Tribalman's Shiv

Tribalman's Shiv
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Basic Information
Used by:	Sniper
Slot:	Melee
Contributed by:	New_
Released:	May 20, 2010 Patch (Second Community Contribution Update)
Availability:	Drop, Craft, Purchase, Uncrate #43 (Strange) or Chemistry Set (Collector's)
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Craftable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	No
Medieval:	Yes
Available Qualities
Unique Vintage Strange Collector's
Loadout Stats
The Tribalman's Shiv Level 5 Kukri On Hit: Bleed for 6 seconds -50% damage penalty

“

Let's see how much blood's in ya! Click to listen — The Sniper on bleed damage

”

The Tribalman's Shiv is a community-created melee weapon for the Sniper. It is a stylized kukri composed of reddish wood with a curved edge in front and a serrated edge on its broad side.

The weapon deals 50% less damage than the Kukri, but causes the opponent to bleed and lose health for 6 seconds. Because of the reduced initial damage, direct contact with the opponent is not advised — the user should instead perform hit and run tactics to take down encroaching enemies like Spies that cloak when attacked.

The kill icon for the Tribalman's Shiv was contributed by NeoDement.

The Tribalman's Shiv was later contributed to the Steam Workshop, at Valve's request.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage

[collapse]Damage and function times
Damage type		Melee
Ranged or Melee damage?		Melee
Damage
Base damage	100%	33
Critical		98
Mini-crit		44
Bleeding		8 / s 48 total
Bleeding (mini-crit)		10 / s 60 total
Function times
Attack interval		0.8 s
Bleeding duration		6 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Dead Ringer		Huntsman		Tribalman's Shiv
	+		=

Class Token - Sniper		Slot Token - Melee		Scrap Metal		Possible Results
	+		+		=

As a crafting ingredient

Tribalman's Shiv		Sandman		Boston Basher
	+		=

Strange variant

[expand]Strange variant information

Strange Tribalman's Shiv Strange Kukri - Kills: 0 On Hit: Bleed for 6 seconds -50% damage penalty

Compatible Strange parts Strange Part: Damage Dealt Strange Cosmetic Part: Fires Survived Strange Part: Allied Healing Done Strange Part: Allies Extinguished Strange Part: Scouts Killed Strange Part: Soldiers Killed Strange Part: Pyros Killed Strange Part: Demomen Killed Strange Part: Heavies Killed Strange Part: Engineers Killed Strange Part: Medics Killed Strange Part: Snipers Killed Strange Part: Spies Killed Strange Part: Cloaked Spies Killed Strange Part: Low-Health Kills Strange Part: Posthumous Kills Strange Part: Kills While Übercharged Strange Part: Defender Kills Strange Part: Underwater Kills Strange Part: Critical Kills Strange Part: Gib Kills Strange Part: Kills While Explosive Jumping Strange Part: Headshot Kills Strange Part: Airborne Enemies Killed Strange Part: Burning Enemy Kills Strange Part: Medics Killed That Have Full ÜberCharge Strange Part: Unusual-Wearing Player Kills Strange Part: Point-Blank Kills Strange Part: Long-Distance Kills Strange Part: Domination Kills Strange Part: Revenge Kills Strange Part: Full Moon Kills Strange Part: Halloween Kills Strange Part: Kills During Victory Time Strange Part: Kills with a Taunt Attack Strange Part: Buildings Destroyed Strange Part: Sappers Destroyed Strange Part: Robots Destroyed Strange Part: Giant Robots Destroyed Strange Part: Robot Spies Destroyed Strange Part: Tanks Destroyed Strange Part: Robots Destroyed During Halloween Strange Part: Projectiles Reflected Strange Cosmetic Part: Freezecam Taunt Appearances Strange Part: Killstreaks Ended Strange Part: Player Hits

Related achievements

 Sniper

Be Polite Provide an enemy with a freezecam shot of you doffing your hat. Kook the Spook Kill 10 Spies with your Kukri.

Jarate Chop Jarate and then kill 3 enemies with your Kukri.

Update history

May 20, 2010 Patch (Second Community Contribution Update)

• The Tribalman's Shiv was added to the game.

May 27, 2010 Patch

• The Tribalman's Shiv was given a kill icon.
• Death by bleeding now shows the bleed kill icon. Previously it was whatever weapon the Sniper was holding at the time (or if holding Jarate or dead, the suicide/environmental death kill icon.)

July 8, 2010 Patch (Engineer Update)

• Changed attributes:
  • The bleed duration reduced to 6 seconds. (was 8)
  • The damage penalty increased to 50%. (was 35%)

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

• [Undocumented] The Tribalman's Shiv's view model was updated to match the world model.

December 21, 2010 Patch

• [Undocumented] The Tribalman's Shiv was added to the crafting blueprint for the Boston Basher.

February 14, 2011 Patch

• Fixed melee attacks not destroying remote detonation pipes (Stickybombs).

June 3, 2011 Patch

• Added new community contributed response rules to the Tribalman's Shiv.

July 22, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] The damage bonus attribute was changed from "-50% damage done" to "-50% damage penalty".

April 27, 2012 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Strange Quality.

November 12, 2013 Patch

• Added Collector's quality.

Trivia

• Originally, the creator of the Shiv intended to make the viewmodel as it is now, but on a Critical hit the knife would be turned so that the serrated edge would strike the enemy. This required custom animations which neither the creator nor Valve were willing to make. As a result, the animation was never implemented.
• The Tribalman's Shiv took approximately 7 and a half hours to make, from formulating the idea to submitting it.
• The Sniper achievement Dead Reckoning can be earned by killing an enemy with bleeding after the player has died.
• The Sniper achievement Shoot The Breeze can be earned by killing an enemy Spy with bleeding while the Spy is cloaked.

Gallery

• 

  First-person view.

• 

  Steam Workshop thumbnail for the Tribalman's Shiv.

See also

• Tribalman's Shiv strategy