Everyone on Rook Island tends to do at least a little hunting or fishing, so everyone also tends to carry a knife. It makes sense they’d take up competitive knife throwing.
You unlock a Knife Throwing minigame in Amanaki Town by clearing the “Secure the Outpost” story mission (pg. 105), and as you retake the island from Vaas and Hoyt, more villagers will show up looking for a game. Knife throwing is marked on your map with a
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Wherever you play it, the game’s the same; challenge an islander to some target practice and put a little cash down on the outcome. You can run as many practice rounds as you like for free, or bet $50, $100, or $200 with the guy running the game.
When you push the button to throw your knife, a slider appears and travels along a gauge. The sooner you throw, the less power Jason puts into it, but if you wait to release until you’re in the red zone, you’re likely to miss the target entirely. You score 5 points for a hit on the outer ring, 10 for a hit on the white ring, 25 points if you hit the inner white ring, and a cool 100 points for a bullseye.
Knife throwing is a good way to earn some extra money early in the game. It takes some practice, but the AI does not get appreciably more skilled based upon the value of the wager. Your knife-throwing record does not count towards any statistics tracked in the Handbook, and you do not need to play the game at all for 100% completion.