Throwing Knife

Throwing Knives belong to the Archer, or rather to its secret side, the Oriental Assassin. After the level 40 promotion an Archer can use the Path of Shadow skill, which needs at least one Throwing Knife equipped, to switch into Assassin form.

In Assassin form every knife skill is open but no bow skill is; use Path of Shadow again to go back to the bow. So a knife is worth carrying even for an Archer who mostly plays with arrows.

Like other gear, you climb the line in the Forging window: Meteors raise the item's level and Dragon Balls raise its quality, each without touching the other (see item quality, Meteors and Dragon Balls). Plus levels add more on top.

From level 115 a knife also asks for knife proficiency: 10 for levels 115 to 120, 11 for 121 and 122, and 12 from level 123 on. Proficiency grows as you fight with the weapon (see Weapon skills).

Up to level 120 there is a new knife about every 5 levels, from the Willow Knife to the Polar Knife. After that four models share the top levels: Luna (121–124), Valiant (125–129), Royal Blood (130–134) and Fantasy (135–140).

Picture	Level	Model	Proficiency needed	Attack (min–max)
	15	Spiked Knife	—	84–107
	40	Nothosaur Knife	—	231–290
	70	Shadow Flying Knife	—	476–595
	100	Hades Knife	—	700–875
	115	Frosty Knife	10	1246–1558
	120	Polar Knife	10	1711–2140
	130	Royal Blood Knife	12	3133–3594
	140	Fantasy Knife	12	3845–4324

Each model is listed in Normal, Refined, Unique, Elite and Super quality, and every step adds to the stats. Here is the same level 120 item in each quality: