A hunting knife is a short blade melee weapon.
Usage
The hunting knife is an uncommon short blade weapon that can also be used in cooking.
Weapon
The hunting knife has a 'Jaw Stab' attack, which can kill a zombie instantly if close enough and timed correctly. It is also capable of performing backstabs on zombies that haven't noticed the player. There's a chance that after these attacks, the knife can get stuck in a zombie and will have to be looted back from the corpse. The hunting knife is a single attack weapon, and is best used when on a 1 on 1 fight with a zombie.
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 2 damage per hit. For comparison, an axe deals 35 damage.
Condition
The hunting knife has a maximum condition of 10. Its rate of degradation is influenced by the short blade and maintenance skills. The chance of losing condition can be simplified to the following formula: 1 in (15 + 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.
| Maintenance skill | Short blade level | Condition lower chance | Average condition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 1/10 (10%) | 150 |
| 0 | 4 | 1/12 (8%) | 180 |
| 0 | 8 | 1/14 (7%) | 210 |
| 4 | 0 | 1/14 (7%) | 210 |
| 8 | 0 | 1/18 (6%) | 270 |
| 4 | 4 | 1/16 (6%) | 240 |
| 4 | 8 | 1/18 (6%) | 270 |
| 8 | 8 | 1/22 (5%) | 330 |
| 10 | 10 | 1/24 (4%) | 360 |
Repairing
Materials that can be used to repair the hunting knife, based on first time repairing.
| Repair Hunting Knife |
|---|
 Potentially repairs: 50%
Chance of success: 95% Needs:
Duct Tape (1 units) |
 Potentially repairs: 20%
Chance of success: 95% Needs:
Glue (1 units) |
 Potentially repairs: 10%
Chance of success: 95% Needs:
Adhesive Tape (2 units) |
Crafting
| Product | Ingredients | Tools | Requirements | Workstation | XP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Notched Wooden Plank |
One of: Screwdriver ×1 Kitchen Knife ×1 Butter Knife ×1 Bread Knife ×1 Hunting Knife ×1 Chipped Stone ×1 Stone Knife ×1One of:  Plank ×1 Log ×1
|
none | none | none | none |
 Fishing Rod |
One of: Hunting Knife ×1 Kitchen Knife ×1 Machete ×1 Meat Cleaver ×1 Stone Knife ×1One of:  Fishing Line ×1 Twine ×2 unit(s)One of:  Nails ×1 Paperclip ×1Each of:  Sturdy Stick ×1
|
none |  Angler USA Magazine Vol. 1 |
none | none |
Weapons
| Product | Ingredients | Tools | Requirements | Workstation | XP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Stake |
One of: Stone Knife ×1 Hunting Knife ×1 Kitchen Knife ×1 Meat Cleaver ×1 Machete ×1 Each of:  Tree Branch ×1
|
none | none | none | 1.25 Carpentry |
 Crafted Spear |
One of: Tree Branch ×1 Plank ×1 One of: Kitchen Knife ×1 Machete ×1 Meat Cleaver ×1 Stone Knife ×1
|
none | none | none | 1.25 Carpentry |
 Spear with Hunting Knife |
Crafted Spear ×1 Hunting Knife ×1 Duct Tape ×2 unit(s)
|
none | none | none | none |
Cooking
- Main article: Cooking
The hunting knife is used in various cooking recipes.
Location
The loot distributions can be found in the table(s) below.
Effective chance calculations are based off of default loot settings and median zombie density. The higher the density of zombies in an area, the higher the effective chance of an item spawning. Chance is also influenced by the lucky and unlucky traits.
