Knives are a type of sharp melee weapon featured in Dying Light.
Long Knives and Short Knives may have a visual difference, but function very similarly during combat. They contain a high handling for fast attacks against enemies and perform light damage per hit, this can be useful against both sluggish and agile enemies at close quarters.
Variants[]
There are 14 variants of Knife all together in the base game: 5 variants of Short Knife and 9 variants of Long Knife.
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Short Knives[]
Variants | Image | |
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Short Boning Knife | N/A | |
Short Fisherman's Knife | N/A | |
Short Gator Knife | N/A | |
Exquisite Short Knife | N/A | |
Short Simple Knife | N/A |
Long Knives[]
Variants | Image | |
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Brass Knife |
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Chef's Knife | N/A | |
Commando Knife | N/A | |
Dagger |
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Khukuri Knife |
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The Following adds 22 new Knives: 12 Short Knives and 13 Long Knives
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Chef's Knife |
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Commando Knife |
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Dagger |
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Khukuri Knife |
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Exquisite Short Knife |
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Short Boning Knife |
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Short Fisherman's Knife |
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Short Gator Knife |
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Short Simple Knife |
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Blueprints[]
Long Knives and Short Knives are modifiable with the following 20 blueprints:
Blueprint | Requirements | Effects |
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230V |
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Electricity — Medium |
All-Purpose Toxic Striker |
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Toxic — Small |
Barbershop |
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Bleeding — Medium |
Ben Franklin's Key |
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Electricity — Small |
Bolter Poison |
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Toxic — Strong |
Cobra Sting (The Following) |
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Toxic — Strong |
Electricutter |
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Exsanguinate (The Following) |
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Bleeding — Strong |
Fastball Special |
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Impact — Small |
Filthy Blade |
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Flame Stabber (The Following) |
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Burning — Strong |
Frost Bite (The Following) |
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Freezing — Small |
GTFO |
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Impact — Medium |
GTFO 2.0 |
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Industrial-Grade Leech |
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Bleeding — Small |
Pocket Lighter |
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Burning — Medium |
Puke'N'Nuke |
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Standard Issue Hellfire |
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Burning — Small |
Stinky Edge |
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Toxic — Medium |
Zappo |
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Trivia[]
- In real life, knives have various purposes. In general, they serve as tools, utensils, and weapons.
- In regards to the Khukuri, Khukuri (or Kukri) is a Nepalese knife used both as a tool and a weapon. In real life, they serve as utility tools in traditions and are used by some militaries such as the Nepalese Army and India's Gorkha Regiments.
- Rais uses a Short Simple Knife on Dr. Zere by stabbing him with it.
- For the Mighty Khukuri, it is misspelled as "Mighty Khukri" in-game.
- Oddly, both the Simple Knife and Exquisite Short Knife's variants introduced in The Following both share the same names of Extravagant Knife and Fabulous Knife.