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Crowbar

General

Category

Tool/Weapon

Encumbrance

2

Equipped

Two-handed

Slot attached

Back

Function

Weapon, Pick up flooring

Skill

Long Blunt

Properties

Max condition

15

Performance

Damage type

Blunt

Damage

0.6–1.15

Door damage

8

Tree damage

0

Range

0.61–1.25

Attack speed

1

Knockback

0.5

Knockdown

0

Technical

Item ID

Base.Crowbar

A crowbar is a two-handed blunt weapon and tool.

Usage

The Crowbar is one of the best choices for a melee weapon in Project Zomboid. While it doesn't have outstanding damage or range, its usefulness lies in its utility in breaking down barricades and flooring, and its extremely high durability.

The crowbar can be attached to the character's back hotkey slot for quick access and weight reduction.

Pros	Cons
Highest durability of any weapon. Not too difficult to find, can even be found impaled in zombies. Very useful as a weapon and tool.	Cannot be repaired. Low knockdown chance and average damage.

Weapon

The crowbar is a two-handed weapon, however it can be equipped in one hand at the cost of reduced impact. In modes with multi-hit enabled, crowbars can hit up to three targets with a single swing.

Furniture pickup

• The crowbar can be considered a tool as it is the only item capable of picking up flooring. This is done by right-clicking a floor tile and selecting the floor tile in the context menu. Ensure that the crowbar is in the player's main inventory, otherwise the option may not appear.
• The crowbar is the only item capable of picking up windows from buildings. This is done by using the Pick-Up toggle mode, and then clicking the tile containing the window.

Barricades

Crowbars can be used to pry planks off of doors and windows, which makes it useful for breaking into barricaded buildings.

Condition

The crowbar has a maximum condition of 15 and the chance to lose condition is influenced by the maintenance and long blunt skills. With level 0 maintenance and long blunt skill the crowbar has a 1 in 70 chance to lose condition each hit. This low chance combined with its high maximum condition makes it the most durable melee weapon in the game. However, it cannot be repaired.

For how this is calculated, see: Durability

Maintenance skill	Weapon skill	Durability lower chance
0	0	1/70 (1%)
0	4	1/72 (1%)
0	8	1/74 (1%)
4	0	1/74 (1%)
8	0	1/78 (1%)
4	4	1/76 (1%)
4	8	1/78 (1%)
8	8	1/82 (1%)
10	10	1/84 (1%)

Distribution

The loot distributions can be found in the table(s) below.

Containers
Building/Room	Container	Rolls	Chance
SafehouseLoot	counter	4	1
all	toolcabinet	4	4
armyhanger	counter	4	4
bedroom	crate	1	0.4
cabinetfactory	crate	4	4
closet	crate	4	4
	metal_shelves	4	4
drugshack	counter	4	4
	crate	4	4
firestorage	metal_shelves	4	4
garagestorage	counter	4	4
gasstorage	counter	4	4
generalstore	metal_shelves	4	4
pawnshop	counter	4	4

The crowbar is usually found in warehouse crates and in tool shelves in sheds or warehouses.

Zombies

After 10 days have passed, crowbars can be found impaled in the back of zombies.

Vehicles

The crowbar does not spawn in any vehicle.

Code

Code snippet! This section contains source code from Project ZomboidShow / Hide

Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\items_weapons.txt

Retrieved: Build 41.78.16

item Crowbar
    {
        DisplayCategory = ToolWeapon,
        MaxRange	=	1.25,
        WeaponSprite	=	Crowbar,
        MinAngle	=	0.75,
        Type	=	Weapon,
        MinimumSwingTime	=	3,
        KnockBackOnNoDeath = TRUE,
        SwingAmountBeforeImpact	=	0.02,
        Categories	=	Blunt,
        Weight	=	2,
        ConditionLowerChanceOneIn	=	70,
        PushBackMod	=	0.5,
        SubCategory	=	Swinging,
        ConditionMax	=	15,
        MaxHitCount	=	3,
        DoorDamage	=	8,
        SwingAnim	=	Bat,
        CriticalChance	=	35,
        CritDmgMultiplier = 6,
        DisplayName	=	Crowbar,
        MinRange	=	0.61,
        SwingTime	=	3,
        HitAngleMod	=	-30,
        KnockdownMod	=	0,
        Icon	=	Crowbar,
        RunAnim	=	Run_Weapon2,
        BreakSound  =   CrowbarBreak,
        DoorHitSound = CrowbarHit,
        HitSound = CrowbarHit,
        HitFloorSound = CrowbarHit,
        SwingSound = CrowbarSwing,
        TreeDamage  =   0,
        MetalValue = 150,
        CriticalChance	=	20,
        CritDmgMultiplier = 2.5,
        MinDamage	=	0.6,
        MaxDamage	=	1.15,
        BaseSpeed = 1,
        TwoHandWeapon = TRUE,
        WeaponLength = 0.4,
        AttachmentType = BigBlade,
        Tags = Crowbar;RemoveBarricade,
    }

See also

• Hammer
• Shovel
• Tiles