Throwing Knife

:For similar weapons, see Tomahawk, Combat Axe, Push Dagger, Hypno Knife and Bio Spike.
The Throwing Knife is an Equipment item in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops (Nintendo DS), Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Call of Duty Online, Call of Duty: Ghosts, Call of Duty: WWII, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Vanguard, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, as well as the Infected and All or Nothing modes of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and the campaign of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. The Throwing Knife also makes brief appearances in Modern Warfare 2: Ghost, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Call of Duty: Mobile and Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War.
==Modern Warfare 2: Ghost==
Simon Riley uses the Throwing Knife to injure Manuel Roba in his home in Mexico.
Simon Ghost Riley Knife throw MW2G.png|Riley throws a knife at Roba.
Manuel Roba knifed MW2G.png|A knife penetrates Roba's right arm.
==Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2==
===Campaign===
The Throwing Knife is seen only once in the campaign, at the end of "Endgame", where John "Soap" MacTavish uses it to kill General Shepherd. However, it uses a different model from the multiplayer version; it rather looks like the Combat Knife.
===Multiplayer===
In multiplayer, the Throwing Knife is unlocked as Equipment at level 7. It deals the same damage as the regular Knife; it is always a one-hit-kill unless in a private match with health set to double. It also bypasses Last Stand or Final Stand and immediately kills the player, just like the Knife.
Players will receive only one knife; however, any thrown knife can be retrieved, regardless of who threw it, assuming the player has selected the Throwing Knife as equipment. It can also be replenished with Scavenger.
After throwing the knife, a number of events can happen:
*The knife hits an enemy player, scoring a kill and leaving the knife in the body.
*The knife hits a friendly player, dealing no damage but leaving the knife embedded in the body, unless on Hardcore game modes, where the damage will be dealt back to the thrower or cause a Team Kill.
*The knife hits the ground at a certain angle, causing it to clatter to a stop, where it can be retrieved.
*The knife becomes embedded in a surface (walls, etc.) from where it can be retrieved.
*The knife hits any surface at a certain angle, causing it to ricochet (as with the Grenade Launcher) and flip several extra feet. In this instance, the knife is still deadly and can kill, provided it does not stop moving.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l14tCmsJk5M
The Throwing Knife is popular with stealth classes as it is silent, gives no warning (unlike grenades), and even if the player misses, there is a good chance the target will not notice (unless they see the knife go straight by or they hear it ricochet).
However, it has a short effective range, as it rapidly descends towards the ground the farther it is thrown. Thus, at longer ranges it is necessary to aim above the target for it to be thrown accurately. The throwing knife is considered one of the hardest weapons to master because it requires practice to aim at targets and throw it, usually in a quick succession and during movement.
Throwing the Throwing Knife.jpg|Throwing the knife.
Throwing Knife reticle MW2.png|Crosshair.
Throwing Knife Before Being Thrown.jpg|Throwing Knife, before being thrown.
Throwing Knife.png|Throwing Knife, after being thrown.
Knife Pick Up Icon MW2.png|Throwing Knife's Pick Up icon in "Endgame".
==Call of Duty: Black Ops==
The Throwing Knife briefly appears in Call of Duty: Black Ops. During the mission "WMD", before approaching the main control room, Grigori Weaver opens a door and is immediately faced with an enemy. Weaver proceeds to throw a throwing knife at the soldier, piercing his neck, instantly killing him. Weaver then retrieves his knife. It is the Throwing Knife's only appearance in the entire game, as it is essentially replaced by the Tomahawk in multiplayer.
===Gallery===
WMD.jpg|Grigori Weaver retrieves his Throwing Knife from the body of the dead soldier.
Throwing Knife in-flight WMD BO.png
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Soviet soldier being killed by a Throwing Knife WMD BO.png
==Call of Duty: Black Ops (Nintendo DS)==
Throwing Knives appear in Call of Duty: Black Ops (Nintendo DS), first spotted in the launch trailer. Unlike the consoles, this DS throwing knife is used by converting the player's own knife in a ranged weapon, via the ADS button. It also has unlimited ammo, so recovering lost knives and losing a melee weapon isn't an issue. The throwing knife is always a one hit kill, except on zombie mode, where it is a three hit kill.
The throwing knife is available in the campaign and multiplayer for the player's use, available from the start as part of the knife. Like in the consoles, the DS throwing knife can also ricochet and bounce off/on objects or surfaces and still get kills. However, the only items the knife can get stuck in are enemies and other targets, as it ricochets off of everything else.
In Zombies, it is unlocked from default and kills a zombie in three hits in the body or one headshot at any range, making a good and effective weapon for accumulating points on early rounds. Interestingly, it gives 410 points per headshot on the first round, but adds 50 points each round it passes, giving 460 and 510 points on the second and third round respectively, and so on.
