Throwing Knife
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- "The pinnacle of stealth and precision, the Throwing Knife kills instantly on contact"
- — Call of Duty ELITE description
- For the similar weapon in Call of Duty: Black Ops, see Tomahawk.
The Throwing Knife is an Equipment item in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops (Nintendo DS), and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. The throwing knife also makes a brief appearance in Call of Duty: Black Ops.
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Modern Warfare 2: Ghost
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Simon Riley uses the throwing knife to injure Manuel Roba in his home in Mexico.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2Edit
Campaign
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| Throwing Knife | |
| Damage |
200 (SP), 135 (MP) |
| Unlocked at |
Level 7 (Specialist) |
| Starting Ammunition |
1 |
| Maximum Ammunition |
1 |
| Fire Mode |
Thrown |
| Used by |
All Teams |
| Pickup icon |
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The Throwing Knife is seen only once in the campaign, at the end of "Endgame", where "Soap" MacTavish uses it to kill General Shepherd.
MultiplayerEdit
In multiplayer, the Throwing Knife is unlocked as Equipment at level 7. It deals the same damage as the regular Knife; it is always a one-hit-kill unless in a private match with health set to double. It also cancels out Last Stand or Final Stand and immediately kills the player, just like the Knife.
Players will receive only one knife; however, any thrown knife can be retrieved, regardless of who threw it, unless it is not selected as the player's equipment. It can also be replenished with Scavenger.
After throwing the knife, a number of events can happen:
- The knife hits an enemy player, scoring a kill and leaving the knife in the body.
- The knife hits a friendly player, dealing no damage but leaving the knife embedded in the body, unless on Hardcore game modes, where the damage will be dealt back to the thrower or cause a Team Kill.
- The knife hits the ground at a certain angle, causing it to clatter to a stop, where it can be retrieved.
- The knife becomes embedded in a surface (walls, etc.) from where it can be retrieved.
- The knife hits any surface at a certain angle, causing it to ricochet (as with the Grenade Launcher) and flip an extra several feet. In this instance, the knife is still deadly and can kill, provided it does not stop moving.[1]
The Throwing Knife is popular with stealth classes as it is silent, gives no warning (unlike grenades), and even if the player misses, there is a good chance the target will not notice (unless they see the knife go straight by or hear it ricochet).
However, it has a short effective range, as it rapidly descends towards the ground the farther it is thrown. Thus, at longer ranges it is necessary to aim above the target for it to be thrown accurately. The throwing knife is considered one of the hardest weapons to master because it requires practice to aim at targets and throw it, usually in a quick succession and during movement.
Call of Duty: Black OpsEdit
Added by Hax 217The throwing knife briefly appears in Call of Duty: Black Ops. During the mission "WMD", before approaching the main control room, Weaver opens a door and is immediately faced with an enemy. Weaver proceeds to throw a throwing knife at the soldier, piercing his neck, instantly killing him. Weaver then retrieves his knife. It is the Throwing Knife's only appearance in the entire game, as it is essentially replaced by the Tomahawk in multiplayer.
Call of Duty: Black Ops (Nintendo DS)Edit
| Throwing Knife | |
| Damage |
Very High |
| Cost (Zombies) |
Unlocked by default |
| Starting Ammunition |
Infinite |
| Maximum Ammunition |
Infinite |
| Rate of Fire |
1 throw per second |
| Range (explanation) |
Low |
| Used by |
All factions |
Throwing knives appear in Call of Duty: Black Ops (Nintendo DS), first spotted in the launch trailer. Unlike the consoles, this DS throwing knife is used by converting the player's own knife in a ranged weapon, via the ADS button. It also has unlimited ammo, so recovering lost knives and losing a melee weapon isn't an issue. The throwing knife is always a one hit kill, except on zombie mode, where it is a three hit kill.
The throwing knife is available in the campaign and multiplayer for the player's use, available from the start as part of the knife. Like in the consoles, the DS throwing knife can also ricochet and bounce off/on objects or surfaces and still get kills. However, the only items the knife can get stuck in are enemies and other targets, as it ricochets off of everything else.
In Zombies, it is unlocked from default and kills a zombie in three hits in the body or one headshot at any range, making a good and effective weapon for accumulating points on early rounds. Interestingly, it gives 410 points per headshot on the first round, but adds 50 points each round it passes, giving 460 and 510 points on the second and third round respectively, and so on.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3Edit
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| Throwing Knife | |
| Unlocked at |
level 5 |
The throwing knife returns in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. It is seen being used in the Multiplayer World Premiere Trailer. It appears to have a faster movement and throwing speed than its Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 counterpart, but is otherwise identical.
MultiplayerEdit
It is unlocked at level 5 and is almost unchanged from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. The Throwing Knife appears to have a slightly longer effective range than in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, traveling farther before starting to drop. Also, unlike all other equipment, Scavenger will replenish knives.
The Throwing Knife is ideal for stealth, as it gives no warning and deals instant death. It is also somewhat effective for killing Juggernauts if one has Scavenger, as four hits with the throwing knife will kill one.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3: DefianceEdit
The throwing knife appears once again in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3: Defiance, with a completely new aspect. However, apart from graphical changes, it behaves almost identically to the Call of Duty: Black Ops (DS) variant
Trivia Edit
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2Edit
- The Throwing Knife is thrown at a speed of 28.3 m/s.
- When the riot shield is being held by the player, and a throwing knife is thrown, in third person, the player acts out a special animation. They will wave their hand and point with two fingers, acting out a finger gun animation.
- The Infinity Ward logo can be seen on the side of the throwing knife. This is most easily seen with a sniper scope.
- On the Multiplayer map Skidrow, back near the boxes, a throwing knife can be seen stuck in a table. However, it cannot be picked up like a regular throwing knife.
- If the player goes on to Terminal and throws a throwing knife through one of the metal detectors, it will light up as if the player had walked through it.
- On the throwing knife, there are the words "Ryan Lastimosa", an Infinity Ward employee.
- At extreme angles, it is possible for the Throwing Knife to ricochet and cover greater distances.
- If a throwing knife is stuck through glass and then the glass is shot, and broken, the knife will stay suspended in air (same with C4).
- The Throwing Knife uses the same model as the Tactical Knife.
- In a Throwing Knife game/round winning killcam if the server times out the knife will go through all surfaces until the game gets the error.
- Originally, soldiers in every faction in multiplayer were to yell "Throwing a knife!" in their language when one was thrown.
- The symbol for the throwing knife in Create A Class is different from the actual knife thrown.
- In Campaign, the player will always hit Shepherd in the eye no matter where the player aims.
- The throwing knife has a unique cross hair.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3Edit
- If a player throws the knife at a wall and zooms in on the blade with a Sniper Rifle, they can see the Infinity Ward logo on it.
- Throwing Knifes can destroy claymores in Modern Warfare 3.
- In Campaign mission, Down the Rabbit Hole, Sandman can be seen throwing his knife at an enemy during the sequence where Price drags the injured player, Yuri, into chopper.
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