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“

Hell, if you lose your gun then use a bat. Just burst their heads like a fuckin' balloon.

— Mike on KnoxTalk

A baseball bat is a blunt melee weapon.

Usage

Weapon

The baseball bat is particularly effective against lone zombies. It usually won't kill a standing zombie in one hit, but it has a high chance to knock them down, allowing players to follow up with a killing blow.

The baseball bat also has a long range (for a melee weapon), and is capable of keeping a small group of zombies at a distance while delivering killing blows. It is capable of hitting up to 2 zombies at once with Multi-Hit enabled. The baseball bat has a decent durability with 15 Max Condition and a low chance to lose durability when used. It's one of the better melee weapons in the game, and a great starter weapon.

Breaking doors

The baseball bat is not too effective at bashing down doors, dealing 5 damage per hit. For comparison, an axe deals 35 damage.

Chopping trees

The baseball bat is not recommended to cut trees, as it will only deal 1 damage to a tree per hit. For comparison, an axe deals 35 damage.

Condition

The baseball bat has a maximum condition of 15. Its rate of degradation is influenced by the long blunt and maintenance skills. The chance of losing durability can be simplified to the following formula: 1 in (20 + maintenanceMod × 2). Where "maintenanceMod" is calculated using the long blunt and maintenance skills.
Below is an example of the chance of losing durability at varying levels of the maintenance and long blunt skills.

*For how this is calculated, see: Condition*
Maintenance skill	Weapon skill	Condition lower chance
0	0	1/20 (5%)
0	4	1/22 (5%)
0	8	1/24 (4%)
4	0	1/24 (4%)
8	0	1/28 (4%)
4	4	1/26 (4%)
4	8	1/28 (4%)
8	8	1/32 (3%)
10	10	1/34 (3%)

Repairing

Materials that can be used to repair the baseball bat, based on first time repairing.

Repair Baseball Bat
Wood Glue Potentially repairs: 20% Chance of success: 35% Needs: Wood Glue (2 units) Carpentry Level 2
Duct Tape Potentially repairs: 10% Chance of success: 95% Needs: Duct Tape (2 units)
Glue Potentially repairs: 10% Chance of success: 95% Needs: Glue (2 units)
Adhesive Tape Potentially repairs: 10% Chance of success: 95% Needs: Adhesive Tape (4 units)

Each level up to Carpentry level 7 will increase the wood glue repair chance up to 75%
Each successive repair will reduce the chance of success.
It should be noted that upgrading the baseball bat to the spiked baseball bat will reset the repair count to 0.

Distribution

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

BaseballBat distribution Show / Hide

Containers
Building / Room	Container	Rolls	Chance
SafehouseLoot	counter	4	10.0
all	Bag_WeaponBag	2	8.0
all	dresser	4	0.1
all	wardrobe	4	0.1
baseballstore	shelves	4	10.0
batfactory	crate	4	10.0
batfactory	crate	4	50.0
batfactory	crate	4	20.0
bedroom	crate	1	0.2
bedroom	dresser	4	0.1
closet	crate	4	2.0
closet	crate	4	10.0
closet	metal_shelves	4	0.1
drugshack	counter	4	10.0
drugshack	crate	4	10.0
schoolstorage	crate	4	20.0
schoolstorage	crate	4	50.0
schoolstorage	crate	4	10.0

Vehicles
Vehicle Type/Location	Rolls	Chance
CarpenterTruckBed	4	1
ClothingTruckBed	1	1
DistilleryTruckBed	1	1
ElectricianTruckBed	1	1
FishermanTruckBed	1	1
FossoilTruckBed	1	1
GroceriesTruckBed	1	1
HeraldsTruckBed	1	1
MassGenFacTruckBed	1	1
MetalWelderTruckBed	1	1
PainterTruckBed	1	1
PoliceTruckBed	1	1
PostalTruckBed	1	1
RadioTruckBed	1	1
RangerTruckBed	1	1
SpiffoTruckBed	1	1
SurvivalistTruckBed	1	10
TaxiTruckBed	1	1
TransitTruckBed	1	1
TrunkHeavy	1	1
TrunkSports	1	1
TrunkStandard	1	1

Crafting

The baseball bat can be upgraded to a spiked baseball bat or be used to smash open a watermelon.

Product	Ingredients	Tools	Requirements	Workstation	XP
Spiked Baseball Bat	Baseball Bat ×1 Nails ×5	Hammer (tag)	none	none	none
Watermelon Chunks ×5	One of: Baseball Bat ×1 Hammer ×1 Log ×1 Plank ×1 Sledgehammer ×1 Spiked Baseball Bat ×1 Stone Hammer ×1 Each of: Watermelon ×1	none	none	none	0.75 Cooking

Trivia

The baseball bat is a popular weapon used in various zombie apocalypse material, including: The Walking Dead, Zombieland, DayZ and 28 Days Later.

Gallery

WIP Baseball Bat swing animation, teased before Build 41

Code

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

Item

Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\items_weapons.txt

Retrieved: Build 41.78.16

item BaseballBat
	{
	    DisplayCategory = Sports,
		MaxRange	=	1.25,
		WeaponSprite	=	BaseballBat,
		MinAngle	=	0.75,
		Type	=	Weapon,
		MinimumSwingTime	=	3,
		KnockBackOnNoDeath	=	TRUE,
		SwingAmountBeforeImpact	=	0.02,
		Categories	=	Blunt,
		ConditionLowerChanceOneIn	=	20,
		Weight	=	2,
		SplatNumber	=	1,
		PushBackMod	=	0.5,
		SubCategory	=	Swinging,
		ConditionMax	=	15,
		MaxHitCount	=	2,
		DoorDamage	=	5,
		IdleAnim	=	Idle_Weapon2,
		SwingAnim	=	Bat,
		DisplayName	=	Baseball Bat,
		MinRange	=	0.61,
		SwingTime	=	3,
		HitAngleMod	=	-30,
		KnockdownMod	=	2,
		SplatBloodOnNoDeath	=	FALSE,
		Icon	=	BaseballBat,
		RunAnim	=	Run_Weapon2,
        TwoHandWeapon = TRUE,
        BreakSound  =   BaseballBatBreak,
        DoorHitSound = BaseballBatHit,
		HitSound = BaseballBatHit,
		HitFloorSound = BaseballBatHit,
		SwingSound = BaseballBatSwing,
        TreeDamage  =   1,
		CriticalChance	=	40,
		critDmgMultiplier = 2,
		MinDamage	=	0.8,
		MaxDamage	=	1.1,
		BaseSpeed = 1,
		WeaponLength = 0.5,
		AttachmentType = Shovel,
	}

Repair

Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\fixing.txt