Crafted Spear

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Crafted Spear
General
Category	Weapon
Encumbrance	1.7
Condition max.	Default: 5 Crafted: See Crafting
Skill	Spear
Attachment	Back
Damage
Type	Spear
Attack speed	2
Range	0.98–1.4 tiles
Damage	1–1.5
Knockback	0.3
Knockdown	0
Technical details
Base ID	Base.SpearCrafted

A crafted spear, previously called wooden spear, is a weapon and tool that is crafted by a player and cannot be randomly found in containers. Spears can be attached to the character's back for quick access and weight reduction.

Usage

Pros	Cons
Long reach, great for not getting too close to zombies. Spear charge ability. Easy to gather the resources required to craft it. Able to attach short blades to the spear, making it more powerful. Can be used to fish.	Weapon condition influenced by crafter's Carpentry skill level. Weak durability. Carrying additional spears or backup weapons is recommended. Likely to break when fishing.

Condition/Durability

The spear suffers from a low maximum Condition and takes damage at an exceedingly high rate until Maintenance is leveled. At level 0 Maintenance, it has a 50% chance of lowering its condition each attack. The chance of losing durability is: 1 in (2 + (maintenance x 2 + weapon level/2))

There is a workaround for maintaining a single upgraded spear, you can remove the attached weapon and re-attach it, this will reset the number of times repaired to 0, allowing it to be repaired effectively again, note that this consumes a good deal of duct tape in the process.

Special Ability: Spear Charge

Every spear has the ability to use a unique spear charge attack. To use the spear charge ability, you must sprint(Left Alt key by default), after a few seconds of sprinting, the character will begin a spear charge and any zombie on the receiving end of the charge will be killed in one blow. Spear charges are best used against lone zombies due to your character being vulnerable during the kill animation. There are other risks such as nearby zombies being alerted by your sprinting, more difficult for your character to turn while sprinting and your character falling over if they sprint into a wall.

Spear-fishing

Fishing with a crafted spear.

Main article: Fishing

A crafted spear can be used in fishing instead of a fishing rod. Although easier to obtain, a crafted spear is just as likely to break as a twine line on a crafted fishing rod.

A crafted spear has a lower chance of catching a fish, equal to the benefits gained when fishing during dawn or dusk, regardless of the player's fishing level. It also takes less time to complete a fishing cycle compared to any other fishing gear.

Crafting

A crafted spear is created by sharpening a tree branch or plank with a kitchen knife, hunting knife, chipped stone, stone knife, meat cleaver, or machete.
The crafted spear's starting condition is dependant on the player's carpentry skill. This is defined by a random number between: 2 + carpentry and 4 + carpentry. The tool used to craft the spear will then lose 1 durability, excluding the chipped stone. The chipped stone has a 1 in 4 chance of being consumed.

Product	XP gained	Skill(s)	Recipe	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2
Crafted Spear	1.25 Carpentry	Starting condition scales with player's carpentry.		One of: Tree Branch Plank (consumed)	One of: Chipped Stone Hunting Knife Kitchen Knife Machete Meat Cleaver Stone Knife (keep)

Upgrading

A spear may have many different attachments, each can be applied with two units of duct tape.
The upgraded spear's max condition is dependant on the items used to craft it. If the tools are damaged, the spear will have a lower condition.

Product	XP gained	Skill(s)	Recipe	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3
Spear with Bread Knife	0 XP	none		Crafted Spear (consumed)	Bread Knife (consumed)	Duct Tape (2 units) (consumed)
Spear with Butter Knife	0 XP	none		Crafted Spear (consumed)	Butter Knife (consumed)	Duct Tape (2 units) (consumed)
Spear with Fork	0 XP	none		Crafted Spear (consumed)	Fork (consumed)	Duct Tape (2 units) (consumed)
Spear with Letter Opener	0 XP	none		Crafted Spear (consumed)	Letter Opener (consumed)	Duct Tape (2 units) (consumed)
Spear with Scalpel	0 XP	none		Crafted Spear (consumed)	Scalpel (consumed)	Duct Tape (2 units) (consumed)
Spear with Spoon	0 XP	none		Crafted Spear (consumed)	Spoon (consumed)	Duct Tape (2 units) (consumed)
Spear with Scissors	0 XP	none		Crafted Spear (consumed)	Scissors (consumed)	Duct Tape (2 units) (consumed)
Spear with Hand Fork	0 XP	none		Crafted Spear (consumed)	Hand Fork (consumed)	Duct Tape (2 units) (consumed)
Spear with Screwdriver	0 XP	none		Crafted Spear (consumed)	Screwdriver (consumed)	Duct Tape (2 units) (consumed)
Spear with Knife	0 XP	none		Crafted Spear (consumed)	Kitchen Knife (consumed)	Duct Tape (2 units) (consumed)
Spear with Hunting Knife	0 XP	none		Crafted Spear (consumed)	Hunting Knife (consumed)	Duct Tape (2 units) (consumed)
Spear with Machete	0 XP	none		Crafted Spear (consumed)	Machete (consumed)	Duct Tape (2 units) (consumed)
Spear with Ice Pick	0 XP	none		Crafted Spear (consumed)	Ice Pick (consumed)	Duct Tape (2 units) (consumed)

Stats of spear upgrades

Each of the upgraded spears mostly have different stats from the other, but will always be better than the normal spear in at least one stat.

