KA Bayonet
The KA Bayonet is a very rare military bayonet attachment in DayZ that fits KA-based rifles like the KA-101, KA-74, and KA-M. It can be used as a knife for cutting rags, opening cans, cutting bark and sticks, shaving, removing restraints, and skinning, and it can also be attached to compatible rifles as a bayonet.
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The KA Bayonet is a military bayonet attachment and knife tool in DayZ. It works with several KA-based assault rifles and doubles as a useful survival blade for everyday cutting and field tasks.
In-game description
“A bayonet for KA based assault rifles with a bayonet lug.”
Main Uses
- Attach to KA-101, KA-74, and KA-M rifles as a bayonet
- Cut clothing into rags
- Open canned food with 0% to 20% food loss
- Cut down shrubs and bushes for sticks
- Cut bark from trees
- Remove certain types of restraints from players
- Shave facial hair
- Skin and quarter dead animals or players
- Repair with a Sharpening Stone
How to use this item
Attach to a rifle
The KA Bayonet can be attached to compatible KA-based rifles and used as a bayonet.
Cut rags
Use the KA Bayonet to cut clothing into rags for medical use or crafting.
- Place clothing in your hands or on the ground.
- Use the KA Bayonet on the clothing.
- Select the cut into rags action.
Open canned food
The KA Bayonet can open canned food with only a small amount of food loss.
- Hold the can or the KA Bayonet.
- Use the bayonet to open the can.
- Expect roughly 0% to 20% food loss.
Cut bark
Use the KA Bayonet to cut bark from trees for survival crafting.
- Equip the KA Bayonet.
- Look at a valid tree.
- Use the cut bark action.
- Collect the bark.
Cut sticks
Use the KA Bayonet on shrubs and bushes to gather sticks.
- Equip the KA Bayonet.
- Approach a bush or shrub.
- Use the cut sticks action.
- Collect the sticks.
Remove restraints
The KA Bayonet can cut certain restraints off restrained players.
- Approach the restrained player.
- Equip the KA Bayonet.
- Use the remove restraints action if available.
Shave
The KA Bayonet can be used to shave facial hair.
- Equip the KA Bayonet.
- Use the shave interaction when available.
Skinning
Use the KA Bayonet to skin and quarter dead animals or players.
- Approach a dead animal or player body.
- Equip the KA Bayonet.
- Use the skinning / quartering action.
Repair the KA Bayonet
Use a Sharpening Stone to repair a damaged KA Bayonet.
- Place the KA Bayonet in your hands or inventory.
- Combine it with a Sharpening Stone.
- Repair it until its condition improves.
How to get KA Bayonet
- Loot military areas.
- Search military barracks, checkpoints, tents, and guard structures.
- Check weapon-related military loot spawns.
- Loot dead players in PvP areas.
Spawn info
- • The KA Bayonet is a military-only item.
- • It is listed as a very rare spawn.
- • It is both a weapon attachment and a useful survival knife.
Important notes
- The KA Bayonet is both a weapon attachment and a usable blade tool.
- It is compatible with the KA-101, KA-74, and KA-M.
- It can cut rags, open canned food, cut bark, cut sticks, remove restraints, shave, and skin bodies.
- Opening canned food with the KA Bayonet only spills about 0% to 20% of the contents.
- When used as an attached bayonet, it deals 20 health, 100 blood, 7 shock, and has a 100% bleed chance.
- It can be repaired with a Sharpening Stone.
- According to the DayZ Wiki, it was added in version 0.53.
- The wiki notes that it is likely based on the 6H4 AKM bayonet.