Unique Pickman's Blade and Bowie Knife Buff

THIS MOD IS NOW OBSOLETE! NEW, CUSTOM MODEL, STANDALONE VERSION WITH NO REQUIREMENTS CAN BE FOUND HERE

Leaving this mod up and unhidden because I don't believe in breaking people's saves, just in case anyone's got some 426-hour game with this baked into it....

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original mod desc follows

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Bowie Knives - That's Not a Knife is a great mod I've been using for years, but Vanilla melee's base damage is just too low for how I tend to play.

This mod started out as a buff to the Bowie's base damage to keep them viable at harder difficulties and high levels. All three Bowie variants are changed (Puma, Winchester, Sawback).

But I've always hated that Pickman's Blade was just a vanilla Combat Knife..... so I made a custom appearance and name for it while I was at it. Also, all Serrated, Stealth Blade and Legendary Wounding bleed effects are improved.

Last and weirdest - discovered that applying bleed effects, in the base game, creates a detection event. As in, a sound to screw up your stealth - even tho all knives themselves are tagged as Silent weapons. Yyyyyyeah. Bleed effects are now silent.

This mod depends, of course, on Bowie Knives, and must come after it in your load order. Other than that, should be compatible with everything.

Want more sharp pointy things?

Think the Raider scum should have a sporting chance?

Install Raider Blades alongside this mod and paint the town red

It's not a dependency, but I also recommend VAFS if you intend to use melee in any kind of hardmode game. Its changes to the Blitz perk, especially, make running around with a big honkin' knife viable instead of suicidal, and is a lot of fun.

MY OTHER MODS CAN BE FOUND HERE