Knife blopsDS ADS.png
==Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3==
===Campaign===
The Throwing Knife makes several minor appearances throughout the campaign. It appears in the mission, "Prologue," where it appears in a flashback of Soap killing Shepherd with one, and in the mission, "Down the Rabbit Hole," where Sandman can be seen using one to kill a Spetsnaz operative while Price drags Yuri to the helicopter.
===Multiplayer===
The Throwing Knife returns in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. It is seen being used in the Multiplayer World Premiere Trailer.
It is unlocked at level 5 and is almost unchanged from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Also, unlike all other equipment, Scavenger can replenish knives. Quickdraw is extremely recommended, as the Pro version will allow tactical and lethal equipment to be deployed faster. The Throwing Knife is ideal for stealth, as it gives no warning and deals instant death. It is also somewhat effective for killing Juggernauts if one has Scavenger, as four hits with the throwing knife will kill one. Throwing knives will stick into a Riot Shield after being thrown at.
The Throwing Knife is also the default Tactical for Infected players in Infected. The Infected players have Quickdraw Pro as a default perk to allow for easy kills. Later in the games, especially when there is a lot of Infected players it is quite difficult for the Survivors to be watching out for them and avoid the knives as the same time.
Throwing Knife MW3.png|The knife about to be thrown.
Throwing Knife texture MW3.png
==Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3: Defiance==
The Throwing Knife appears once again in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3: Defiance, with a completely new aspect. However, apart from graphical changes, it behaves almost identically to the Call of Duty: Black Ops (DS) variant
Throwing Knife MW3DS.png|The knife.
==Call of Duty: Black Ops II==
The Throwing Knife makes a brief appearance in the mission "Suffer With Me" where Woods uses one to take down a guard about to shoot a flare gun. Killing the guard with the Throwing Knife is essential for a challenge in the level.
Throwing Knife BOII.png|Holding the throwing knife as Mason takes out a guard.
==Call of Duty Online==
The Throwing Knife returns in Call of Duty Online.
==Call of Duty: Ghosts==
The Throwing Knife returns in Call of Duty: Ghosts. It is used by the Maniac Pointstreak, as well as on the default loadout of the "Infected" in Infected and is required to win Gun Game. It acts very similarly to its predecessors. 
===Campaign===
The Throwing Knife is used very briefly in campaign in the level "Federation Day". However, instead of using a usual knife, the player uses the Push Dagger.
===Multiplayer===
It can be bought in multiplayer for six Squad Points. It is helpful when being stealthy as the player can kill enemies without making much noise. The Throwing Knife is also found in the last tier of Gun Game with the Combat Knife. Getting a kill with the Throwing Knife wins the game. It is also used in Infected by infected players, and in the Maniac pointstreak.
===Safeguard===
It can be obtained in Safeguard from Supply Drop crates. It replaces the I.E.D.s if taken. It is recommended to stick with the I.E.D.s instead as they can kill multiple enemies while the Throwing Knives can only kill one enemy at a time.
===Gallery===
Throwing Knife Animation CoDG.png|Throwing the knife
Throwing Knife Animation 2 CoDG.png|Preparing to throw the knife.
Federation Day Throwing knife 1 CoDG.png|The Push Dagger being prepared in "Federation Day".
Federation Day Throwing knife 2 CoDG.png|The Push Dagger being thrown at an enemy.
== Call of Duty: Black Ops III ==
=== Campaign ===
Jacob Hendricks uses a Throwing Knife to kill a 54i soldier in the mission Vengeance.
=== Zombies ===
Nero Blackstone uses a Throwing Knife to kill his wife when preforming "a magic trick" during the intro of Shadows of Evil.
Nero Throwing Knife 1 BO3.png
Nero Throwing Knife 2 BO3.png
==Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare==
The Throwing Knife is only available in Infected and All or Nothing in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. In Infected, the infected are only allowed to use it. It is replaced by the Bio Spike for use in other multiplayer modes and Zombies, where the only difference between them is that when the Bio Spike hits an enemy body it provides a mini-explosion that can kill other enemies around them, and the player who threw it if close enough.
==Call of Duty: WWII==
The Throwing Knife returns in Call of Duty: WWII.
===Multiplayer===
==Call of Duty: Modern Warfare==
The Throwing Knife returns in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. Its appearance is very similar to the Combat Knife. 
===Campaign===
In the campaign, it is used by Farah Karim in the mission Embedded and is found in the level for the player to use.
===Multiplayer===
In multiplayer, players can use the Throwing Knife as a melee weapon which deals one-hit kills if they have it equipped and as long as they have any knives with them, or else they will resort to using the butt-stocks of their respective gun. Throwing knives are replenished with the Scavenger perk equipped, and/or with the Restock perk equipped.
