Knife

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The Knife is melee weapon with ranged capabilities in Kaiju Paradise.

Properties

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"it smoll.. but SHARP!! too!!"

The Knife can be stolen by Slime Pups unless the user is wearing a hazmat suit. The knife has the smallest hitbox of any weapon in-game. Rather than have a constant swinging pattern, the knife will randomly swing from the left or right side of the player. However, this doesn't affect the knife's overall performance much.

By clicking and holding, a knife throw will be initiated after the initial regular swing, allowing the knife to be thrown upon releasing the hold, at the cost of 3.5 durability. Hitting an opponent with the thrown knife will deal the same damage as a regular swing (23 HP), however a headshot will increase the base damage by 25%, bringing the total damage to 28 HP. Additionally, if the knife is thrown at a button of a door or gate, it will disable the button until the knife despawns, preventing the door from being interacted with and therefore locking it open or closed. Furthermore, throwing a knife at a crystal in the Crystal Cave will cause the crystal to emit a shockwave capable of damaging, ragdolling, and flinging all nearby players, including the thrower.

The knife has two different breaking messages depending on how the knife was broken. If it was broken via a melee attack, the message "The knife broke." will appear. If it was broken via throwing the knife, the message "You ran out of knives." will appear.

Unlike most other weapons, the Knife does not incur the Omen Bar, incur Stun, or cancel out a Gootraxian's grab.

As of V3.1, the Knife currently has 48 skins.

Obtainment

The Knife is a weapon that cannot be bought at Abble's Shop, and instead can only be found in various knife spawning locations, such as the Cafeteria, Gas Room, or the connecting Security Closet connected to the Testing Room, with a respawn time of 80 seconds (1 minute and 20 seconds). |-|Golden=

The Golden Knife is another goldified weapon in Kaiju Paradise. It has the same mesh as the normal Knife with a golden color and a soft glow and sparkles effect.

Properties

Like the regular knife, the Golden Knife can be thrown at the cost of 3.5 durability, allowing the knife to be thrown a maximum of 10 times before breaking. Headshots deal +25% damage as well. Unlike its regular counterpart, however the Golden Knife does have the ability to cancel out a Gootraxian's grab.

Upon breaking, text at the bottom of the screen will say: "The knife broke."

Obtainment

Killing any Gold Slime variant with a knife will automatically transform the knife into a golden knife. There is also a chance that Gold Slime variants will drop a golden knife upon death. </tabber>

Tips

Please note that most things listed in this section are not objective, and are not the "Correct" way to use them. This section is used to give advice to players who want to learn how to use their tools more efficiently.

• It is recommended that you only use the Knife to attack players who are stunned, or otherwise slowed, as the low cooldown of the knife permits you to get a hit or two in.
• It is also very effective at getting players off of crystals in the Caves, as it is one of the few ranged Survivor Weapons in the game, and on-contact, causes the crystal to explode after a short delay.
  • Additionally, its relative availability, supplemented by its new spawns around the map, make it a must have to have in your inventory.
• The Knife can be used to effectively disable any button-activated doorway in the game for a few seconds, meaning that if you're good at aiming while in a chase, it can be an effective strategy to throw your Knife at buttons to prevent other players from activating them.
  • Alternatively, you could just directly throw it at them to finish them off.
    • Or at a nearby crystal, if you can time it right.
• Despite its upsides, the Knife is relegated to a utility role, as its underwhelming damage is only further hindered by its abysmal range. The knife is valuable because of its utility, not because it's a good weapon.

Trivia

• The Knife was originally purchasable in Abble's Store. It was later removed from the store due to the fear of people abusing it to have a constant knife-throwing supply.

Gallery

Assortment of in-game content related to the Knife. <tabber> Normal=

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  The Knife, exposed.
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  A Knife being held.
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  A Knife being ready to be thrown.
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  Knife's hitbox.

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  The Golden Knife, suited for more than just culinary use.
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  The Golden Knife being held by a player.
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  The Golden Knife's hitbox.

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  The old icon for the Knife when it used to be available in Abble’s Store.
• Capture of the knife disabling a door.
  Capture of the knife disabling a door.

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Animations

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  The Knife being used to trigger a crystal explosion.
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  The swing animation for the knife.
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  The new mechanic of the knife throw.

References

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