The Kitchen Knife (simply known as the Knife) is a melee weapon that appears in the Hitman series. It can be used for close-quarter combat and stealth kills. In Hitman: Blood Money, Hitman: Absolution and the World of Assassination Trilogy, it is also used as a throwing weapon.
Description[]
Hitman: Codename 47[]
Gameplay-wise, the kitchen knife has exactly the same move-set as other short-bladed weapons, such as the Pentagon Knife, including stabbing and throat slitting. It may come in handy since it is available in most levels that have a kitchen.
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin[]
The kitchen knife functions quite similar to the knife found in Hitman: Codename 47.
Hitman: Contracts[]
The kitchen knife gains additional animations for stealth kills. Additionally, 47 can use kitchen knife to get rid of small animals such as dogs without wasting ammunition.
A beta version of the Kitchen Knife, (known internally only as "Knife") was cut from the game before its release. Aside from given information, it appears and performs identically to the Kitchen Knife.
Hitman: Blood Money[]
The functionality of the kitchen knife mimics that of Hitman: Contracts. As Blood Money introduced the ability to throw items, the knife could be used to kill targets at a distance via the normal throwing controls. As with all other thrown objects, it can act as a distraction. Unlike later entries in the series, thrown knives that protrude from killed NPCs are not able to be reobtained.
Hitman: Absolution[]
The knife acquires additional functionality. Stealth kills made using the knife are relatively quiet in comparison to a gunshot, however, if another NPC is close to the one being killed, they may hear a struggle and investigate. Similarly, if an NPC is killed using a knife, a blood pool will be left at the location of the action; other NPCs will become suspicious after being discovered. Additionally, because of the new melee weapon system expansion, the knife can be thrown and subsequently retrieved and used multiple times. As in Hitman: Blood Money, thrown knives can distract targets and kill them.
World of Assassination Trilogy[]
Description[]
Acquisition[]
- Multiple - Found throughout several locations.
Perks[]
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Lethal Melee | Executes targets in close-combat. |
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Lethal Throw | Executes targets at range. |
Description[]
Acquisition[]
- Multiple - Found throughout several locations.
Perks[]
|
Lethal Melee | Executes targets in close-combat. |
|
Lethal Throw | Executes targets at range. |
Description[]
Acquisition[]
- Multiple - Found throughout several locations.
Perks[]
|
Lethal Melee | Executes targets in close-combat. |
|
Lethal Throw | Executes targets at range. |
Variants[]
- Agency Tanto Knife - An variant of the Tanto knife.
- Amputation Knife - A Liston knife, circa 14th Century.
- Antique Carved Knife - A knife unlocked by reaching Mumbai Mastery 18.
- Barber Razor - A razor typically found in bedrooms and bathrooms.
- Burial Dagger - Janus's burial dagger.
- Circumcision Knife - An izmel.
- Cleaver - A heavy butcher knife found in Hitman: Codename 47, Hitman: Contracts and later entries.
- Combat Knife - A knife unlocked by reaching Marrakesh Mastery 5. A version is also included in Hitman 2: Silent Assassin.
- Concealable Knife - A knife that can pass frisks.
- Eiffel Tower Knife - A knife in Freelancer that can pass frisks.
- Filet Knife - A knife in Hitman: Absolution.
- Folding Knife - A pocket knife present in the series since Hitman: Absolution.
- Glass Shiv - A makeshift glass shiv.
- Grape Knife - A knife used to harvest Grapevines.
- Hobby Knife - The only knife that is legal to carry in any disguise.
- Ice Pick - A generic mountaineering ice pick.
- Janbiya - An Arabic dagger unlocked by reaching Marrakesh Mastery 10.
- Kitchen Knife - A common knife found in most kitchens throughout the series which is legal to carry with a chef's or waiter's disguise.
- Kukri Knife - An Indian machete unlocked by reaching Dartmoor Mastery 13.
- Letter Opener - A blunt edged knife designed for opening mail.
- Oyabun Knife - Stealth knife featured in Hitman: Codename 47.
- Pentagon Knife - Stealth knife featured in Hitman: Codename 47.
- Piton - Metal spike used for climbing.
- Sacrificial Knife - An exotic, unlockable knife found in The Isle of Sgàil and in a Secret Tunnel in Santa Fortuna.
- Scalpel - A knife legal to carry with a doctor's disguise.
- Stiletto - Small knife found in Hitman: Blood Money.
- Tanto - A small Japanese knife.
- The Black Almond's Dagger - A dagger with a single dose of lethal poison.
- The Cat's Claw - A dagger unlocked by completing level 1 of the The Envy Contention.
Cut items[]
- Nail File - Small sharp nail file cut from Hitman: Blood Money.
- Knife - Cut beta weapon from Hitman 2: Silent Assassin and Hitman: Contracts. Unique as it uses "Caliber" rounds, of which 10 can be used.
- Bowie Knife- A large bladed knife cut from Hitman: Blood Money. Completely finished, and even has it's own associated ranking.
- Thrower- A small throwing knife cut from Hitman: Blood Money.
Trivia[]
- There has been some sort of knife-like weapon in every Hitman game.
- The Kitchen Knife is one of the few weapons to be featured in every main series entry.
- Like with other sharp throwable objects, knives cannot be retrieved in Hitman: Blood Money if they embed themselves in NPCs during a kill.
- If 'locked-on' to a target when throwing the knife, the knife will always kill them, even if it has to pass through walls and other obstacles (in Hitman: Absolution & HITMAN™).
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