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Poison moth knife

Poignard empoisonné
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A knife that's known to paralyse its prey part of the time.

The essentials

  • Simplest: buy it, 1,250 G (Coffinwell – Weapon & Armour Shop, Alltrades Abbey – Interior B1).
  • To gather: 3 ingredients, 1 Krak Pot use (crafting tree in the details).
  • Sells for 625 G.
  • Attack +24: 16th of 21 knives; top: Dynamo dagger (+155).
  • Used to make: Batterfly knife, Full moon ring.

“Simplest”, in this order: buy it (cheapest), pick it up, from a monster (best rate), make it, then the other sources.

Attack +24

Vocations that can equip it: Warrior, Mage, Thief

Effects: ×1.1 against bug; paralyses 10% of the time

Style: Allure 23 · Casual 23 · Chic 16 · Aloof 15 · Naive 15 · Vanity 8

Shops Read in the code

  • 1,250 G: Coffinwell – Weapon & Armour Shop, Alltrades Abbey – Interior B1

Alchemy Read in the code

  • Recipe in the book “Ooh! Nice knife!” (Coffinwell – Mayor's House Lv 2)

To gather for 1 Poison moth knife

3 ingredients · 1 Krak Pot use

Crafting tree

made in the Krak Pot · to find. Tap an ingredient to switch: the list follows.

  • Poison moth knife
    • Coagulant×2
    • Manky mud

Tree idea: Antoine. Thank you!

Monsters and bosses Read in the code

Used to make

Batterfly knifeFull moon ring

Best attack in the category, by vocation

Under the hood

Internal item number: 19053; record no. 879 of prm/itemdt (file order); selling price in its record (u16 at +0x1A): 625; stars: +0x09 bits 1-3.

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