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The Kukri is a Dagger in Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
Description[]
The Kukri is a "thrust-motion" weapon with the anti-flier Thrust damage attribute and a +19 ATK boost that puts it above the +14-ATK Baselard that is basically given to you for free early in the game. While you can also get a free Kukri, you would have to put in some work filling out the first five quests in Susie Quinn's food questline to earn it.
The earliest point you can get your hands on a Kukri is Dian Cécht Cathedral because the Poltergeists you start encountering there drop Oak at a 10% base rate, and it takes 2 Oak and 4 Iron to craft a Kukri. Iron drops from Blood Grinder Knight (8%) in Entrance and Garden of Silence, as well as Dullahammer (8%) all the way back in Galleon Minerva, and it is also found in blue chests in the Entrance.
Kukri happens to be the "material" needed to rank through Ranks 5, 6, and 7 of the Dagger Expertise shard dropped by the Killer Barbers in the Cathedral. Since it would cost 6,000G to buy copies of the Kukri after crafting it once, it is highly recommended that you rely on farming Iron and Oak to craft your own copies instead.
A Kukri can also be "upgraded" into a Poison Kukri (taking away 3 ATK points but adding the Poison ailment attribute) by using two Poison items generally harvested from Poison Toads. Poison Kukri can also drop from Blood Bug in Inferno Cave late in the game; this means that, if you are waiting until the end of the game to rank up shards like Dagger Expertise, you can dismantle two dropped Poison Kukris into one Kukri and two Poisons each, for 6 Alkahests each, letting you get the Kukris needed for the shard faster.
It is initially capable of the Assassinate technique, which causes an attack that follows the directional inputs ↓ ↙ ← → to spend 30 MP and make Miriam teleport forward to deal an attack from behind. Mastering it by repeatedly using it with the Kukri will allow you to use this technique with other daggers, though bear in mind that both of the strongest daggers in the game — Mandau Pasir and its "previous stage" Carnwennan — allow both Dagger techniques by default anyway.
Availability[]
- Can be crafted from Iron ×4 and Oak ×2.
- Can be bought from Dominique's store for 6,000G.
- Quest reward from Susie's fifth quest, "Craving a Baked Dish," which requires submitting Macaroni Gratin.
Usage[]
While Kukri is equipped, Miriam's attack becomes the "dagger thrust" with a +19 ATK boost and the Thrust attribute.
It is initially capable of the Assassinate technique (30 MP, Down → Down-Back → Back → Forward + Attack), which will be passed onto all daggers once mastered.
Kukri is a material used for crafting the following item:
- Poison Kukri (Kukri ×1, Poison ×2)
Kukri is used for enhancing the following shard:
- Dagger Expertise Ranks 5, 6, 7 (Kukri ×1)