Cougar Claw Knife

Cougar Claw Knife
Release	24 June 2024
Wintermute	No
Properties
Item type	Tools
Equipable	No
Stackable	No
Examine	Crafted from the remains of a deadly predator. A powerful defensive weapon during Struggles.
Values
Weight	0.60 kg (1.32 lbs)
Actions
On ground	Take It, Leave It
Advanced data
Item key	GEAR_CougarClawKnife

DLC-Exclusive content. This content requires the Tales from the Far Territory addon to be installed before it can be seen or used in regular gameplay.

A Cougar Claw Knife is a Tool that can be crafted at a Forge after finding and killing the elusive and lethal Cougar for its Cougar Claw.

Overview

The Cougar Claw Knife is functionally similar to the Hunting Knife, but must be Forged with a Cougar Claw; It weighs 0.10kg more and harvests meat from animal carcasses around 10% faster; and harvests Hides around 33% faster if compared to the Improvised Knife. It is noticeably faster at filling up the struggle bar compared to the hunting knife and causes wolves to bleed out slightly sooner afterwards, although its chances to cause an early-flee remain tied with the other knives (see: Wildlife Struggles).

Cougar Claw Knives are particularly useful on Interloper and Misery, where Hunting Knives never spawn, or in Custom sandboxes with Loot Frequency set to "Low".

Differences from the Hunting Knife

• Does the most damage of any knife in a Struggle and ends Struggles faster.
• Has faster unfrozen/frozen meat harvesting speed than Hunting knife (Survival Knife has faster frozen meat harvesting times).
• Hide/gut harvesting speeds are the same as the Hunting knife.
• The durability of the Cougar Claw Knife is identical to that of the Hunting Knife.
• 0.10 Kg heavier.

Harvesting

Harvesting the knife gives 1 Scrap Metal and 1 Cougar Claw after 50 minutes. This can allow it to be reforged if the player does not wish to hunt more Cougars for claws, provided that they have a Forge and materials on hand to make a new one.

Repair

The knife can be repaired using a Whetstone and the Sharpening skill, restoring 3% condition to the tool (5% if Sharpening level is high enough) and using 5% condition on the Whetstone. The Milling Machine in Bleak Inlet or Blackrock may repair a non-ruined knife to 100% condition for one scrap metal, during an active Aurora.

Crafting

Cougar Claw Knife
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220 minutes (3 hour 40 minutes)
220 minutes (3 hour 40 minutes)
Requirements
Facility	Forge
Tool	Heavy Hammer
Materials
Item	Cougar Claw
Item	Cougar Claw
Quantity	1
Quantity	1
Scrap Metal
Scrap Metal
3
3
Cured Leather
Cured Leather
1
1

Update history

• UPDATE 24 June 2024 (Update):
  • Added to game.