Black Ops 1 Zombies Ballistic Knife Pack a Punch

For other weapons, see Spring Knife and Knife.

For similarly named sniper rifles, see Ballista and Ballista EM3.

The Ballistic Knife is a Special secondary weapon that appears in Call of Duty: Black Ops, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Call of Duty: Black Ops: Declassified, Call of Duty Online,Call of Duty: Black Ops III,Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, and Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. It also appears in several Finishing Moves in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.

1 Call of Duty: Black Ops
- 1.1 Campaign
- 1.2 Multiplayer
- 1.3 Zombies
- 1.4 Ballistic Knife vs. The Krauss Refibrillator
- 1.5 Achievement/Trophy
- 1.6 Gallery
2 Call of Duty: Black Ops II
- 2.1 Campaign
- 2.2 Multiplayer
- 2.3 Zombies
- 2.4 Ballistic Knife vs Krauss Refibrillator
- 2.5 Gallery
3 Call of Duty: Black Ops: Declassified
- 3.1 Campaign
- 3.2 Multiplayer
4 Call of Duty Online
- 4.1 Gallery
5 Call of Duty: Black Ops III
- 5.1 Gallery
6 Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
- 6.1 Specifications
- 6.2 Attachments
- 6.3 Zombies
- 6.4 Gallery
7 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
8 Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
- 8.1 Zombies
- 8.2 Blueprints
- 8.3 Gallery
9 Trivia
- 9.1 General
- 9.2 Call of Duty: Black Ops
- 9.3 Call of Duty: Black Ops II
- 9.4 Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
10 References

Call of Duty: Black Ops

Campaign

In the mission "Numbers", there is an unusable Ballistic Knife in the room where Clarke keeps his weapons.

Multiplayer

The Ballistic Knife is a secondary weapon.

The Ballistic Knife can either be used as a more effective melee attack, or used to shoot a projectile. The melee attack of the Ballistic Knife functions like the regular melee attack, except that the attack interval of the Ballistic Knife's melee attack is faster, making the user more adept at using their melee attack.

The fired projectile, if it hits a target, deals a flat 250 damage, regardless of range to the target, killing the target instantly. The fired projectile has no body multipliers, leaving no reason to aim for the head other than for challenge or humiliating enemies.

The fired projectile is not a hitscan weapon, instead following a slow, parabolic arc. This means that the user must not only adjust their aim to where they think the enemy will go when the projectile is in flight, instead of just where the enemy is at the current moment, but also adjust their aim to compensate for the projectile gradually falling as it is in flight, lest it hit the ground before it hits an enemy.

The Ballistic Knife fired projectile rate of fire is slow. It is a single shot weapon, so it must be reloaded after it is fired. The Ballistic Knife is capable of firing at 27 RPM. This rate of fire can be increased if using Sleight of Hand due to Sleight of Hand speeding up the reload of the Ballistic Knife.

The Ballistic Knife has superb handling qualities. Apart from the first switch to the Ballistic Knife, the Ballistic Knife uses quick drop and quick raise, much like the Handguns do, and the Ballistic Knife allows users to move at 100% of the base speed when deployed. There is no iron sights to speak of, nor need to aim down the sight. The Ballistic Knife reloads extremely quickly, with a 1.5 second reload animation, with the Reload Cancel being a swift 0.4 seconds. A reload cancel that fast allows users to fire the ballistic knife much more quickly than intended, especially if using Sleight of Hand, although the reload cancel is so fast that one who masters the reload cancel might not have the need for Sleight of Hand in the first place.

The Ballistic Knife come with two knifes, one already loaded and one in reserve. Scavenger Pro gives an extra knife in reserve.

Like the Tomahawk or Throwing Knife, fired knifes from the Ballistic Knife can be picked up and re-used.

It must be noted that, while the sound of the Ballistic Knife firing is very quiet, it will cause the user to appear as a red dot on radar, which can be very detrimental if using the Ballistic Knife aggressively and often.

Due to the Ballistic Knife having two different ways with which it can kill enemies, it is a versatile and common weapon to use on melee-only playstyles, in conjunction with the Tomahawk, to maximize melee prowess as well as give players an extended reach when necessary. It isn't common to see the Ballistic Knife used purely as a secondary weapon to another class.

