is an example of the chance of losing durability at varying levels of the maintenance and short blade skills.

For how this is calculated, see: Durability
Maintenance skill Weapon skill Durability lower chance
0 0 1/5 (20%)
0 4 1/7 (14%)
0 8 1/9 (11%)
4 0 1/9 (11%)
8 0 1/13 (8%)
4 4 1/11 (9%)
4 8 1/13 (8%)
8 8 1/17 (6%)
10 10 1/19 (5%)

Repairing

The bread knife cannot be repaired.

Crafting

Survivalist

The bread knife can be attached to a spear.

Product XP gained Skill(s) Recipe Ingredient 1 Ingredient 2 Ingredient 3
TZ PerforatedWoodenPlank.png
Notched Wooden Plank
0 XP none
(keep)
One of:
Plank.png Plank
Logs.png Log

(consumed)

SpearButterKnife.png
Spear with Bread Knife
0 XP none SpearStick.png
Crafted Spear
(consumed)
KnifeButter.png
Bread Knife
(consumed)
DuctTape.png
Duct Tape (2 units)
(consumed)
KnifeButter.png
Bread Knife
0 XP none SpearButterKnife.png
Spear with Bread Knife
(consumed)


Cooking

Main article: Cooking
Product XP gained Skill(s) Recipe Ingredient 1 Ingredient 2
BreadSlices.png
Bread Slices x3
0.75 Cooking none
(keep)
BreadAnima.gif
Bread
(consumed)
Jackolantern.png
Jack-o'-lantern
0.75 Cooking none
(keep)
Pumpkin
Pumpkin
(consumed)
Cake Slice
Cake Slice x5
0.75 Cooking none
(keep)
Cake (Cooked)
Cake (Cooked)
(consumed)
Pie Slice
Pie Slice x5
0.75 Cooking none
(keep)
Pie (Cooked)
Pie (Cooked)
(consumed)

Distribution

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

Containers
Building/Room Container Rolls Chance
bakerykitchen counter 4 6
counter 4 8
counter 4 8
chinesekitchen counter 4 8
deepfry_kitchen counter 4 8
departmentstorage metal_shelves 4 8
dinerbackroom counter 4 8
italiankitchen counter 4 8
kitchen_crepe counter 4 8
knifefactory crate 4 1
crate 4 2
mexicankitchen counter 4 8
pizzakitchen counter 4 8
westernkitchen counter 4 8

Buildings

Bread knives can be found in kitchen counters inside of houses, restaurants etc.

Zombies

Bread knives can sometimes be found impaled in zombies.

Gallery

Code

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Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\items_weapons.txt

Retrieved: Build 41.78.16
item BreadKnife
	{
	    DisplayCategory = Cooking,
		MaxRange	=	1,
		WeaponSprite	=	BreadKnife,
		MinAngle	=	0.65,
		Type	=	Weapon,
		MinimumSwingTime	=	2,
		KnockBackOnNoDeath	=	FALSE,
		SwingAmountBeforeImpact	=	0.02,
		Categories	=	SmallBlade,
		ConditionLowerChanceOneIn	=	5,
		Weight	=	0.3,
		SplatNumber	=	2,
		PushBackMod	=	0.3,
		SubCategory	=	Stab,
		AimingMod	=	0.8,
		CloseKillMove = Jaw_Stab,
		ConditionMax	=	5,
		MaxHitCount	=	1,
		IsAimedHandWeapon	=	TRUE,
		DoorDamage	=	1,
		SwingAnim	=	Stab,
		DisplayName	=	Bread Knife,
		MinRange	=	0.61,
		SwingTime	=	2,
		KnockdownMod	=	0,
		SplatBloodOnNoDeath	=	FALSE,
		Icon	=	KnifeButter,
		RunAnim	=	Run_Weapon2,
        IdleAnim	=	Idle_Weapon2,
        BreakSound  =   BreadKnifeBreak,
        TreeDamage  =   0,
        EnduranceMod = 0.5,
        MetalValue = 8,
        CriticalChance	=	15,
        CritDmgMultiplier = 10,
        MinDamage	=	0.1,
        MaxDamage	=	0.4,
		WeaponLength = 0.17,
		HitFloorSound	=	BreadKnifeHit,
        ImpactSound	=	BreadKnifeHit,
        DoorHitSound = BreadKnifeHit,
		HitSound	=	BreadKnifeHit,
		SwingSound = BreadKnifeSwing,
		AttachmentType = Knife,
		Tags = DullKnife,
 	}

See also