One-handed weapon · Knives

Butcher Knife

A butcher's knife designed specifically for slaughtering tamed animals.

Damage

1,000

1,000 True

Block

parry ×4

Attack stamina

Materials fromSwamp

Item IDKnifeButcherSpawnspawn KnifeButcher 1

Recipe

Crafted at

Forgelevel 1

Total cost

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

Stats

Skill: Knives
Primary attack stamina: 5
Backstab bonus: ×1
Block armor: 2
Parry bonus: ×4
Block force: 10
Tool tier: 1
Durability: 200 (+50 per level)
Weight: 0.3

Hits to kill in the Swamp

Creature	Health	Per hit	Hits	2★ hits
Skeleton	40	700	1	1
Blob	50	700	1	1
Leech	60	700	1	1
Draugr	100	700	1	1
Wraith	100	700	1	1
Oozer	150	700	1	1
Draugr Elite	200	700	1	1
Writhan	400	700	1	2
Abomination	800	700	2	4
Bonemass	5,000	700	8	—

Level 1 Butcher 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
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
Frostfire Dagger	222	270	14	0.3
Butcher Knife	1,000	1,000	5	0.3