Knife

The Knife, often called the Combat Knife or Survival Knife, is a starting weapon that the player begins the game with, along with a handgun. It appears in many Resident Evil games as a weak weapon to use when the player wants to save ammo or use it as a last ditch effort to kill a zombie if the player has no ammo remaining. However in the hands of an expert, the Knife can be utilized as a very effective tool. It also made a few appearances in all Resident Evil movies. Some players also set themselves the challenge of beating a game using only the knife.

Resident Evil 0
The knife that is used resembles a KA-BAR.

Resident Evil Code: Veronica
In Resident Evil Code: Veronica, the knife would see a boost to its efficiency. Properly timed swipes at enemy zombie's legs could result in causing the zombie to collapse to the ground, buying either Chris or Claire Redfield time to either use their firearm on a less mobile enemy, or continue to stab at them. Additionally, properly placed swipes of the knife could result in multiple strikes on an enemy in a single attack, allowing for the possibility of killing zombies before they can get back to their feet. It is interesting to note that the knife in this game is a S.T.A.R.S. knife (Probably Chris').

Resident Evil Outbreak
A knife used in Resident Evil Outbreak and File #2 It can be used in close range battle. The weapon is used by uppercutting, stabbing, or slashing across but most of the enemies don't react well to the attack, and thus it is a very ineffective weapon that should only be used as a last resort against zombies. In Outbreak and its expansion, there are several types of Knives: Butcher's Knife, Pocket Folding Knife and a Combat Knife. The butcher's knife is a strong, dangerous knife used by Butchers. It can be found in several scenarios such Outbreak and Wild things..Although everyone can use it the only one who can make it effective is David,as an experienced player can use David's knife combo which will make it much more effective against monsters,especially the Zombies and also it is harder to do so but hitting birds and other flying enemies will be made easier with David, It is a weak weapon (unless in the hands of David). The butcher knife can be combined with the Long Pole with some tape provided by David King to create a spear. The Folding knife can be also found in several scenarios and it's the weakest of all by only doing a damage of 40HP to foes. David always carries one on his Toolbox and if he (or other David character types) don't have a weapon, they'll use as a main weapon. This weapon is only useful against the Thanatos Enemy (any of its mutations) by dealing 5 times more damage to it. And as last, the Combat Knife found only in the Bellow Freezing Point and Desperate Times scenarios, It is the most powerful knife available to the player as it does 90HP of damage to any foe, and since it doesn't break (like a melee weapon) it is recommended to be used once it is found.

Resident Evil Deadly Silence
In Resident Evil: Deadly Silence the knife is used in 'knife sequences', which randomly occur upon entering certain rooms and corridors, and pre-set in final battle against the Yawn, in which the player is forced into a first person perspective and cannot move, being forced to wield the knife (using the touch screen to attack) to kill off all the monsters that appear before being able to continue with their quest. These knife sequences were used as the bases for the Master of Knifing mini-game, which was found only in the Nintendo DS port.

Resident Evil 4
For more Specific details on Leon's knife, See MercWorx Sniper In Resident Evil 4, Leon Kennedy uses his knife quite frequently throughout the entire game. The knife is always present, does not take up any space in his inventory, and is mapped to a different button than Leon's currently equipped firearm. Through normal gameplay it is used against Los Ganados, as well as to break open boxes that may contain useful items (or snakes). The player can automatically use the knife by swinging the Wii remote, prepping it by holding the L button or holding down the L1 button. The knife is also used in major battles such as the El Gigante fights, the cutscene fight with Jack Krauser, and the final encounter with Osmund Saddler. After Ada Wong saves Leon from Krauser by shooting his (Krauser's) knife from his hand, Leon keeps it, and Krauser replaces it with an identical one. After finding Ada captured by Saddler, Leon uses Krauser's knife to cut Ada down.

