Short blade skill
Short blade proficiency affects attack speed, damage, critical chance, and automatic push chance, and can affect jaw stabs with stabbing weapons.
How it works
The skill applies to short blades such as kitchen knives and hunting knives. The source says it also affects the chance of jaw stabs when using short blades with a stabbing attack type. As with other weapon skills, listed weapon effects are additive with changes from moodles, strength, and fitness, and skill critical chance is added to the weapon's base chance.
Read the supporting references
A source-bounded reference to skill progression, skill books, and recorded skill effects in Project Zomboid. Most detailed skill mechanics come from PZwiki, which warns its skill categorization is based on Build 41 and may be outdated; skill-book details come from a page last updated for 42.13.2. Build 42.20 details are included only where the Steam guide states them. No comparative ranking or current-build verification is provided. Guidance explains the referenced mechanics; it is not a tested damage ranking. Check the stated edition and source version before applying a patch-specific detail.