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{{Inventory info
|Name=Knife
|Desc=Alt-fire launches a more powerful attack
|Image=Trader_Knife.png
|Perk=Berserker
|Damage=19 (55)
|ROF=0.60 (1.10)
|CanSellBuy=No
|HeadMul=125%
}}The ''knife'' is one of the weapons every player spawns with (along with the [[9mm]], [[syringe]], and [[welder]]). It is sometimes used in the early waves to make up enough money to buy better weapons, although it is also a viable side arm for a sufficiently levelled [[berserker]].

Primary fire will cause enough damage un-perked to decapitate a [[clot]], [[crawler]], or [[stalker]] on the lower difficulties. On higher difficulties the same is achievable via use of perk bonuses, or by using alt-fire which deals over twice the amount of damage for a little under twice the swing speed.

As with all melee weapons it has the ability to back-stab for double damage, to which the head multiplier is then applied. Additionally, like other melee weapons it can also damage multiple enemies in a single swing.

== Strategy ==

* Time your swings carefully and aim for the head. Weaker specimens can often be decapitated this way.

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