Combat Knife
A fast, high-damage melee knife used for skinning animals and close combat.
Crafting one takes 25× Metal Fragments, 1× High Quality Metal at a Workbench Lvl 1. A recycler breaks one down into Metal Fragments. 7 skins exist for it, topped by Cold Hunter Combat Knife.
Damage & Attachments
Crafting
Blueprint
Recycling
recyclingSafezone Recycler
 Metal Fragments | ×10 |
 High Quality Metal | ×1(40%) |
warningRadtown Recycler
| Metal Fragments | ×15 |
| High Quality Metal | ×1(60%) |
Radtown recyclers (found in monuments) give more than the safe-zone recyclers at Outpost and Bandit Camp. A percentage next to a yield is the chance of receiving it.
Repair
| Metal Fragments | ×5 |
| High Quality Metal | ×1 |
Cost shown is the maximum, to repair from near-broken to full condition.
Looted From
Popular Combat Knife Skins
All skins →7 skins are listed, from $0.54 to $1.76, with a median of $1.06. Each price is the cheapest current listing, checked 2026-11-04.
| Skin | Skinport | CS.Deals | LIS-SKINS | Skin.Land | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Serpent Weave Combat Knife | $0.54 | $0.58 | $0.61 | $0.62 | $0.54 |
 Flesh Flayer Combat Knife | $0.68 | $0.66 | $0.64 | $0.65 | $0.64 |
 Carrot Combat Knife | $0.86 | $0.99 | $0.89 | $0.90 | $0.86 |
 Void Venom Combat Knife | $1.07 | $1.18 | $1.06 | $1.07 | $1.06 |
| Nuke Combat Knife | $1.55 | $1.31 | $1.18 | $1.19 | $1.18 |
 Odyssey Combat Knife | $1.56 | $1.82 | $1.53 | $1.54 | $1.53 |
 Cold Hunter Combat Knife | $3.06 | $1.76 | $1.83 | $1.84 | $1.76 |
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