Jackknife

Jackknife Melee Weapon

Pocket knives are versatile tools, and may be used for anything from opening locks to slicing throats.

Damage: 6-9 (Mechanical)

Impact speed: Very Low

Base action points: 8 AP

Range: Melee

Critical chance: 5%

Critical damage bonus: 100%

Bypasses 60% of target's energy shield.

Incurs 125% of mechanical damage resistance and threshold. Damage increased by 2% for every point in strength above 5.

Equip: Traps increased by 7 Equip: Lockpicking increased by 7

Durability: 420 / 420 (mechanical)

Weight: 0.20

Value: 250 25 SGS Credits 9 Stygian Coin 5 United Stations Dollar 17 Zlatortiya

Jackknife is a unique knife.

Description

The jackknife, while not a particularly good weapon, is a very useful tool for most characters thanks to its bonuses to Lockpicking and Traps. It also has a very low base AP cost. It was added in version 0.1.11.0.

Location

Carried by one of the three raiders holding a group of civilians hostage in GMS compound level 3.