Hand Scythe

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A hand scythe is a short blade weapon.

Usage

Pros	Cons
Faster swing speed than most melee weapons(same speed as the Hand Axe) Decent range, especially for a short blade weapon.	Terrible durability. Mediocre damage.

Weapon

The hand scythe can hit up to 2 enemies at a time (with multi-hit enabled), dealing a maximum of 1.2 damage to enemies (unless a critical hit) from up to 1.1 tiles away at an attack speed of 1.1.

The hand scythe cannot perform a jaw-stab or back-stab unlike many other short blade weapons. The weapon can be attached to the belt, for quick access and weight reduction.

Condition

The hand scythe has a maximum condition of 5. Its rate of degradation is influenced by the short blade and maintenance skills. The chance of losing durability can be simplified to the following formula: 1 in (5 + maintenanceMod × 2). Where "maintenanceMod" is calculated using the short blade and maintenance skills.
Below is an example of the chance of losing durability at varying levels of the maintenance and short blade skills.

*For how this is calculated, see: Durability*
Maintenance skill	Weapon skill	Durability lower chance
0	0	1/5 (20%)
0	4	1/7 (14%)
0	8	1/9 (11%)
4	0	1/9 (11%)
8	0	1/13 (8%)
4	4	1/11 (9%)
4	8	1/13 (8%)
8	8	1/17 (6%)
10	10	1/19 (5%)

Distribution

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

HandScythe distribution Show / Hide

Containers
Building / Room	Container	Rolls	Chance
all	Bag_ToolBag	1	1.0
all	counter	4	1.0
all	crate	1	0.2
all	toolcabinet	4	1.0
bedroom	crate	1	0.1
closet	crate	4	2.0
garagestorage	counter	4	2.0
gardenstore	metal_shelves	4	1.0
generalstore	metal_shelves	4	2.0
pawnshop	counter	4	2.0
toolstorestorage	metal_shelves	4	2.0

Vehicles
Vehicle Type/Location	Rolls	Chance
FarmerTruckBed	4	2

Buildings

Hand scythes can sometimes be found in sheds and industrial areas.

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 HandScythe
    {
        DisplayCategory = ToolWeapon,
        MaxRange	=	1.1,
        WeaponSprite	=	HandScythe,
        MinAngle	=	0.67,
        Type	=	Weapon,
        MinimumSwingTime	=	4,
        KnockBackOnNoDeath	=	FALSE,
        SwingAmountBeforeImpact	=	0.02,
        Categories	=	SmallBlade,
        ConditionLowerChanceOneIn	=	5,
        Weight	=	0.5,
        SplatNumber	=	2,
        PushBackMod	=	0.3,
        SubCategory	=	Swinging,
        ConditionMax	=	5,
        MaxHitCount	=	2,
        DoorDamage	=	5,
        SwingAnim	=	Bat,
        DisplayName	=	Hand Scythe,
        MinRange	=	0.61,
        SwingTime	=	4,
        KnockdownMod	=	2,
        SplatBloodOnNoDeath	=	FALSE,
        Icon	=	HandScythe,
        DoorHitSound = HandScytheHit,
		HitSound = HandScytheHit,
		HitFloorSound = HandScytheHit,
        BreakSound  =   HandScytheBreak,
		SwingSound = HandScytheSwing,
        TreeDamage  =   0,
        CriticalChance	=	15,
        CritDmgMultiplier = 5,
        MinDamage	=	0.6,
        MaxDamage	=	1.2,
        BaseSpeed = 1.1,
        WeaponLength = 0.3,
        DamageCategory = Slash,
        DamageMakeHole = TRUE,
        AttachmentType = Hammer,
     }