Dao-Slithering

MeleePermanentAdded Jun 2025

The ceremonial Dao, known as the "Imperial Sword," once served the royal court. This gold and jade version was forged with ancient energy and is filled with auras that will help you in fights against Zombies. Tip: In ZM Mode, a fully charged "Venom Blade Slash" deals explosive damage and grants brief immunity.

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Slash 74 120 to the head

Stab 99 161 to the head

Reach 4 52° arc

How to get it

None of our sources says how this weapon is obtained.

Checked against 3 sources

Z8Games’ weapon list Not sold; no source given
The game’s item table Not in it (the table stops at 2013)
CrossFire Wiki No page of its own

Melee attacks

Attack	Base	Head	Chest	Legs	Chest hits to kill
Slash 1	92	119.6	73.6	46	2
Slash 2	92	119.6	73.6	46	2
Stab	124	161.2	99.2	62	2

Slash reach3.5 · 52° arc
Stab reach3.65 · 46° arc
Slash animation speed×1
Stab animation speed×1

Handling

Fire modeSlash
Right clickStab
Range4
Movement speedno penalty
Draw animation×1

Through armour and walls

Through a helmet90% of damage
Through body armour90% of damage
Shoots through wallsNo
Shoots through playersNo

Against other melee

Magazine Better than 50%
Range Better than 88%
Movement penalty Better than 100%

Ranked among melee with game data. Lower is better for time to kill, falloff and movement penalty.

Other versions in the game files

The game keeps separate copies of some weapons for particular modes (zombie and mutation modes often get bigger magazines). These are the copies that differ from the one above.