Suture Needle

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Suture Needle

General

Category

First Aid

Encumbrance

0.1

Function

Stitch a deep wound

Properties

Material

Metal

Metal quantity

5

Technical

Item ID

Base.SutureNeedle

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Used in the treatment of deep wounds.

— In-game tooltip

This article is about the medical needle used for stitching deep wounds. For the sewing needle, see Needle.

A suture needle is an item used in first aid.

Usage

A suture needle can be used to stitch a deep wound. Alternatively, if a suture needle is not available, a needle can be used with thread, however it will cause the player more pain.

A suture needle is a one use item, and will be consumed once used.

Crafting

Product	Ingredients	Tools	Requirements	Workstation	XP
Mattress	Thread ×2 unit(s) Sheet ×5 Pillow ×5	Needle (tag)	none	none	none

Stitch

Main article: Health

An untreated deep wound will continue to damage the player, which can be treated temporarily with a bandage, however making it dirty within a few seconds. Therefore, stitching a deep wound is the wisest treatment for a deep wound. This should be done with a suture needle, however can also be done with a standard needle and thread which will cause the player more pain.

A stitch should never be bandaged, as it increases the healing rate by approximately 6-fold, while also increasing the chance of infection. A sterilized bandage will prevent the stitch from becoming infected, however will still increase the healing rate, therefore is only recommended if the stitch is already infected and other means of disinfecting are not available.

The player will be granted first aid experience after both performing the stitch and removing stitches once it has healed completely.

Distribution

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

SutureNeedle distribution Show / Hide

Effective chance calculations are based off of default loot settings, and median zombie density. The higher the density of zombies in an area, the higher the effective chance of an item spawning. Chance is also influenced by the lucky and unlucky traits.

Containers

Building/Room	Container	Effective chance
Bag_DoctorBag	Bag_DoctorBag	6.41%
Bag_DoctorBag	Bag_DoctorBag	12.41%
Bag_DoctorBag	Bag_DoctorBag	30.41%
Bag_MedicalBag	Bag_MedicalBag	12.41%
Bag_MedicalBag	Bag_MedicalBag	23.28%
Bag_MedicalBag	Bag_MedicalBag	51.57%
FirstAidKit	FirstAidKit	6.41%
FirstAidKit	FirstAidKit	12.41%
FirstAidKit	FirstAidKit	30.41%
MedicalCache1	MedicalBox	23.28%
Nurse	crate	23.28%
Nurse	crate	41.14%
Nurse	metal_shelves	23.28%
Nurse	metal_shelves	41.14%
SafehouseLoot	counter	23.28%
SafehouseLoot	medicine	23.28%
dentiststorage	metal_shelves	23.28%
dentiststorage	metal_shelves	41.14%
hospitalstorage	metal_shelves	23.28%
hospitalstorage	metal_shelves	41.14%
kennels	counter	23.28%
kennels	counter	41.14%
kennels	metal_shelves	23.28%
kennels	metal_shelves	41.14%
medical	counter	23.28%
medical	counter	41.14%
medical	metal_shelves	23.28%
medical	metal_shelves	41.14%
medicalstorage	counter	23.28%
medicalstorage	counter	41.14%
medicalstorage	metal_shelves	23.28%
medicalstorage	metal_shelves	41.14%
morgue	counter	23.28%
pharmacy	metal_shelves	23.28%
pharmacy	metal_shelves	41.14%
pharmacystorage	counter	23.28%
pharmacystorage	counter	41.14%
pharmacystorage	metal_shelves	23.28%
pharmacystorage	metal_shelves	41.14%
pharmacystorage	shelves	23.28%
pharmacystorage	shelves	41.14%

Vehicles

Type	Container	Effective chance
Ambulance	Trunk	23.28%

Code

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

Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\newitems.txt

Retrieved: Build 41.78.16

item SutureNeedle
	{
	    DisplayCategory = FirstAid,
		Weight	=	0.1,
		Type	=	Normal,
		DisplayName	=	Suture Needle,
		Icon	=	SutureNeedle,
		MetalValue = 5,
		Tooltip = Tooltip_SutureNeedle,
		Medical = TRUE,
		WorldStaticModel = SutureNeedle,
	}

See also

• First Aid