Combat Knife
Production information
Manufacturer	dataDyne
Type	Knife
Technical specifications
Fire Mode	Knife Slash
Secondary Function	Throw Poison Knife
Ideal Range	Point blank - Short
Ammunition Type	Knives
Maximum Ammunition	12
Usage
Era(s)	2023
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The Combat Knife is a melee/thrown weapon in Perfect Dark. Its primary mode is a very effective close combat weapon that will usually take no more than 2 slashes to down an enemy. Also a hit from behind will kill any enemy, including Skedar if aimed at the tentacle-like part at the back of the head.

The secondary mode throws the knife, which does damage on impact and also poisons the enemy, doing damage over time in "waves". This also disorients the enemy, much like the tranquilizer or crossbow. While a foe can survive one thrown knife, two is enough for a sure kill.

Skillful users would definitely rule close quarters combat. By poisoning their targets before swiping at them. They can take out targets with sheer speed. This weakened state can carry over to the next spawn and another successful hit will point them, the way, back to the spawning point.

In-Game DescriptionEdit

A large and vicious combat knife. It contains a vial of poison that shatters when thrown, giving a wounded enemy at most 6 seconds to live. A dataDyne weapon through and through.

Mission AppearancesEdit

Perfect Dark: Initial VectorEdit

- The very end of Chapter 10, Joanna sees the last dataDyne team, lead by Laurent Hayes, who is armed with one along with a Tranq-7.

Perfect Dark: Second FrontEdit

- Chun Fan arms herself with only a combat knife in her Deathmatch VR practice in Chapter 4.

Perfect DarkEdit

- This weapon only appears on the Attack Ship mission; Joanna starts the level with one.

TriviaEdit

• Like with the Rocket Launcher , Simulants in the Combat Simulator can instantly switch between the modes of the knife, bypassing the flipping animation.
• Combat Knives are one of the ranged weapons, FistSims can use. The other being the Laser