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title: "The Hungering Shank"
summary: "The Hungering Shank, unique Glass Shank. It was never full. It never will be."
status: in-game  # Exists in the current build; generated from or checked against its code
section: "Wiki"
html: hungering_shank.html
source: generated by www/wiki/*.ts from the game data (data/game.json)
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# The Hungering Shank

[In game]

> *Unique item*
>
> **The Hungering Shank**, Glass Shank
>
> Dagger  
> Physical damage: 3–10  
> Critical strike chance: 6.5%  
> Attacks per second: 1.5
>
> - (20–30)% increased Critical Strike Chance
>
> - Adds (3–5) to (9–14) Physical Damage to Attacks
> - Gain (4–6) Life per Enemy Hit
> - (30–40)% increased Critical Strike Chance
>
> It was never full. It never will be.

- **Base:** [Glass Shank](../../../wiki/items/bases/glass_shank.md)
- **Slot:** Weapon
- **Drops from:** Depth 5
- **Modifiers:** 3, plus the base's implicit

## An example drop

> *Unique item*
>
> **The Hungering Shank**, Glass Shank
>
> Dagger  
> Physical damage: 6–21  
> Critical strike chance: 8.71%  
> Attacks per second: 1.5
>
> - 23% increased Critical Strike Chance
>
> - Adds 3 to 11 Physical Damage to Attacks
> - Gain 5 Life per Enemy Hit
> - 34% increased Critical Strike Chance
>
> It was never full. It never will be.

Rolled by the game's generator. Every value lands somewhere in its range.

## Drop chance

The chance that an item drop is The Hungering Shank, with no item rarity bonus. It shrinks as deeper uniques join the pool.

| Depth | Uniques in the pool | Per item drop | Per normal monster kill |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 5 | 2 | 0.25% (1 in 400) | 1 in 3,333 |
| 8 | 3 | 0.17% (1 in 600) | 1 in 5,000 |
| 11 | 4 | 0.13% (1 in 800) | 1 in 6,667 |
| 12 | 6 | 0.083% (1 in 1,200) | 1 in 10,000 |
| 15+ | 7 | 0.071% (1 in 1,400) | 1 in 11,667 |

Other uniques: [Cinderstep](../../../wiki/items/uniques/cinderstep.md), [Crown of the Drowned King](../../../wiki/items/uniques/drowned_crown.md), [Stormglass Loop](../../../wiki/items/uniques/stormglass.md), [Twinflame](../../../wiki/items/uniques/twinflame.md), [Ashen Heart](../../../wiki/items/uniques/ashen_heart.md), [Grave Mantle](../../../wiki/items/uniques/grave_mantle.md)