Knife
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Obsolete: This article refers to an aspect of the game which has been removed. It is retained for historical reference only.
| Name | Knife |
|---|---|
| Skill | Short Blades |
| Damage | 3 |
| Accuracy | +5 |
| Base delay (%) | 10 |
| Min delay | ? |
| Hands | One |
| Size | Little |
| Ranged? | No |
| A simple survival knife. Designed more for utility than combat, it looks quite capable of butchering a corpse. |
The simple knife is the worst weapon in Crawl: its damage is even lower than a dagger's, and unlike the latter it does not get stabbing bonuses. On the other hand, the knife weighs a mere 1 aum and is much less likely to be cursed than other random short blades found on the floor, as each of the first five dungeon floors has a 50% chance of receiving an uncursed +0,+0 knife.
Although most pure casters started with these in version 0.4 of Stone Soup (probably as a measure intended to dissuade them from melee), 0.5 saw knives removed from starting equipment lists, and they were finally removed in 0.9.
| Weapons | |
|---|---|
| Axes | Battleaxe • Broad axe • Executioner's axe • Hand axe • War axe |
| Maces & Flails | Club • Demon whip • Dire flail • Eveningstar • Flail • Giant club • Giant spiked club • Great mace • Mace (Hammer) • Morningstar • Sacred scourge • Whip |
| Long Blades | Demon blade • Double sword • Eudemon blade • Falchion • Great sword • Long sword • Scimitar • Triple sword |
| Polearms | Bardiche • Demon trident • Glaive • Halberd (Scythe) • Partisan • Spear • Trident • Trishula |
| Ranged Weapons | Arbalest • Hand cannon • Longbow • Orcbow • Shortbow • Sling • Triple crossbow |
| Short Blades | Dagger • Quick blade • Rapier • Short sword |
| Staves | Lajatang • Magical staff • Quarterstaff |
| Throwing | Boomerang • Dart • Javelin • Large rock • Stone • Throwing net |