Forge Kitchen Knife Blade is a blade crafting recipe in Project Zomboid Build 42. It makes Kitchen Knife Blade x1. It needs Blacksmithing level 4.
| Qty | Item | How it is used |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | any charcoal | Used up |
| 1 | Steel Bar Quarter or Katana Blade Shard or Sword Blade Shard or Kitchen Knife Blade | Used up |
| 1 | any ballpeenhammer | Tool, kept (may wear) |
| 1 | any metalworkingpliers or any tongs | Tool, kept (may wear) |
| Qty | Makes |
|---|---|
| 1 | Kitchen Knife Blade |
Recipes that make the ingredients:
What you can make next with the result:
Use the Forge Kitchen Knife Blade recipe (Blade category). You need any charcoal, Steel Bar Quarter or Katana Blade Shard or Sword Blade Shard or Kitchen Knife Blade and these tools: any ballpeenhammer, any metalworkingpliers or any tongs.
It needs Blacksmithing level 4.
You must learn this recipe before it shows in the crafting menu. It is learned automatically at Blacksmithing 6 and Small Blade 2. You can also research it from Kitchen Knife Blade, Spear with Kitchen Knife, Spear with Small Knife, Kitchen Knife, Kitchen Knife, Small Knife.
It gives 45 XP in Blacksmithing per craft.
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