The Ballistic Knife also appears in the Wager Match modes Gun Game, Sharpshooter, and Sticks and Stones. In Gun Game, it is used as tier 20 and the final weapon to be used. In order to win, the final kill must be made by firing the knife, not by stabbing with it. In Sticks and Stones, the Ballistic Knife is used as the secondary weapon and cannot be replaced.

Zombies

The Ballistic Knife is available through the Mystery Box for 950 points. The player is able to pick up knives after being stuck into zombies plus it allows for faster knifing and movement speed, as well as more damage per stab (one stab up to about round five without the Sickle or Bowie Knife). Although the Ballistic Knife has a much higher stabbing strength in Zombies, most players think this weapon is not useful due to its low ammo count, rate of fire, and damage. However, if there are multiple players in the game, the Ballistic Knife is a good secondary weapon, as when Pack-a-Punched via the Pack-a-Punch Machine, it can be very effective even at later rounds, in case the player's teammates are often down (more details on the Pack-a-Punched version below). If the Bowie Knife or Sickle is purchased, it will replace the regular melee knife when wielding the Ballistic Knife. This combination will be a one-hit kill to regular zombies up until round 10, a one-hit kill to Crawler Zombies up until round 13, and a one-hit kill to a Hellhounds until the third hellhound round. Even after, it is no longer able to instantly kill in one hit, it remains two hits up to almost round 20, and can still be just as lethal if in the right hands. The Ballistic Knife is very effective at making lots of points, due to its faster and more lethal knife attack. Therefore, (for the average player not skilled at running/knifing) if the player obtains the weapon at rounds four to ten, it is advised to use it with the combination of the Bowie Knife or a Sickle to make thousands of points. Once it loses its ability to kill with one knife attack, it should be upgraded and used until round 14. Even after round 14, it can kill the Crawler Zombies until round 16 with one stab. The user will also pull out the Ballistic Knife while downed instead of the usual pistol.

When Pack-a-Punched it becomes "The Krauss Refibrillator" and will revive a player instantly if hit by the blade, which will give the trophy/achievement "See Me, Stab Me, Heal Me". Note the fact that if the player is downed, their knives will not revive other players, it will down them instead.

As with all knife strategies, Juggernog is highly recommended, as in extremely close-quarters with a group of zombies, it is likely that the zombies will hit the player multiple times, making Juggernog necessary. However, even with Juggernog, it is still wise to back off after each knife to avoid getting hit too many times.

For runners, it is recommended that when attempting to knife multiple zombies, rather that directly plunging the blade into their gut resulting in time used to pull the blade out, the player should stab while looking near but not at the zombie. This causes you to slash with the knife rather than stab.

Ballistic Knife vs. The Krauss Refibrillator

	Ballistic Knife	The Krauss Refibrillator

Damage	500 melee or shot (1000 melee with Bowie Knife/Sickle)^[1]	1000 melee or shot (1500 for melee with Bowie Knife/Sickle)
Multiplier	Head: x2 Chest: x1 Abdomen: x1	Head: x2 Chest: x1 Abdomen: x1
Fire mode	Single-shot	Single-shot
Rate of fire	N/A	N/A
Magazine size	1	1
Max ammo	4+1	9+1
Reload	1.5	0.75
Mobility	High	High
Sounds		{{{papsound}}}
Extras		More damage, increased melee damage, more ammo, quicker reload, when a downed player is shot, they are revived instantly

Achievement/Trophy

See Me, Stab Me, Heal Me (15 / Bronze Trophy ) - Fire a Pack-a-Punched Ballistic Knife at a downed ally to revive them from a distance.

Gallery

Ballistic Knife 1st Person BO

The Ballistic Knife in first person

Ballistic Knife Reloading BO

Reloading animation

Ballistic Knife Preparing BO

Preparing the Ballistic Knife

Ballistic Knife Bowie Knife

Ballistic Knife Bowie Knife Lunging BO

Lunging with the Ballistic Knife/Bowie Knife combo

Ballistic Knife Sickle

Ballistic Knife Crosshair

Ballistic Knife cross-hair

Ballistic Knife Numbers BO

A non-interactive Ballistic Knife found in the campaign level "Numbers"

Ballistic Knife Projectile Fired

A blade fired from the Ballistic Knife in flight

Ballistic Knife Projectile

Blade after shot

Ballistic Knife Impact BO

A Ballistic Knife blade after impact

The Ballistic Knife's stats

ELITE Ballistic Knife

Render of the Ballistic Knife

Ballistic Knife pre-release BO

Ballistic Knife in the Customization Trailer