Recently started a second playthrough and I wanted to change things up so I decided to play with knives.

I'm only in the bronze age using a copper knife. Been to lazy to build a boat and hunt down barnacles.

Knives are super op thus far and I still only have the ♥♥♥♥♥♥ copper one, albeit upgraded. I imagine it will only get better.

I survived raids I feel I would have died in had I been using another weapon type. Raids that I was unprepared for, being hungry, and not having the rested buff.

All thanks to a copper knife.

Knive's superpower is their speed. They are so fast it's hard to not get a 3 hit combo with each parry. Most times you'll get even more hits in, stunning the enemy again before their next counter attack lands.

Knives also use very little stamina to swing. They cleave in an arc in front of you hitting multiple enemies. Frequently staggering the enemies on the second or third hit.

Finally there is the alt attack. A lunging stab. It is a decent gap closer but it does take some player skill to land. Mobs crazy unpredictable pathing being the biggest hurdle. Which for me just makes it all the more satisfying when ya do land them, especially from distance.

I guess I should mention you can also backstab with knives too. That is just icing on the cake though and you are in no way forced to use stealth to make knives a viable weapon choice.

So I guess what I'm trying to say is, give knives a stab. You won't regret it.