| Building/Room | Container | Effective chance |
|---|---|---|
| Bag_Military | Duffel Bag | 0.71% |
| SafehouseLoot | counter | 23.28% |
| SafehouseLoot | crate | 23.28% |
| SafehouseLoot | metal_shelves | 23.28% |
| SafehouseLoot | wardrobe | 23.28% |
| SurvivorCache1 | counter | 23.28% |
| SurvivorCache2 | counter | 23.28% |
| all | Outfit_Bandit | 4.01% |
| all | Outfit_Biker | 5.21% |
| all | Outfit_Hobbo | 4.01% |
| all | Outfit_Punk | 5.21% |
| all | Outfit_Raider | 4.01% |
| all | Outfit_Redneck | 4.01% |
| all | locker | 15.1% |
| armysurplus | metal_shelves | 15.1% |
| armysurplus | shelves | 15.1% |
| bedroom | locker | 15.1% |
| closet | crate | 15.1% |
| drugshack | counter | 15.1% |
| drugshack | crate | 15.1% |
| garagestorage | crate | 15.1% |
| pawnshop | counter | 15.1% |
| pawnshop | displaycase | 15.1% |
| pawnshopoffice | crate | 15.1% |
| pawnshopoffice | metal_shelves | 15.1% |
| pawnshopstorage | crate | 15.1% |
| pawnshopstorage | metal_shelves | 15.1% |
| storageunit | crate | 15.1% |
| Type | Container | Effective chance |
|---|---|---|
| Carpenter | Glove Box | 0.47% |
| Construction Worker | Glove Box | 0.47% |
| Distillery | Glove Box | 0.47% |
| Electrician | Glove Box | 0.47% |
| Farmer | Glove Box | 0.47% |
| Fire | Glove Box | 0.47% |
| Fisherman | Glove Box | 0.47% |
| Fossoil | Glove Box | 0.47% |
| All | Glove Box | 0.47% |
| Golf | Glove Box | 0.47% |
| Heralds | Glove Box | 0.47% |
| Hunter | Glove Box | 0.47% |
| Hunter | Trunk | 19.27% |
| Mass Gen Fac | Glove Box | 0.47% |
| McCoy | Glove Box | 0.47% |
| Metal Welder | Glove Box | 0.47% |
| Painter | Glove Box | 0.47% |
| Police | Glove Box | 0.47% |
| Postal | Glove Box | 0.47% |
| Radio | Glove Box | 0.47% |
| Ranger | Glove Box | 0.47% |
| Spiffo | Glove Box | 0.47% |
| Survivalist | Glove Box | 6.41% |
| Transit | Glove Box | 0.47% |
| Outfit | Days survived | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| All | 10 | 5 |
| All | 10 | 5 |
| All | 10 | 5 |
| All | 10 | 5 |
| All | 10 | 5 |
| Bandit | 0 | 80 |
Trivia
Upon closer inspection of the knife blade's general shape and relative size in the player's hand, the hunting knife looks like a crude version of a bowie knife.
History
Base.HuntingKnife
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 38.30 | Released on or before this version. |
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Code
Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\items_weapons.txt
item HuntingKnife
{
DisplayCategory = Weapon,
MaxRange = 0.9,
WeaponSprite = HuntingKnife,
MinAngle = 0.65,
Type = Weapon,
MinimumSwingTime = 2,
KnockBackOnNoDeath = FALSE,
SwingAmountBeforeImpact = 0.02,
Categories = SmallBlade,
ConditionLowerChanceOneIn = 15,
Weight = 0.5,
SplatNumber = 4,
PushBackMod = 0.3,
SubCategory = Stab,
AimingMod = 0.8,
ConditionMax = 10,
MaxHitCount = 1,
IsAimedHandWeapon = TRUE,
DoorDamage = 1,
SwingAnim = Stab,
DisplayName = Hunting Knife,
MinRange = 0.61,
CloseKillMove = Jaw_Stab,
SwingTime = 2,
KnockdownMod = 0,
SplatBloodOnNoDeath = TRUE,
Icon = HuntingKnife,
RunAnim = Run_Weapon2,
IdleAnim = Idle_Weapon2,
TreeDamage = 2,
EnduranceMod = 0.5,
BreakSound = HuntingKnifeBreak,
MetalValue = 30,
CriticalChance = 50,
CritDmgMultiplier = 3,
MinDamage = 0.6,
MaxDamage = 1.2,
WeaponLength = 0.25,
DamageCategory = Slash,
DamageMakeHole = TRUE,
HitFloorSound = HuntingKnifeHit,
ImpactSound = HuntingKnifeHit,
DoorHitSound = HuntingKnifeHit,
HitSound = HuntingKnifeHit,
SwingSound = HuntingKnifeSwing,
AttachmentType = Knife,
Tags = CutPlant;SharpKnife,
}