Throwing knife

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Slot	Main hand (has off-hand variants)
Style	Thrown
Speed	Fastest (2.4s)

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For the utility tool, see knife.

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Throwing knives are a type of one-handed Ranged projectile available to both free players and members. They can be wielded with shields and prayer books for protection.

Throwing knives are created via Smithing. Each bar will produce 5 knives of the corresponding metal. While knives can be wielded on any world, they can only be smithed in members worlds.

Throwing knives are among the fastest weapons in the game (along with darts), and it is for this reason that many people prefer to use knives (or darts) when training their Ranged. The attack range of knives is 5 spaces, which is slightly higher than darts.

These knives are actually shaped differently from true throwing knives, which have two sharpened points and an elongated rhombus shape. But, these knives are shaped correctly for what is known as the spear, arrow, or combat knife-throwing style, which is how the player uses them. See knife throwing.

Types of knives[]

Item		Level	Main-hand			Off-hand			Attributes			Style bonus			Price
Item		Level	Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc							Price
	Bronze knife	1	Thrown	48	150	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	37
	Off-hand bronze knife	1	-	-	-	Thrown	24	150	0	0	0	-	-	-	50
	Iron knife	10	Thrown	96	202	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	61
	Off-hand iron knife	10	-	-	-	Thrown	48	202	0	0	0	-	-	-	56
	Steel knife	20	Thrown	192	316	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	107
	Off-hand steel knife	20	-	-	-	Thrown	96	316	0	0	0	-	-	-	104
	Black knife	25	Thrown	240	250	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	668
	Off-hand black knife	25	-	-	-	Thrown	120	381	0	0	0	-	-	-	126
	Mithril knife	30	Thrown	288	454	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	183
	Off-hand mithril knife	30	-	-	-	Thrown	144	454	0	0	0	-	-	-	175
	Adamant knife	40	Thrown	384	628	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	374
	Off-hand adamant knife	40	-	-	-	Thrown	192	628	0	0	0	-	-	-	359
	Rune knife	50	Thrown	480	850	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	395
	Off-hand rune knife	50	-	-	-	Thrown	240	850	0	0	0	-	-	-	370
	Dragon knife	60	Thrown	576	1132	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	1,484
	Off-hand dragon knife	60	-	288	-	Thrown	-	1132	0	0	0	-	-	-	1,020

Dungeoneering knives[]

Table of knives
Tier	Item	Levels to use
1	Novite knife	1 Ranged
2	Bathus knife	10 Ranged
3	Marmaros knife	20 Ranged
4	Kratonite knife	30 Ranged
5	Fractite knife	40 Ranged
6	Zephyrium knife	50 Ranged
7	Argonite knife	60 Ranged
8	Katagon knife	70 Ranged
9	Gorgonite knife	80 Ranged
10	Promethium knife	90 Ranged
11	Primal knife	99 Ranged

Table of knives
Tier	Item	Levels to use
1	Novite knife	1 Ranged
2	Bathus knife	10 Ranged
3	Marmaros knife	20 Ranged
4	Kratonite knife	30 Ranged
5	Fractite knife	40 Ranged
6	Zephyrium knife	50 Ranged
7	Argonite knife	60 Ranged
8	Katagon knife	70 Ranged
9	Gorgonite knife	80 Ranged
10	Promethium knife	90 Ranged
11	Primal knife	99 Ranged

Trivia[]

When you cut a cactus in the desert, the animation shows you using a bronze throwing knife instead of a regular knife.
In April 2011 the knives were changed so that they were held by the tip of the blade rather than the handle. This is in consistency with the use of real throwing knives. (Physically you may use any knife as a throwing implement, you have to hold the end that's lightest, which is determined by where the fulcrum point is, basically you hold and throw from the side that has the greatest length to the fulcrum point.)
Before the Evolution of Combat update allowed throwing axes to be smithed, throwing knives were the only ranged weapons created using only the Smithing skill.
Throwing knives were members-only until the Free-to-Play Extravaganza update on 29 February 2016 introduced dual wielding to free-to-play worlds.