Kitchen Knife

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Kitchen Knife
General
Category	Weapon
Weight	0.3
Function	Cooking
Equipped	One-handed
Condition max.	10
Damage
Type	Blade
Attack speed	2
Range	0.61–0.9 tiles
Damage	0.3–0.6
Knockback	0.3
Knockdown	0
Execution	Jaw stab
Technical details
Base ID	Base.KitchenKnife

A kitchen knife is a blade melee weapon.

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)	Recipe	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3	Ingredient 4
Crafted Spear x1		none		Tree Branch or Plank x1 (consumed)	Kitchen Knife or Hunting Knife or Chipped Stone x1
Notched Wooden Plank x1		none		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)
Stake x4		none		Tree Branch x1 (consumed)	Kitchen Knife or Stone Knife or Hunting Knife or Machete or Meat Cleaver x1 (consumed)
Fishing Rod (crafted) x1		none		Kitchen Knife or Hunting Knife x1	Sturdy Stick x1 (consumed)	Fishing Line x2 (consumed)	Nails or Paperclip x1 (consumed)
Crafted Fishing Rod with Twine Line x1		none		Kitchen Knife or Hunting Knife x1	Sturdy Stick x1 (consumed)	Twine (2 units) (consumed)	Nails or Paperclip x1 (consumed)

Cooking

Main article: Cooking

Product	XP Gained	Skill(s)	Recipe	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3	Ingredient 4
Watermelon Slice x10		none		Watermelon x1 (consumed)	Hand Axe or Kitchen Knife or Saw or Stone Knife or Axe or Hunting Knife or Machete or Meat Cleaver or Stone Axe or Wood Axe or x1
Boring Salad x1		none		Bowl x1 (consumed)	Kitchen Knife x1	Cabbage x1 (consumed)	Recipe Ingredients x1 (consumed)
Simple Salad x1		none		Bowl x1 (consumed)	Kitchen Knife x1	Cabbage x1 (consumed)	Recipe Ingredients x2 (consumed)
Tasty Salad x1		none		Bowl x1 (consumed)	Kitchen Knife x1	Cabbage x1 (consumed)	Recipe Ingredients x3 (consumed)
Bread Slices x3		none		Bread x1 (consumed)	Bread Knife or Butter Knife or Kitchen Knife or Hunting Knife or Machete or Meat Cleaver or Stone Knife x1
Pie Slice x5		none		Pie x1 (consumed)	Butter Knife or Kitchen Knife or Stone Knife or Hunting Knife or Machete or Meat Cleaver or x1
Cake Slice x5		none		Cake x1 (consumed)	Butter Knife or Kitchen Knife or Hunting Knife or Machete or Meat Cleaver or Stone Knife x1
Bacon Rashers x4		none		Bacon x1 (consumed)	Kitchen Knife or Hunting Knife x1
Bacon Bits x3		none		Bacon Rashers x1 (consumed)	Kitchen Knife or Hunting Knife x1
Fish Fillet x2		none		Fish x1 (consumed)	Kitchen Knife or Stone Knife or Hunting Knife or Machete or Meat Cleaver x1
Rabbit Meat x1		none		Dead Rabbit x1 (consumed)	Kitchen Knife or Hunting Knife x1
Small Animal Meat x1		none		Dead Mouse or Dead Rat or Dead Squirrel x1 (consumed)	Kitchen Knife or Hunting Knife x1
Small Bird Meat x1		none		Dead Bird x1 (consumed)	Kitchen Knife or Hunting Knife x1
Bread Slices x2		none		Kitchen Knife or Butter Knife or Hunting Knife x1	Bread Dough x1 (consumed)
Frog Meat x1		none		Frog x1 (consumed)	Kitchen Knife or Stone Knife or Hunting Knife or Machete or Meat Cleaver x1
Ham Slice x6		none		Ham x1 (consumed)	Kitchen Knife or Stone Knife or Hunting Knife or Machete or Meat Cleaver x1

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
Version 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
Version 40.9

	fixing Fix Kitchen Knife
		Require : KitchenKnife,
		Fixer : DuctTape,
		Fixer : Glue,
		Fixer : Scotchtape=2,

See also

• Butter Knife
• Hunting Knife