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Broom

General

Category

Household

Encumbrance

1

Equipped

Two-handed

Slot attached

Back

Function

Cleaning

Skill

Long Blunt

Properties

Max condition

15

Performance

Damage type

Blunt

Damage

0.2–0.5

Range

0.61–1.6

Attack speed

1.2

Knockback

0.3

Knockdown

0

Technical

Item ID

Base.Broom

A broom is a cleaning tool and improvised blunt weapon.

Usage

Cleaning

If the player is carrying both a bottle of bleach and a broom, when right-clicking a blood splatter, the option "Clean Blood" will appear. Cleaning bloodstains is currently cosmetic and will not affect the player's health. Both the bath towel and dish towel also have the same function, however they also have additional uses and will usually be preferred over the broom.

A mop serves the same purpose.

Weapon

A broom can be used as an improvised weapon. It has particularly low durability and damage, but can hit two zombies simultaneously and has longer than average maximum range.

Condition

The broom has a maximum condition of 3. 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 (2 + 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	1/2 (50%)
0	4	1/4 (25%)
0	8	1/6 (17%)
4	0	1/6 (17%)
8	0	1/10 (10%)
4	4	1/8 (13%)
4	8	1/10 (10%)
8	8	1/14 (7%)
10	10	1/16 (6%)

Distribution

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

Broom 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
gasstorage	counter	23.28%
janitor	counter	23.28%
janitor	metal_shelves	23.28%
laundry	counter	23.28%
laundry	metal_shelves	23.28%
laundry	shelves	23.28%
mechanic	wardrobe	23.28%
schoolstorage	counter	23.28%
zippeestorage	counter	23.28%

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 Broom
    {
        DisplayCategory = Household,
        MaxRange	=	1.6,
        WeaponSprite	=	Broom,
        MinAngle	=	0.85,
        Type	=	Weapon,
        MinimumSwingTime	=	2,
        KnockBackOnNoDeath	=	FALSE,
        SwingAmountBeforeImpact	=	0.02,
        Categories	=	Improvised;Blunt,
        ConditionLowerChanceOneIn	=	2,
        Weight	=	1,
        SplatNumber	=	1,
        PushBackMod	=	0.3,
        SubCategory	=	Swinging,
        ConditionMax	=	3,
        MaxHitCount	=	3,
        DoorDamage	=	1,
        SwingAnim	=	Bat,
        DisplayName	=	Broom,
        MinRange	=	0.61,
        SwingTime	=	2,
        KnockdownMod	=	0,
        SplatBloodOnNoDeath	=	FALSE,
        Icon	=	Pushbroom,
        RunAnim	=	Run_Weapon2,
        IdleAnim	=	Idle_Weapon2,
        BreakSound  =   BroomBreak,
        DoorHitSound = BroomHit,
		HitSound = BroomHit,
		HitFloorSound = BroomHit,
		SwingSound = BroomSwing,
        TreeDamage  =   0,
        TwoHandWeapon = TRUE,
        CriticalChance	=	5,
        CritDmgMultiplier = 1,
        MinDamage	=	0.2,
        MaxDamage	=	0.5,
        BaseSpeed = 1.2,
        AttachmentType = Shovel,
        Tags = ClearAshes,
    }

See also

• Bleach
• Mop
• Sponge
• Washing Machine