Both Leon and Krauser use knives based on actual knives, albeit with slight modifications. Leon's knife is a Mercworx sniper, while Krauser's knife is base on a CQD Mark V Advanced Tactical Fighter (Also the knives have drawings near the grip on the blade. Leon's drawing resembles a Chinese dragon and Krauser's drawing resembles a snake). But whilst wearing his Mobster Costume, Leon uses a silver switchblade with some jewels set in it. This knife is a double edge stiletto. Leon, Krauser and Ada are the only characters to use a knife in The Main Game, and The Mercenaries.



Resident Evil 5

 * For the specific Sheva's knife, see kukri.
 * For the specific Chris's knife, see MercWorx Goliath.
 * For the specific Wesker's knife, see TOPS Steel Eagle 107c.

In Resident Evil 5, the knife retains most of its usefulness from the previous game. Several of the context sensitive "Help" animations depict the characters using their knives to rescue their partners from bad situations, such as being absorbed into Uroboros, impaled by a Licker β's tongue, or latched on to by Bui Kichwa. Sheva Alomar uses a small khukri, while her partner Chris Redfield wields a much larger MercWorx Goliath. Albert Wesker carries a TOPS Steel Eagle 107c (with a serrated edge) while Jill has a smaller knife greatly resembling the SOG Bowie which jabs quickly instead of slicing. Oddly, all the knives do the same amount of damage to enemies. Unlike Chris, Wesker, Jill, Excella, Barry, Rebecca and Josh, Sheva uses the knife in some of her various assassination techniques, Impale, Throat Slit, and Double Fang.

Compared to its RE4 counterpart, the knife does very little damage - it only deals 50 damage per strike, similar to an un-upgraded VZ61. The Majini's are also heavily armed with large kukri knives, and axes.

Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles
Both Claire and Krauser's melee attack involves the knife. In Memories of a Lost City, Claire uses Chris' old custom made S.T.A.R.S. combat knife as seen in the first cutscene, her melee is a slash to the throat followed by a snap kick, and Krauser still using his signature knife, CQD Mark V Advanced Tactical Fighter,(seen in Resident Evil 4) his melee involves a spinning backhand fist, followed by a slash to the throat from the behind. Wesker also left his custom S.T.A.R.S. knife behind so that Chris would see it and be aware of Wesker's presence at the end of the Code Veronica scenario. He used it to engrave I won this game on a pillar.

Resident Evil (film)
In the first Resident Evil movie, knives make a few appearances. During the event in the Laser Corridor, the laser proved its potency by swiftly passing through James Shade's Ka-Bar Extreme Fighting Knife, cutting it in half. In the DVD commentary Michelle Rodriguez, who portrayed Rain Ocampo, states that she had wanted to use her knife during filming but unfortunately, wasn't able to, though they did allow her to keep it.

Resident Evil: Apocalypse
In Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Alice fights an Umbrella Biohazard Countermeasure Service member who's armed with a Lightning Bolt throwing knife. Alice kicks it out of his hand, spins in the air, Alice then catches it and uses it to stab the soldier in the face. After finishing off all the UBCF troops, one member got up to finish Alice off, but Carlos throws his knife at the member and saves Alice.

Resident Evil: Extinction
In Resident Evil: Extinction, Alice manages to get her hands on 2 Khukri knives after taking the weapons off her would-be killers. She then uses them to fight numerous Enhanced Zombies.

Resident Evil: Afterlife
In Resident Evil: Afterlife, Chris Redfield has a Cold Steel Latin Machete, which can be seen attached to the back of his jumpsuit. Alice's Kukri from the third movie is also seen along with bunch of other blades, and Axe that were manufactured by United Cutlery ( Undercover Karambit, Gil Hibben Generation 2 Pro Throwing Axe). Alice also manage to stab a Majini zombie in the mouth with a small sword.
 * For the specific knife for Chris, see Cold Steel Latin Machete.

Resident Evil: Degeneration
In Degeneration, only one scene has Leon using a knife, it's when a mutated Curtis Miller recognizes Angela Miller as a breeding tool to implant a G-embryo. Leon quickly run towards Angela as he throws his knife at Curtis' mutated eye.

