Newcastle's attack was once again their biggest issue on Friday night in Christchurch, and now averages just 7.2 points across the side's past five outings.
Their right edge also struggled to defuse Chanel Harris-Tavita's kicking game close to the line as Newcastle fell to a match-defining 16-0 half-time deficit.
Newcastle have not led any game on their longest losing streak for nearly three years and could slip to last on the ladder if they fall to South Sydney at Magic Round next week.
"We're down on confidence, no doubt. But it's not going to turn for us - we've got to make it happen," Knights coach Adam O'Brien said.
"Some of it is some personnel. We've got some young guys out there with our experienced guys missing. Some confidence and connection stuff.
"If it was an easy answer, it'd be fixed by now."
Newcastle can take some confidence from recent history; they memorably sat 14th on the ladder after 19 rounds in 2023 before riding a Kalyn Ponga-inspired surge into the top eight.
But even superstar fullback Ponga is struggling to spark the Knights, who'd never had this long a losing streak two seasons ago.
"We've spoken about high accountability and working hard and being really disciplined and connected," O'Brien said, when asked which lessons he could take from previous slow starts.
Halves pairing Harris-Tavita and Luke Metcalf were superb for a Warriors side that remains entrenched in the top four through eight rounds with a 5-2 record.
The Warriors' first two tries came on the back of Harris-Tavita's kicks inside the red zone, first as Kurt Capewell regathered the ball to find Adam Pompey, then as Ali Leiataua sent an inside pass to Jackson Ford.
Metcalf dragged Greg Marzhew's arm into touch as the winger looked certain to score the Knights' first try before grabbing an intercept from opposite man Jack Cogger and sprinting 65 metres ahead of Wayde Egan's second-half try.
"I feel like our spine's working out how they want to do things," said Warriors coach Andrew Webster.
"We controlled (the game) really well, I thought. There's lots of room for improvement.
"One day we're going to put it all together, hopefully."
By contrast, Knights halves Cogger and Fletcher Sharpe each sprayed a kick dead on their side's first two advances towards the line.
In another wasted chance, James Schiller dropped the ball when he looked certain to score from a Dane Gagai tap-on, the toughest moment on a tough night for the right winger.
The Warriors scored minutes after each of Newcastle's two first-half tries scrubbed out by the bunker, with Ford backing up in support to seal his first double.
"He's a pretty modest guy, Jacko, but if I was him I'd be bragging," said Webster.
Gagai set Schiller up by burning Leiataua down the right edge 10 minutes after the break.
But Metcalf's intercept dampened the Knights' spirits only minutes later and Pompey sealed his own double to seal the win in the last 10 minutes.
The Warriors' Marata Niukore and Newcastle's Leo Thompson could be charged by the match review committee after they were sin-binned in the first five minutes, the latest players ordered off amid the NRL's stricter stance on high shots.
O'Brien questioned whether referees would need to use the sin bin so frequently had the NRL not introduced rules aimed at making the game faster, such as the six-again rule.
"Accidents are going to happen when the game is this fast and there's that much fatigue. And we've done that - we've made the rule changes," he said.
"It's a hard game for these boys to play at the moment."
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