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The Mysterious Stake Knife of Dead of the Night

The newest Call of Duty Black Ops 4 zombies experience, Dead of the Night, has arrived and brought with it a brand new cast of characters, expanded lore, and intriguing secrets to uncover One of the most unique and mysterious additions found in Dead of the Night is the mythical Stake Knife, a powerful melee weapon with roots in vampire hunting lore Obtaining the Stake Knife requires players to complete a complex series of steps, leading to an exceptional reward. This guide will cover everything you need to know about unlocking the Stake Knife and using it to its full potential against the undead.

Introducing Dead of the Night
Dead of the Night is set in 1912 and takes place at the Rhodes Manor in England. The map features four new characters: Shaw, Bruno, Diego, and Scarlett. It’s a dark and sinister setting filled with vampires, werewolves, and other horrors that go bump in the night. The design provides tight, close quarters around the mansion and more open spaces like the graveyard and forest. With a genuine creepy ambiance and emphasis on Easter eggs and secrets, Dead of the Night encourages exploration and puzzle solving. It’s a refreshing change of pace from previous zombies maps.

Players can find and improve new weapons, access new areas, and get special tools hidden in the mansion’s secrets to help them fight the supernatural forces that are taking over the grounds. One of these hidden gems is the Stake Knife, but you have to be patient and skilled to get it. Let’s talk about how to get this deadly tool for killing vampires.

What is the Stake Knife?
The Stake Knife lives up to its name – it’s a large stake made of wood shaped into a deadly knife. In folklore, wooden stakes were used to kill vampires by driving them through the heart. The Stake Knife allows players to directly wield this classic anti-vampire weapon. True to legend, it delivers instant kills to vampire type enemies with a satisfying stabbing animation.

It’s very strong in Dead of the Night, where there are lots of vampires, especially the dangerous Crimson Nosferatu. However, it possesses limitations as well. The one hit kill ability only lasts until round 16. Afterward, it takes multiple hits like a normal melee weapon. Adding the Ethereal Razor perk can help make up for this loss of damage. Even though its power has been capped, the Stake Knife is still one of the most interesting and fun zombie weapons in Black Ops 4.

How to Unlock the Stake Knife
With an understanding of what the Stake Knife is, let’s get into the meat of unlocking it. Players should be warned up front – acquiring the Stake Knife is no easy feat. It requires completing a main Easter egg quest filled with specific steps. Expect this to take at least an hour or longer depending on skill. YouTuber MrRoflWaffles has an excellent video guide covering the full process. Here is a general overview of what completing the quest entails:

• Activate power and unlock Pack-a-Punch
• Locate and memorize the order of the four elemental symbols scattered around the Forest area
• Shoot the corresponding element stones around the Greenhouse in the correct order
• Return to the symbol tree in the Forest and knife the symbols in the matching order
• Shield bash the carved symbols to make a branch fall that can be collected
• Bring the branch to the Mausoleum and fill it with vampire souls at the altar
• Craft the Stake Knife at the Cemetery workbench

Some of these steps have hidden requirements that make them even more difficult. One way for the player to shoot the elemental stones is with silver bullets from a special Weapon Box. The guide video goes into great detail about these subtleties to make sure no mistakes are made. You will probably have to run through the mansion a lot of times before you can finish the unlock quest.

Maximizing the Stake Knife’s Power
Completing the tedious unlock process comes with the reward of possessing a highly lethal weapon. A few tips will help you maximize killing potential during the rounds when the Stake Knife is still one hit killing machines.

• Upgrade with Ethereal Razor – Adding electrified razor wire through this perk helps the Stake Knife retain relevance in later rounds. The bonus damage can be the difference between life and death.

• Focus on vampires – Try to exclusively use the Stake Knife on vampire enemies before it loses one hit potential. Conserve ammo and stronger weapons for all other zombies.

• Don’t Rush – The Stake Knife requires getting very close to enemies to connect its fatal blow. Move strategically and avoid getting cornered. Patience is rewarded.

• Pack a Backup – Have a solid secondary weapon like a Pack-a-Punched shotgun handy for when the Stake Knife becomes ineffective or you get trapped.

Mastering the Stake Knife and slaying vampires effortlessly is extremely gratifying. The blood-soaked weapon will make you feel like a true legendary monster hunter.

In Dead of the Night, the Stake Knife is a unique and fun new way to cut down large groups of zombies. To use its vampire-killing power, you have to jump through a lot of complicated hoops on the mansion grounds. Once you get it, though, the work is well worth it because it lets players go on visceral melee hunts. If killing vampires sounds like fun, then start your search for this magical blade. Please be careful, have patience, and be ready to be drawn into the deep secrets that live in the dark at Rhodes Manor. The Stake Knife awaits any who dare seek it out.