Resident Evil: The Deck Building Game
The Combat Knife is one of the most basic weapons in the Resident Evil DBG. The knife is part of what the game refers to as "Basic Resources" and is present in all in-game scenarios. The knife does the weakest amount of damage in the base set unless it is in the hands of Jack Krauser, who's abilities allow him to not only gain knives at the beginning of the player's turn but also increase the damage of each knife he wields. The knife pile of the Resource Area has a special weapon at the bottom; the Survival Knife. This knife adds +5 damage to itself for every Knife type weapon the player uses.

These weapons, combined with Krauser's effects and the effect of the Action card "Deadly Aim" make for effective combinations.

Trivia

 * Leon, Chris, David, Claire, Sheva, Alice, Krauser, Keith, VECTOR, Bertha, Willow, and HUNK are all very skilled knife fighters and rely heavily on knives; Also, in the Resident Evil 5 prequel comics BSAA agents Mina Gere, and Holiday Sugarman are also very skilled in knife combat.
 * Like Code Veronica, the knife boosts its strength just a little bit in Resident Evil 4, 5.
 * In Lost In Nightmares, if you look closely at Chris' old BSAA costume, you can see a pocket knife. He never uses the knife, but instead he pulls out his invisible machete from the main game from an invisible back holder; this also occurs while using his other costumes in game.
 * The knife has become a very powerful melee attack in Operation Raccoon City against zombies and Government Spec Ops troops. More powerful than in RECV, RE4, RE5.
 * In Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, on Hard mode, takes 14 hits to defeat zombies, 8 hits for the cerberi, 1 hit to defeat crows, 19 hits to defeat the Drain Deimos/Brain Sucker, 14 Hits to defeat Hunters (beta and gamma), 12 hits to defeat web spinners, The Graver Digger takes more than 80 hits to be defeated, Nemesis(first/second mutation except in the dead factory that he can be defeated with just around 40 hits, which might take about 4 minutes to do this with out taking any damage) around 90 hits but it takes up to 150 knife hits to defeat him in his final mutation.
 * In the Resident Evil Remake, while Jill uses a survival knife, Chris bears a Hunting Knife which does more damage than Jill's.
 * The knife is absent in Resident Evil Survivor and Resident Evil Dead Aim.
 * In the main series, Jill Valentine and Rebecca Chambers, are the only characters not to start with a knife in their inventory (Resident Evil Zero and RE3), Eventually, the player has to find them.
 * In all of the series, the best character to equip with a knife is Cindy Lennox, due to her moderate hits rate, and her ability to avoid any attack making her a good choice for players who like to defeat games with blades.
 * The knife is Wesker's only weapon (unless the player finds the magnum) in Resident Evil Code: Veronica's Battle Game; Also,Rodrigo Raval will only be equipped with this weapon in Survivor 2.
 * In Resident Evil 4, a player could hit projectiles away that were thrown at them with just a knife swing (arrows and scythes). This has to be done in a perfect timing. In Resident Evil 5, the award "Be The Knife," (Achievement for Xbox 360 and Trophy for PS3) can be earned by hitting away a Bowgun arrow with your knife.
 * Several enemies are weak against a blade, these are:
 * 1) Lickers (Outbreak onwards)
 * 2) Thanatos
 * 3) Krausser
 * 4) Sadler (Separate ways/boss fight)
 * 5) Suspended
 * 6) Giant Leech
 * 7) Dorothy
 * 8) Nyx
 * 9) "G" (Outbreak#2)
 * 10) Gigabyte
 * The Combat knife found in the outbreak series (Below the Freezing Point and Desperate Times Scenarios), will take 90HP (considered good as it is a weapon with infinite uses) to foes. It seems to be a fair weapon if used with David and Cindy due their special abilities (David can do a 4 combo attack with the knife and Cindy can dodge any attack).
 * Any kind of knife (Foldable, Butcher and Combat) will cause 150% more damage to the Nyx and the Dorothy bosses.
 * The knife in Code Veronica is interestingly a STARS knife, when you examine it closely (its easier in the HD version) you can see that STARS is written on the blade.
 * Claire seems to be using the same STARS knife in Operation Raccoon City that she was using in the Darkside Chronicles as the handle is exactly the same.

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