Villager (Knives)

Villager (Knives)
A lone villager stumbles on your path... A lone villager stumbles on your path...

Inflicted phobias
Phobias	Nosophobia

Physical description
Species	Human (Moonscorched)

Item drops
Search	(2 Shillings) (Knife) (Cloth fragment) (Moldy bread)
Steal	(5 Shillings) (Blue vial)

Overworld data
HP	3 (+1 extra)
Executable	True
Gunslinger/Rifle	True
Marksmanship	True
HP to Damage	[Torso] -100 at 2 HP [Torso] -200 at 1 HP
Bear trap	Loses legs in Battle and Overworld
Booby trap	Stuns for 1.33 seconds, Applies Can't do shit 3 in Battle

Battle Theme
“Breath Of The Moon”

The Villager (Knives) is an Enemy encountered in Fear & Hunger 2: Termina.

Lore

The woman's appearance and clothing suggest that she may have been a regular resident of Prehevil's Old Town before being affected by the Moonscorch. Now, with blood-stained knives concealed beneath her apron, her empty gaze pierces through anyone who crosses her path, rendering words useless. Her thirst for blood is apparent, as are the effects of Moonscorch, particularly on her face.

Location & Behaviour

• 1 Villager (Knives) in Old Town - Gate
• 1 Villager (Knives) in Old House
  • Will move to the basement if not killed in Old Town - Gate
• 1 Villager (Knives) in Two-story House

Battle

Stats

Body Part	HP	Blunt	Slashing	Piercing	Fire	Otherwordly	Ev. Rate	Magic Ev.	Resistances
Head	20	100%	100%	130%	120%	120%	80%	40%	None
Torso	300 (1200)						None	None
Torso (Rot)	125 (500)						None	None
Right Arm	20						None	None
Left Arm	20						None	None
Right Leg	20						None	None
Left Leg	20						None	None

• Note: HP in parenthesis is only used for Damage-over-Time calculations.

Skills

Body Part	Skill	Effect	Condition	Chance	Success Rate
Torso	Tackle	Deals 13-19 Blunt damage, can knock Olivia off a wheelchair.	Arms are destroyed	100%	95%
Right Arm	Manic stab	Deals 15 Piercing damage, can cause Bleeding and Infected arm statuses.	Always	100%	70%
Left Arm	Manic stab	Deals 15 Piercing damage, can cause Bleeding and Infected arm statuses.	Always	100%	70%
	Psycho stab	Deals 12 Piercing damage 5 times, can cause Bleeding and Infected arm statuses.	Failed coin flip	100%	75%

• Note: The coin flip that initiates Psycho stab only happens if you started the fight with the Knives Villager while she is running at you.

Strategy

Fear & Hunger Mode

The best way to kill the Knives Villager is to attack the torso twice, this will probably infect you and make you bleed if you have no party members nor a good enough weapon that can kill them in one attack like Iron spear.

• If you want an almost guaranteed way to kill them without taking damage and with no party members then you need to get the Rifle .303 Mk I from Two-story House 2 (Requires a small key or lockpicking), the rifle deals piercing damage which the Villagers are weak to, so attacking the torso with the rifle will almost surely kill them in one shot.

Masoχ-S/M Mode

It's very hard to kill the Knives Villagers without taking damage in Masoχ-S/M mode because of the 50% damage resistance enemies get in that mode.
They are really not worth fighting in the start of Masoχ-S/M mode seeing they will almost surely bleed and infect you, and they are easy to run from so its better to just not fight them until you have enough healing items, if you do then just attack the torso twice while using a rev point on the second hit if you have any piercing weapon. otherwise you would need to attack the torso 3 times.

• Its not worth attacking the arms because they have a 30% chance to miss which is better than being hit with Tackle.
• Just make sure to not start the fight with them when they charge at you in the overworld or they will use a Coin flip attack on the start of the battle.

Dialogues

Battle start

• The eerie woman reveals blood stained knives underneath her apron. The empty gaze pierces through you as you feel your adrenaline run high!
  • Player: “Hold on! I don't want to start a fight!”
    • Your words are in vain. The villager is clearly out for blood.
  • Player: “What is going on here!?”
    • Your words are in vain. The villager is clearly out for blood.
  • Player: “I'm ready to defend myself, just so you know.”
    • Your words are in vain. The villager is clearly out for blood.

Talk

• Villager: “Stab, stab. Stab and stab.”
  • Player: [PERSUADE] “Something terrible has obviously happened. Let me help!”
    • Villager: “... Ka... Ka ka KA KAA!” You just managed to get her furious with your persuasion. Although maybe her reckless swings are now easier to evade? (+Furious)
    • If repeated:
    • Villager: “Kyaaaaaaaa...” She seems to be in a frenzy. Your pleads have no effect on her.
  • Player: [INTIMIDATE] “You'll need more than a stubby knife to harm me.”
    • Villager: “Ka...” The villager seems to be hesitating a little bit... (+Hesitation)
    • If repeated:
    • Villager: “Kya!” The woman swings her knives furiously in the air. Your threats go only on deaf ears.
  • Player: “Wait, please back away!”
    • Villager: “Kyaaaaaaaa...” She seems to be in a frenzy. Your pleads have no effect on her.
  • Player: “This is madness!”
    • Villager: The woman tilts her head sideways and continues closing in on you...
  • Player: “Just die already.”
    • Villager: “Kya!” The woman swings her knives furiously in the air. Your threats go only on deaf ears.
  • Player: Nevermind

Interactions

“The monstrosity is down...”

Action	Result	Flavour text
Use Brain flower	Success	“You've laid down the seed for the flower.”
Use Heart flower	Success	“You've laid down the seed for the flower.”
Beat her	Nothing	“No reaction, but each kick gives you satisfaction.”
Medical diagnosis	Nothing	Player: “The woman has severe burns and malformations around her body, especially on her face. Looks like her eyes are practically blinded by these. The blisters on her face are festering, but at the same time parts of her face have dried up to crisp seemingly from inside out. It doesn't appear to be caused by fire or explosion of any kind. The results have formed over longer period of time. The body itself is relatively frail. Weak against piercing attacks, fire and otherwordly powers.” If Daan is in the party: “The woman has severe burns and malformations around her body, especially on her face. Looks like her eyes are practically blinded by the these... The blisters on her face are festering, but at the same time parts of her face have dried up to crisp seemingly from inside out... It doesn't appear to be caused by fire or explosion of any kind. The results have formed over longer period of time. The body itself is relatively frail. Weak against piercing attacks, fire and otherwordly powers.”
Search	(2 Shillings) (Knife) (Cloth fragment) (Moldy bread)	Nothing
Leave	Success	Nothing
Devour (Unavailable) (Bug)	Success	“You devoured the remains.”
Harvest an organ	Success	Nothing
Saw off her head	(Villager head)	Nothing
Necromancy	Failure	“The soul is too corrupted and frail to be summoned back to the body. The necromancy failed.”

Trivia

• Work of Francis Bacon heavily influenced the final design of villagers and rifleman.
• The villagers have their faces twisted by the moonscorch, and all have a clear partition in the middle of the face that resembles Rher's half moon depiction in his Skin Bible or Needles's face paint.

Gallery

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  First sketches of the villagers.

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  Francis Bacon painting that influenced the design of knives villager the most.

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  Orange's comment.