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 $0.58 to $1.58, with a median of $1.02. Each price is the cheapest current listing, checked 2026-10-04.
| Skin | DMarket | Steam Market | LIS-SKINS | Skin.Land | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Serpent Weave Combat Knife | $0.71 | $0.88 | $0.58 | $0.59 | $0.58 |
 Flesh Flayer Combat Knife | $0.71 | $0.96 | $0.65 | $0.65 | $0.65 |
 Void Venom Combat Knife | $1.57 | $1.49 | $1.02 | $1.03 | $1.02 |
 Carrot Combat Knife | $1.09 | $1.52 | $1.02 | $1.02 | $1.02 |
 Odyssey Combat Knife | $1.27 | $2.01 | $1.42 | $1.43 | $1.27 |
 Cold Hunter Combat Knife | $1.54 | $2.00 | — | — | $1.54 |
| Nuke Combat Knife | $2.12 | $2.21 | $3.61 | $3.62 | $1.58 |
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