Throwing knives

"A favorite weapon of assassins in the Far East for centuries, throwing knives can be deadly when wielded by a master but are more generally used when it becomes desirable to send a message. The message is usually 'Your death is coming on swift feet.'"

- description of Throwing Knives

A throwing knife are a low-tech skill weapon in Deus Ex.

Background
A knife designed and weighted to be optimized for throwing. Each is composed of a single piece of steel, forged into a double-edged blade for increased striking surface area.

Game item
These weapons are rare in the game, but if used by an agent trained in handling low-tech weapons, they can be deadly. Like other low-tech weapons, they are most lethal if used from the back of the target and they work well only against organic enemies other than karkians.

Another, less obvious use of throwing knives is as a distraction when stealthing. Throwing one into a wall will make a sound which will cause non-alerted enemies to rotate towards it, making them easy pickings. Afterwards the knife can be retrieved from the wall.

Locations

 * UNATCO HQ (first visit): a pack of three on a NSF corpse on the operation table in the medical centre in level 3.
 * Luminous Path Complex: two stacks of five are in the sparring room that lead to Tong's lab.
 * Hong-Kong: Killing and looting Gordon Quick yields four.
 * Paris Catacomb: a pack of five on a chest in the area just after the entry of the Silhouette bunker.
 * Paris Streets: two pack of five on the entry table and one pack of five on the coffee table in the flat of an arms dealer.
 * Paris Cathedral: a pack of five on a locked cabinet in the right room above the computer room's. A WiB patrol inside.
 * Ton Hotel (first visit): a pack of four in the north room hidden around the side of the bed in the bedroom.

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