One-handed weapon · Knives

Copper Knife

A glittering copper knife.

Damage

12 Slash · 12 Pierce

Block

parry ×4

Attack stamina

Max level

Materials fromSwamp

Item IDKnifeCopperSpawnspawn KnifeCopper 1 4

Recipe

Crafted at

Forgelevel 1

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

Upgrades by level

Level	Damage	Block	Durability	Station lvl	Materials
1	12 Slash12 Pierce	2	200	1	2× Wood 8× Copper
2	13 Slash13 Pierce	2	250	2	4× Copper 8× Greydwarf Eye
3	14 Slash14 Pierce	2	300	3	8× Copper 16× Greydwarf Eye
4	15 Slash15 Pierce	2	350	4	16× Copper 32× Greydwarf Eye

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

Stats

Skill: Knives
Primary attack stamina: 6
Secondary attack: 18 stamina, ×3 damage
Knockback: 10
Backstab bonus: ×6
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	15.7	3	8
Blob	50	10.5	5	15
Leech	60	21	3	9
Draugr	100	21	5	15
Wraith	100	10.5	10	29
Oozer	150	10.5	15	43
Draugr Elite	200	21	10	29
Writhan	400	26.3	16	46
Abomination	800	13.1	61	183
Bonemass	5,000	7.9	635	—

Level 4 Copper 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