Knife

The Knife is a close quarters melee weapon designed for performing stealth kills or acts as a backup weapon. It is one of the player's starting weapons at the beginning of DOOM: Reawakened.

Concept and Creation
In real life, every United States Marine uses a combat-issued knife no matter what environment they are in. Mad Squirrel Mods felt that it seems fair that Old Doomguy and all the other Marines would use them as well.

Design
The Knife is sharp enough to cut through an Imp's skin, but it does not kill enemies instantly. It may not be a very effective weapon since many enemy variants are strong enough to resist a small melee weapon, but it is still useful against very weak enemies like the Zombiemen or the Lost Souls.

Appearances

 * DOOM: Reawakened

Trivia

 * The weapon itself is from a mod uploaded by Realm 667. Along with all of its assets, it is also a weapon most commonly adopted and used in Wolfendoom mods.
 * Despite it being a starting weapon, there will come a time in DOOM: Reawakened where the player will lose all of their weapons, including the Knife. This serves as the explanation as to how and why the Knife will also be available as a pickup weapon.
 * DOOM: Reawakened undergoes an approach similar to that of Halo 4, where 343 Industries decides to give the Master Chief a knife after not having one in previous Halo games.