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 Nuke 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 $0.62 to $1.58, with a median of $1.01. Each price is the cheapest current listing, checked 2026-09-19.
| Skin | DMarket | Skinport | Steam Market | LIS-SKINS | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Serpent Weave Combat Knife | $0.63 | $0.64 | $0.93 | $0.62 | $0.62 |
 Flesh Flayer Combat Knife | $0.69 | $0.71 | $0.86 | $0.67 | $0.67 |
 Void Venom Combat Knife | $0.98 | $0.99 | $1.45 | $1.00 | $0.98 |
 Carrot Combat Knife | $1.20 | $1.17 | $1.62 | $1.01 | $1.01 |
 Odyssey Combat Knife | $1.49 | $1.38 | $1.99 | $1.38 | $1.38 |
 Cold Hunter Combat Knife | $1.38 | $1.44 | $2.11 | $1.38 | $1.38 |
| Nuke Combat Knife | $2.01 | $1.58 | $2.27 | — | $1.58 |
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