Items that count as sharpknife

In Project Zomboid Build 42, 29 items carry the base:sharpknife tag. Recipes and actions that ask for "any sharpknife" accept any of them, so you can use whichever one you have.

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Items with this tag

Item	Category	Weight
Butterfly Knife	Weapon	0.3
Fighting Knife	Weapon	1
Fillet Knife	Cooking Weapon	0.7
Handguard Dagger	Weapon	1
Handiknife	Tool Weapon	0.4
Hunting Knife	Weapon	1
Hunting Knife	Weapon	1
Kitchen Knife	Cooking Weapon	0.7
Kitchen Knife	Cooking Weapon	0.6
Large Knife	Tool Weapon	1
Long Simple Metal Knife	Weapon Crafted	1
Long Stone Knife	Weapon Crafted	1
Machete	Gardening Weapon	2
Machete	Gardening Weapon	2
Machete Blade Knife	Tool Weapon	1
Multitool	Tool Weapon	0.5
Paring Knife	Cooking Weapon	0.3
Pocket Knife	Tool Weapon	0.3
Railroad Spike Knife	Weapon	0.5
Scrap Metal Chopper	Weapon Crafted	2
Scrap Metal Large Knife	Tool Weapon	1
Sharp Flint Flake	Material	1
Simple Metal Knife	Weapon Crafted	0.7
Small Knife	Tool Weapon	0.5
Steak Knife	Cooking Weapon	0.5
Stone Knife	Weapon Crafted	0.75
Straight Razor	Household	0.5
Sushi Knife	Cooking Weapon	0.7
Switchblade	Weapon	0.3

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Recipes that use it

Recipes that accept any item with this tag:

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Quick answers

Which items count as sharpknife in Project Zomboid?

29 items: Butterfly Knife, Fighting Knife, Fillet Knife, Handguard Dagger, Handiknife, Hunting Knife, Hunting Knife, Kitchen Knife, Kitchen Knife, Large Knife, Long Simple Metal Knife, Long Stone Knife and more.

What is the sharpknife tag used for?

It is used by 197 crafting recipes, including Cut Up Large Leather, Cut Up Medium Leather, Cut Up Small Leather, Cut Leather in Half, Twist Rope from Dogbane.

Figures on this page are read from the Build 42 game files (42.22, November 2026). Chances are relative weights inside each loot table, not exact drop rates. Your game is the final word: if it disagrees with us, tell us and we will fix the page.