Also see Weapons

Icon	Name		Attack Type	Damage				Range				Knockback	Knockdown		Base ID
	Crafted Spear	1.7	Spear	1	1.5	5	-	0.98	1.4	2	30	0.3	-	5	Base.SpearCrafted
	Spear with Bread Knife	1.5	Spear	1	1.6	5	-	0.98	1.55	2	30	0.3	-	6	Base.SpearBreadKnife
	Spear with Butter Knife	1.5	Spear	1	1.6	5	-	0.98	1.42	2	30	0.3	-	6	Base.SpearButterKnife
	Spear with Fork	1.5	Spear	1	1.6	5	-	0.98	1.42	2	30	0.3	-	6	Base.SpearFork
	Spear with Letter Opener	1.5	Spear	1	1.6	5	-	0.98	1.42	2	30	0.3	-	6	Base.SpearLetterOpener
	Spear with Scalpel	1.5	Spear	1	1.6	5	-	0.98	1.42	2	30	0.3	-	6	Base.SpearScalpel
	Spear with Spoon	1.5	Spear	1	1.6	5	-	0.98	1.4	2	30	0.3	-	6	Base.SpearSpoon
	Spear with Scissors	1.5	Spear	1	1.6	5	-	0.98	1.42	2	30	0.3	-	6	Base.SpearScissors
	Spear with Hand Fork	1.5	Spear	1.1	1.6	6	-	0.98	1.45	2	30	0.3	-	7	Base.SpearHandFork
	Spear with Screwdriver	1.5	Spear	1.2	1.6	7	-	0.98	1.45	2	30	0.3	-	7	Base.SpearScrewdriver
	Spear with Hunting Knife	1.5	Spear	1.2	1.7	7	-	0.98	1.48	2	30	0.3	-	9	Base.SpearHuntingKnife
	Spear with Machete	1.5	Spear	1.3	2	10	-	0.98	1.55	2	30	0.3	-	12	Base.SpearMachete
	Spear with Ice Pick	1.5	Spear	1	1.6	5	-	0.98	1.42	2	30	0.3	-	6	Base.SpearIcePick
	Spear with Knife	1.5	Spear	1	1.6	5	-	0.98	1.45	2	30	0.3	-	7	Base.SpearKnife

Distribution

Any spear may be randomly generated inside a zombie's stomach after having survived for 30 days. Approximately 0.16% of zombies will have a Spear or Spear with attachments on them.

Gallery

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  Survivor wielding the crafted spear.

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  Survivor spear charging a zombie.

Code

From items_weapons.txt (Project Zomboid directory/media/scripts/)

Retrieved: Build 41.50

item SpearCrafted
        MaxRange			= 1.4,
        WeaponSprite			= SpearCrafted,
        MinAngle			= 0.8,
        Type				= Weapon,
        MinimumSwingTime		= 2,
        KnockBackOnNoDeath		= FALSE,
        SwingAmountBeforeImpact		= 0.02,
        Categories			= Improvised;Spear,
        ConditionLowerChanceOneIn 	= 2,
        Weight				= 1.7,
        SplatNumber			= 1,
        PushBackMod			= 0.3,
        SubCategory			= Spear,
        ConditionMax			= 5,
        MaxHitCount			= 2,
        DoorDamage			= 5,
        SwingAnim			= Spear,
        DisplayName			= Crafted Spear,
        MinRange			= 0.98,
        SwingTime			= 2,
        KnockdownMod			= 0,
        SplatBloodOnNoDeath		= FALSE,
        Icon				= SpearStick,
        RunAnim				= Run_Weapon2,
        IdleAnim			= Idle_Weapon2,
        BreakSound  			= BreakWoodItem,
        TreeDamage  			= 0,
        TwoHandWeapon 			= TRUE,
        CriticalChance			= 30,
        CritDmgMultiplier 		= 10,
        MinDamage			= 1,
        MaxDamage			= 1.5,
        DamageCategory 			= Slash,
        DamageMakeHole 			= TRUE,
        HitFloorSound			= BladeHit,
        ImpactSound			= BladeHit,
	HitSound			= BladeHit,
	AttachmentType 			= Shovel,
        Tags 				= FishingSpear,

From AttachedWeaponDefinitions.lua (Project Zomboid directory/media/lua/shared/Definitions/)

Retrieved: Build 41.50

AttachedWeaponDefinitions.spearStomach = {
	chance = 5, -- chance is total, we'll get the chance of every definition and take one from there
	weaponLocation = {"Stomach"}, -- defined in AttachedLocations.lua
	bloodLocations = {"Torso_Lower","Back"}, -- we add blood & hole on this part
	addHoles = true, -- if true, you need at least one bloodLocation
	daySurvived = 30, -- needed day of survival before seeing this one
	weapons = { -- list of possible weapons, we'll take one randomly from there
		"Base.SpearKnife",
		"Base.SpearCrafted",
		"Base.SpearHuntingKnife",
		"Base.SpearScrewdriver",
		"Base.SpearScissors",
		"Base.SpearScalpel",
		"Base.SpearButterKnife",
		"Base.SpearHuntingKnife",
	},
}

See also

• Foraging