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 HITMAN™, 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.
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.
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.
HITMAN™
The Kitchen Knife functions similarly to the one in Absolution. Stealth kills involve slitting the target's throat, and front attacks stab either the shoulder or sternum. As in games prior, it can also be thrown at a target's head, or thrown as a distraction.
Acquisition
Hitman: Codename 47
- The Massacre at Cheung Chau Fish Restaurant - Can be found in the kitchen of the restaurant. This knife is bugged, and if holstered, will vanish entirely.
- The Lee Hong Assassination - Can be found in the kitchen.
- Traditions of the Trade - Found in the kitchen.
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
- The Gontranno Sanctuary - Inside the parcel that you find.
- Anathema - In the kitchen.
- Invitation to a Party - Found in the lower levels of the building where the chef is.
- Tracking Hayamoto - In the room where the fugu fish resides.
Hitman: Contracts
- Asylum Aftermath - Found on a patient butchering a No. 48 clone and on the second floor.
- The Meat King's Party - Found almost everywhere.
- Rendezvous in Rotterdam - Various places in the basement.
- Deadly Cargo - In the galley of the ship and the kitchen in the police station.
- Traditions of the Trade - Stuck in the wall at the murder scene in room 109.
- The Seafood Massacre - Either with the chef in the kitchen or nearby him.
- The Lee Hong Assassination - Used by a chef in the kitchen.
Hitman: Blood Money
- Death of a Showman - In the room with two gangsters snorting cocaine, stuck on the closet door.
- A Vintage Year - In the first floor kitchen of the Hacienda.
- A New Life - In the kitchen of the target's house. Multiple people patrol this area.
- The Murder of Crows - The cook in the kitchen of the Blues Oyster and the Latin Fever carries one.
- You Better Watch Out… - In the party floor's kitchen. A drunk man dressed as Santa Claus and a guard pass by the area. There are multiple knives there.
- Death on the Mississippi - Restaurant Deck, in the kitchen with the cake for Muldoon.
- Amendment XXV - In the East Wing's kitchen. The knife is found on the counter.
- Requiem - In the tool shed, southeast of the church.
Hitman: Absolution
- A Personal Contract - In Mansion Ground Floor, in the kitchen.
- The King of Chinatown - In Chinatown Square, carried by market vendors.
- Terminus - In Terminus Hotel, on a crate near the middle of the storage room west of the main elevator in the basement; on the counter inside the small room just north of the front desk. In Upper Floors, on the floor by the bed within the crime scene room.
- Run For Your Life - In Shangri-La, immediately to the right on a counter when entering the segment.
- Rosewood - In Orphanage Halls, in a room on the top floor; on a desk in the room near the cafeteria, near one of the fuse locations. In Central Heating, on a box in the hallway; on a table in the first room.
- Shaving Lenny - In Streets of Hope, inside the donut shop; upstairs of main garage; and in the break room above the main garage.
- Dexter Industries - In Factory Compound, on top of a microwave in the trucker break building to the right after crossing the bridge.
- Death Factory - In Decontamination, on the table next to the stripper at Carl's surprise birthday party.
- Fight Night - In Patriot's Hangar, outside the trailer under the awning, stuck in a cutting board.
- Skurky's Law - In Holding Cells, on the floor in the small room with the officer talking on the phone, to the right after opening the cell gate.
- Operation Sledgehammer - In Hope Fair, on several food stands.
- Blackwater Park - In Blackwater Park, in the basement.
HITMAN™
- The Showstopper/Holiday Hoarders - A total of eight Kitchen Knives can be found within these missions:
- Three in the Kitchen.
- One in the Auction Catering Area.
- One in the Bar.
- One in the room north of the Locker Room.
- One in the Basement Kitchen.
- One in the Catering Delivery Area.
- World of Tomorrow - A total of seven Kitchen Knives can be found within this mission:
- One in the Kitchen.
- One in the Morgue.
- One in the ICA Safehouse.
- One in the Ice Cream Shop.
- One in the Butcher Shop.
- One in the Apartments.
- One in the kitchen above the Sanguine Shop.
- The Icon - A total of three Kitchen Knives can be found within this mission:
- Two in the Ice Cream Shop.
- One east of the Butcher Shop.
- Club 27 - A total of eight Kitchen Knives can be found within this mission:
- Two in the Kitchen.
- Two in Cross' Kitchen.
- One in the Birthday Reception.
- One in room 201.
- One at the counter in Reception.
- One in Medow Brown Lounge.
- Freedom Fighters - Found in the Cafeteria.
- Situs Inversus/Hokkaido Snow Festival - A total of two Kitchen Knives can be found within these missions:
- One in the Kitchen.
- One in Sakura Sushi.
HITMAN™ 2
- A Gilded Cage (Legacy) -
- Nightcall - Found in the kitchen.
- The Finish Line - A total of five Kitchen Knives can be found within this mission:
- Two in the Kitchen.
- One in the food stand near Stands North.
- One on a table on level 2 of Miami Bayside Center Expo.
- One in the Conference Room.
- Three-Headed Serpent - A total of nine Kitchen Knives can be found within this mission:
- One in the Diner kitchen.
- One in a dartboard in the Drummer's Apartment.
- One in a dartboard in the Cartel Hangout.
- One in a northern house.
- One in the Outdoor Kitchen.
- One in the Entertainment Room.
- One in the Cartel Kitchen.
- One in the Crew Quarters.
- One in the Hippo Enclosure.
- Chasing a Ghost - A total of two Kitchen Knives can be found within this mission:
- One on the roof of the Foreman's Office.
- One in the Canteen.
- Another Life - A total of three Kitchen Knives can be found within this mission:
- Two in the Janus Property kitchen.
- One in the West Property kitchen.
- The Ark Society - A total of two Kitchen Knives can be found within this mission:
- One in the Kitchen.
- One in the Stronghold Showroom.
- Golden Handshake - Found in the kitchen.
- The Last Resort - Found in the Cocktail Bar.
Perks
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Lethal Melee | Capable of executing targets in close combat. |
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Lethal Throw | Capable of executing targets at range. |
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Distraction | Creates an audible distraction when thrown. |
Variants
- Amputation Knife
- Antique Curved Knife
- Barber Razor
- Burial Dagger
- Combat Knife
- Circumcision Knife
- Concealable Knife
- Folding Knife
- Hobby Knife
- Janbiya
- Sacrificial Knife
- Scalpel
- The Black Almond's Dagger
Gallery
Trivia
- There has been some sort of knife-like weapon in every Hitman game.
- 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™)