Huge carving knife made to cleanly butcher the human body. Signature weapon of the Ogress Anastasia, known to have eaten countless Tarnished while disguised as a Finger Maiden. Restores a very small amount of HP when it squarely strikes an enemy.

Dropped by Anastasia, Tarnished-Eater. This weapon comes pre-infused with the Sacred enhancement by default, although it has no custom Ash of War on it. If playing with beginning patches, Anastasia drops a Standard Butchering Knife with no Ash of War. Since it has Sacred affinity but no Ash of War, it seems to be a bug by the programmers but you can revert it to its base Standard affinity by infusing it with any Ash of War and then removing it. Barbaric Roar. This weapon can be infused with Ashes of War. Butchering Knife can be upgraded by using Smithing Stones Hitting an enemy restores 1 HP per hit, regardless of speed of the attack. As such certain arts, such as Wild Strikes, or backstabbing, which hits twice, are more effective than usual. Confirmed to work the Golden Land ash of war, with each beam healing the user per hit. Has the lowest Strength requirement of all Greataxe class weapons. This allows one to utilize some two-handed weapons Ashes of War such as Golden Land, Prelate's Charge and Waves of Darkness with bare minimum Strength investment. Sale value: 200 Runes. The Butchering Knife can be infused with Ashes of War. See usable Ashes of War. All Affinities Ash of War: Barbaric Roar (Default) Ash of War: Lion's Claw Ash of War: Spinning Slash Ash of War: Stamp (Upward Cut) Ash of War: Stamp (Sweep) Ash of War: Wild Strikes Ash of War: Stormcaller Ash of War: Sword Dance Ash of War: Vacuum Slice Ash of War: Earthshaker Ash of War: Storm Stomp Ash of War: Kick Ash of War: Ground Slam Ash of War: Hoarah Loux's Earthshaker Ash of War: Determination Ash of War: Royal Knight's Resolve Ash of War: Cragblade Ash of War: War Cry Ash of War: Beast's Roar Ash of War: Troll's Roar Ash of War: Braggart's Roar Ash of War: Endure Ash of War: Quickstep Ash of War: Bloodhound's Step Ash of War: Raptor of the Mists Only Standard, Heavy, Keen, Quality, Fire, and Flame Art Ash of War: Prelate's Charge Ash of War: Eruption Ash of War: Flaming Strike Ash of War: Flame of the Redmanes Only Standard, Heavy, Keen, Quality, Lightning, and Sacred Ash of War: Sacred Blade Ash of War: Prayerful Strike Ash of War: Golden Land Ash of War: Thunderbolt Ash of War: Lightning Slash Ash of War: Lightning Ram Ash of War: Golden Slam Ash of War: Golden Vow Ash of War: Sacred Order Ash of War: Shared Order Only Standard, Heavy, Keen, Quality, Magic, and Cold Ash of War: Gravitas Ash of War: Chilling Mist Ash of War: Hoarfrost Stomp Ash of War: Waves of DarknessWavepped by Anastasia, Tarnished-Eater. This weapon comes pre-infused with the Sacred enhancement by default, although it has no custom Ash of War on it. If playing with beginning patches, Anastasia drops a Standard Butchering Knife with no Ash of War. Since it has Sacred affinity but no Ash of War, it seems to be a bug by the programmers but you can revert it to its base Standard affinity by infusing it with any Ash of War and then removing it. Barbaric Roar. This weapon can be infused with Ashes of War. Butchering Knife can be upgraded by using Smithing Stones Hitting an enemy restores 1 HP per hit, regardless of speed of the attack. As such certain arts, such as Wild Strikes, or backstabbing, which hits twice, are more effective than usual. Confirmed to work the Golden Land ash of war, with each beam healing the user per hit. Has the lowest Strength requirement of all Greataxe class weapons. This allows one to utilize some two-handed weapons Ashes of War such as Golden Land, Prelate's Charge and Waves of Darkness with bare minimum Strength investment. Sale value: 200 Runes. The Butchering Knife can be infused with Ashes of War. See usable Ashes of War. All Affinities Ash of War: Barbaric Roar (Default) Ash of War: Lion's Claw Ash of War: Spinning Slash Ash of War: Stamp (Upward Cut) Ash of War: Stamp (Sweep) Ash of War: Wild Strikes Ash of War: Stormcaller Ash of War: Sword Dance Ash of War: Vacuum Slice Ash of War: Earthshaker Ash of War: Storm Stomp Ash of War: Kick Ash of War: Ground Slam Ash of War: Hoarah Loux's Earthshaker Ash of War: Determination Ash of War: Royal Knight's Resolve Ash of War: Cragblade Ash of War: War Cry Ash of War: Beast's Roar Ash of War: Troll's Roar Ash of War: Braggart's Roar Ash of War: Endure Ash of War: Quickstep Ash of War: Bloodhound's Step Ash of War: Raptor of the Mists Only Standard, Heavy, Keen, Quality, Fire, and Flame Art Ash of War: Prelate's Charge Ash of War: Eruption Ash of War: Flaming Strike Ash of War: Flame of the Redmanes Only Standard, Heavy, Keen, Quality, Lightning, and Sacred Ash of War: Sacred Blade Ash of War: Prayerful Strike Ash of War: Golden Land Ash of War: Thunderbolt Ash of War: Lightning Slash Ash of War: Lightning Ram Ash of War: Golden Slam Ash of War: Golden Vow Ash of War: Sacred Order Ash of War: Shared Order Only Standard, Heavy, Keen, Quality, Magic, and Cold Ash of War: Gravitas Ash of War: Chilling Mist Ash of War: Hoarfrost Stomp Ash of War: Waves of Darkness Only Standard, Heavy, Keen, Quality, Poison, Blood, and Occult Ash of War: Poisonous Mist Ash of War: White Shadow's Lure