Ritual Knife

The Ritual Knife is a unique weapon $$

Gameplay
The Ritual Knife is a unique variant of the Knife. It deals more damage per hit and considerably more critical damage than the standard variant, and is three times as likely to deal a critical hit. It has a much lower AP cost in V.A.T.S. and is the second-lowest AP cost in the game. The Ritual Knife is much more durable than the standard variant.

Durability
The Ritual Knife can successfully strike about 1333 times from full condition before breaking.

Variants

 * Knife - The common variant found throughout the Capital Wasteland.
 * Ant's Sting - Obtained by siding with the AntAgonizer in The Superhuman Gambit, Ant's Sting is slightly stronger than the regular Knife, and deals poison damage over time.
 * Slasher Knife - Appears in Tranquility Lane and can only be obtained outside of the simulation through console commands.
 * Toy Knife - Using even less AP than the Ritual Knife (10 instead of 12) the Toy Knife uses the lowest amount of AP for any weapon $$ However, it does very little damage, much less than the regular Knife.

Location
The Ritual Knife is found in the caves beneath the ritual site, stuck in a skull on the sacrificing table near the Krivbeknih, after beginning the quest The Dark Heart of Blackhall.

Bugs
The Ritual Knife will sometimes fall inside the sacrificing table making it difficult to obtain. It is possible to dislodge it with explosives and/or third person view to pick it up.