Combat Knife
A fast, high-damage melee knife used for skinning animals and close combat.
Damage & Attachments
Crafting
 Metal Fragments | ×25 |
 High Quality Metal | ×1 |
Blueprint
Recycling
| Metal Fragments | ×10 |
| High Quality Metal | ×1(40%) |
| 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 →| Skin | Steam Market | Skinport | DMarket | Waxpeer | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Flesh Flayer Combat Knife | $0.93 | $0.55 | $0.70 | $0.56 | $0.55 |
 Serpent Weave Combat Knife | $0.87 | $0.64 | $0.76 | $0.65 | $0.64 |
 Void Venom Combat Knife | $1.21 | $0.93 | $0.87 | $0.92 | $0.87 |
 Carrot Combat Knife | $1.54 | $1.00 | $0.94 | $1.17 | $0.94 |
 Odyssey Combat Knife | $2.00 | $1.35 | $1.56 | $1.27 | $1.27 |
 Cold Hunter Combat Knife | $2.09 | $1.56 | $1.29 | $1.29 | $1.29 |
| Nuke Combat Knife | $2.91 | $2.26 | $2.12 | $1.80 | $1.75 |
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