One-handed weapon · Knives

Black Metal Knife

A darkling blade. Strong and sharp.

Damage

34 Slash · 34 Pierce

Block

parry ×4

Attack stamina

Max level

Materials fromPlains· in the developers' Plains boss test kit

Item IDKnifeBlackMetalSpawnspawn KnifeBlackMetal 1 4

Recipe

Crafted at

Forgelevel 4

Beyond level 4 at the Forge of Potential: 1× Black Metal Battle Idol per attempt.

Upgrades by level

Level	Damage	Block	Durability	Station lvl	Materials
1	34 Slash34 Pierce	2	200	4	4× Finewood 10× Black Metal 5× Linen Thread
2	35 Slash35 Pierce	2	250	5	4× Black Metal 5× Linen Thread
3	36 Slash36 Pierce	2	300	6	8× Black Metal 10× Linen Thread
4	37 Slash37 Pierce	2	350	7	16× Black Metal 20× Linen Thread

Upgrade cost per level = materials per level × (level − 1), and × 4 at level 4 (Piece.Requirement.GetAmount in the game code). Station level = recipe level + level − 1.

Total cost

Craft it and upgrade to level 4:

One Black Metal Knife, broken down to what you gather (bars smelted from ore, with the coal the smelter burns):

Stats

Skill: Knives
Primary attack stamina: 12
Secondary attack: 36 stamina, ×3 damage
Knockback: 10
Backstab bonus: ×6
Block armor: 2
Parry bonus: ×4
Block force: 10
Tool tier: 4
Durability: 200 (+50 per level)
Weight: 0.3

Hits to kill in the Plains

Creature	Health	Per hit	Hits	2★ hits
Deathsquito	10	51.8	1	1
Fuling	175	51.8	4	11
Fuling Berserker	800	51.8	16	47
Lox	1,000	38.8	26	78
Vile	1,200	25.9	47	139
Yagluth	10,000	32.4	309	—

Level 4 Black Metal Knife, primary attack, skill 50 (each hit rolls 55–85% of the damage), after each creature's resistances. Try other levels and skills in the damage calculator.

Compared with similar weapons

Item	Damage	Max level	Stamina	Weight
Wooden Knife	2	8	4	0.3
Flint Knife	10	16	4	0.3
Copper Knife	24	30	6	0.3
Abyssal Razor	40	46	8	0.3
Silver Knife	62	68	10	0.3
Black Metal Knife	68	74	12	0.3
Skoll and Hati	90	96	14	0.3
Nord Dagger	150	180	14	0.3
Thunderblood Dagger	205	250	14	0.3