Butter Knife

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Butter Knife
General
Category	Weapon
Weight	0.3
Function	Cooking
Equipped	One-handed
Condition max.	5
Damage
Type	Blade
Swing time	2
Range	0.61–0.9 tiles
Damage	0.1–0.2
Knockback	0.3
Knockdown	0
Execution	Jaw stab
Technical details
Base ID	Base.ButterKnife

A butter knife is a blade melee weapon.

Usage

Weapon

The butter knife is an emergency weapon with extremely low damage, however it can perform an instant kill jaw stab. It is highly ineffective in a defensive situation, as it will never knockdown an opponent and only knock them back a very short distance.

The butter knife has a very short range, making it very dangerous when fighting zombies, however it does have a quick attack. It is a single-attack weapon, hitting just 1 opponent with each swing. Butter knives are mostly useless in combat, however they can get the player out of a dangerous situation and should only be equipped in an emergency, or if smashing a window.

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 cannot be used to chop trees, dealing 0 damage per hit. For comparison, an axe deals 35 damage.

Condition

The butter 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 (1 + maintenance x 2)

Repairing

A butter knife cannot be repaired.

Crafting

A butter knife can be used to drill a hole in a plank of wood, which can be used for survivalist fire-making.

Product	Recipe	Description	Skill Level
Notched Wooden Plank x1	+ 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)	(No in-game description) Used to start campfires in place of a lighter.	Carpentry Level 0

Cooking

Main article: Cooking

A butter knife's usage in cooking is very limited, and can only be used to cut bread into slices.

Product	Recipe	Description	Skill Level
Bread Slices x3	+ Bread x1 Bread Knife or Butter Knife or Kitchen Knife or Hunting Knife or Machete or Meat Cleaver or Stone Knife x1 (consumed)	Cut the bread into slices that can be used to make sandwiches.	Cooking Level 0

Code

From newitems.txt (Project Zomboid directory/media/scripts/)

Retrieved
Version 40.8

	item ButterKnife
		MaxRange			= 0.9,
		WeaponSprite			= Knife,
		MinAngle			= 0,
		Type				= Weapon,
		MinimumSwingTime		= 2,
		KnockBackOnNoDeath		= FALSE,
		SwingAmountBeforeImpact		= 0.02,
		Categories			= Blade,
		ConditionLowerChanceOneIn	= 1,
		Weight				= 0.3,
		SplatN.umber			= 0,
		PushBackMod			= 0.3,
		MaxDamage			= 0.2,
		SubCategory			= Stab,
		AimingMod			= 0.8,
		CloseKillMove 			= Jaw_Stab,
		ConditionMax			= 5,
		MaxHitCount			= 1,
		IsAimedHandWeapon		= TRUE,
		DoorDamage			= 1,
		SwingAnim			= Stab,
		WeaponWeight			= 0.3,
		DisplayName			= Butter Knife,
		MinRange			= 0.61,
		SwingTime			= 2,
		MinDamage			= 0.1,
		KnockdownMod			= 0,
		SplatBloodOnNoDeath		= FALSE,
		Icon				= KnifeButter,
		RunAnim				= Run_Weapon2,
        	IdleAnim			= Idle_Weapon2,
        	BreakSound  			= PZ_MetalSnap,
        	TreeDamage  			= 0,
        	EnduranceMod 			= 0.5,
		MetalValue 			= 8,

See also

• Fork
• Spoon