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Combat Knife

Weapons · Uncommon

Combat knife designed for close combat engagements, can attack while sprinting. Best in class at harvesting flesh.

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Combat Knife

Weapons·Knives·Uncommon

Combat Knife

Combat knife designed for close combat engagements, can attack while sprinting. Best in class at harvesting flesh.

Damage
35
1st of 4
Swing
0.7s
Same as all
Reach
1.5m
Same as all
 
 

Statsbar = place among all weapons · rank within Knives

Damage351st of 4
Swing0.7sSame as all
Reach1.5mSame as all
Combat KnifeLower is better for Swing; bars already account for it.

Melee / tool

Damage types
Slash 17.5, Stab 17.5
Swings / min
85.7
Attack radius
0.3
flesh gather
20

Craft itneeds Workbench level 1

1Total craft time15s
Starting
×0Combat Knife made

Unlock itcheapest path on the level 1 tech tree

375scrap for 11 unlocksor 30 scrap at a research table
Open 100 × 2would have the Combat Knife. That's 2.45%, or 1 in 41.
Open one and see what drops.

Found inchance per container opened · tap one to see it above

Skins1 in-game variant · tap to preview

Combat KnifeCombat Knife (default)