Thrown knives can be collected once again. Unlike most games, thrown knives can bounce off walls and the ground in certain situations. They can be repelled away by explosions, further increasing its lethality.
In Infected, infected players equip a pair of Throwing Knives along with a Tactical Insertion as a Tactical.
There are variants of the Throwing Knife which only serve a cosmetic purpose and don't have any effect in gameplay.
==Call of Duty: Mobile==
Whilst the Throwing Knife itself is unusable within Call of Duty: Mobile, Édouard "Templar" Couteau utilizes them within the comics, first seen in Season 12 Going Dark. Mara is also seen throwing a knife at a guard in the Season 12 comics.
===Gallery===
CODM Templar Knives.jpg|Templar throwing multiple Throwing Knives.
CODM Dead Soldiers.jpg|Dead soldiers having been stabbed by Templar.
CODM Charly Flashback 8.png|Charly is wounded by a Throwing Knife.
==Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War==
Bell briefly uses a throwing knife in one of the sequences for Break on Through.
==Call of Duty: Vanguard==
The Throwing Knife returns in Call of Duty: Vanguard and functions the same as in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.
In zombies, the player can hold up to 5 throwing knives and can be crafted for 300 Salvage at a Crafting Table.
==Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II==
The Throwing Knife returns in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and functions similarly to how it did in previous games.
===Campaign===
In the campaign, Gaz uses throwing knives in the mission Wetwork. In the intro cinematic of Prison Break, Ghost hurls a throwing knife at Rodolfo Parra at Vargas' safehouse.
===Skins===
Skin 	Image	How to Obtain
Deliverance	 	Reactive Pack: Soulless Bundle
Ice Spike 	 	Tracer Pack Elementals: Iceflow Bundle
==Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III==
The Throwing Knife returns in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III and functions similarly to how it did in previous games.
==Call of Duty: Black Ops 6==
The Throwing Knife returns in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 exclusively in Campaign.
==Videos==
Call of duty Modern Warfare 2 Throwing Knife Tips Tutorial Range and Types By Xplict91|Knife throwing demonstration at effective range
Myth Madness 18 of 21|Destroying a Harrier with a throwing knife
==Trivia==
===General===
*The knife has the Infinity Ward logo embedded on the side in games made by them (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Call of Duty: Ghosts).
*Since corpses disappear faster than the knife, a knife may fall off of a corpse and still kill anyone it hits on the way down.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egW7yIB5jxY
*On the throwing knife, there are the words "Ryan Lastimosa", an Infinity Ward employee.
*At extreme angles, it is possible for the Throwing Knife to ricochet and cover greater distances.
**It is possible for a Throwing Knife to ricochet on the dead body (because dead bodies count as a solid objects until they fall to the ground) and score a kill.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1bKk0DfbCk
*It is possible for a Throwing Knife to penetrate the Riot Shield and hit the arm of the player that uses the Riot Shield, killing the player.
===Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2===
*Near some boxes in Skidrow is an irretrievable knife that's stuck in a table.
*The metal detectors in Terminal light up when knives are thrown through them.
*A knife that is stuck through glass will be suspended in the air if said glass is shot (same with C4).
*Originally, soldiers in every faction in multiplayer were to yell "Throwing a knife!" in their language when one was thrown.
*The symbol for the throwing knife in Create-a-Class is different from the actual knife thrown.
===Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II===
*If a knife is thrown from underwater, it will travel much more slowly, and if it is thrown out of water, it will simply hit the surface and cease all momentum upwards, going back down.
**If a knife is thrown underwater and hits another target underwater, it will not immediately kill them. However, one can be killed with multiple knife impacts.
==References==
Category:Call of Duty Online Lethal Equipment
Category:Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Lethal Equipment
Category:Call of Duty: Black Ops Single Player Weapons
Category:Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Lethal Equipment
Category:Call of Duty: Black Ops Lethal Equipment
Category:Call of Duty: Black Ops (Nintendo DS) Lethal Equipment
Category:Modern Warfare 2: Ghost Lethal Equipment
Category:Call of Duty: Ghosts Lethal Equipment
Category:Call of Duty: Black Ops II Lethal Equipment
Category:The Vet & The n00b Equipment
Category:Call of Duty: Black Ops III Lethal Equipment
Category:Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Lethal Equipment
Category:Call of Duty: WWII Lethal Equipment
Category:Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) Lethal Equipment
Category:Call of Duty: Warzone Lethal Equipment
Category:Call of Duty: Vanguard Lethal Equipment
Category:Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Lethal Equipment
Category:Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 Lethal Equipment
Category:Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III Lethal Equipment
Category:Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile Lethal Equipment
Category:Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Lethal Equipment