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
Swing time	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	Recipe	Description	Skill Level
Wooden Spear x1	+ Tree Branch or Plank x1 Kitchen Knife or Hunting Knife or Chipped Stone x1 (consumed)	Can be used like Lance.	Level 0
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 (Requires a Sturdy Stick as well).	Carpentry Level 0
Stake x4	+ Tree Branch x1 Kitchen Knife or Stone Knife or Hunting Knife or Machete or Meat Cleaver x1 (consumed) (consumed)	A short blade melee weapon used to craft a tent kit.	Level 0
Fishing Rod (crafted) x1	+ + + Kitchen Knife or Hunting Knife x1 Sturdy Stick x1 Fishing Line x2 Nails or Paperclip x1 (consumed) (consumed) (consumed)	Make Fishing Rod	Angler USA Magazine Vol.1
Crafted Fishing Rod with Twine Line x1	+ + + Kitchen Knife or Hunting Knife x1 Sturdy Stick x1 Twine (2 units) Nails or Paperclip x1 (consumed) (consumed) (consumed)	Make Fishing Rod	Angler USA Magazine Vol.1

Cooking

Main article: Cooking

Product	Recipe	Description	Skill Level
Watermelon Slice x10	+ Watermelon x1 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 (consumed)	Cut the watermelon into slices.	Cooking Level 0
Boring Salad x1	+ + + Bowl x1 Kitchen Knife x1 Cabbage x1 Recipe Ingredients x1 (consumed) (consumed) (consumed)	A Boring Salad. NO LONGER RECIPE Replaced by Salad Recipe.	Cooking Level 0
Simple Salad x1	+ + + Bowl x1 Kitchen Knife x1 Cabbage x1 Recipe Ingredients x2 (consumed) (consumed) (consumed)	A Simple Salad. NO LONGER RECIPE Replaced by Salad Recipe.	Cooking Level 0
Tasty Salad x1	+ + + Bowl x1 Kitchen Knife x1 Cabbage x1 Recipe Ingredients x3 (consumed) (consumed) (consumed)	A Tasty Salad. Yum. NO LONGER RECIPE Replaced by Salad Recipe.	Cooking Level 0
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
Pie Slice x5	+ Pie x1 Butter Knife or Kitchen Knife or Stone Knife or Hunting Knife or Machete or Meat Cleaver or x1 (consumed)	Cut the pie into slices.	Cooking Level 0
Cake Slice x5	+ Cake x1 Butter Knife or Kitchen Knife or Hunting Knife or Machete or Meat Cleaver or Stone Knife x1 (consumed)	Cut the cake into slices.	Cooking Level 0
Bacon Rashers x4	+ Bacon x1 Kitchen Knife or Hunting Knife x1 (consumed)		Cooking Level 0
Bacon Bits x3	+ Bacon Rashers x1 Kitchen Knife or Hunting Knife x1 (consumed)		Cooking Level 0
Fish Fillet x2	+ Fish x1 Kitchen Knife or Stone Knife or Hunting Knife or Machete or Meat Cleaver x1 (consumed)	Skin the fish and slice it into fillet(s).	Cooking Level 0
Rabbit Meat x1	+ Dead Rabbit x1 Kitchen Knife or Hunting Knife x1 (consumed)		Cooking Level 0
Small Animal Meat x1	+ Dead Mouse or Dead Rat or Dead Squirrel x1 Kitchen Knife or Hunting Knife x1 (consumed)		Cooking Level 0
Small Bird Meat x1	+ Dead Bird x1 Kitchen Knife or Hunting Knife x1 (consumed)		Cooking Level 0
Bread Slices x2	+ Kitchen Knife or Butter Knife or Hunting Knife x1 Bread Dough x1 (consumed)	Bread slices used to make sandwiches. NO LONGER RECIPE (checked at Ver. 38.30)	Cooking Level 0
Frog Meat x1	+ Frog x1 Kitchen Knife or Stone Knife or Hunting Knife or Machete or Meat Cleaver (consumed)	Skin the frog.	Cooking Level 0
Ham Slice x6	+ Ham x1 Kitchen Knife or Stone Knife or Hunting Knife or Machete or Meat Cleaver x1 (consumed)	Cut the ham into slices. Gives 3 Cooking experience.	Cooking Level 0

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