Hand Fork

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Hand Fork
General
Category	Tool/Weapon
Encumbrance	0.5
Function	Farming
Equipped	One-handed
Condition max.	6
Skill	Short Blade
Attachment	Belt
Damage
Type	Slash
Attack speed	Stab
Range	0.61–0.9 tiles
Damage	0.2–0.4
Door damage	5
Knockback	0.3
Knockdown	2
Execution	Jaw_Stab
Technical details
Base ID	Base.HandFork

A hand fork is a one-handed, short blade melee weapon. It can be attached to a spear.

Usage

Farming

The hand fork can be used similar to a shovel or trowel as a way of tilling grass for farming.

Weapon

Pros	Cons
Fast attack rate. Capable of dealing a one shot kill on zombies when the player performs a jaw stab animation. The player can carry a bag in the other hand because it is a one-handed weapon.	Short attack range, low damage. Can only hit one target at a time. Can get stuck in a zombie after a jaw-stab animation.

Condition

The hand fork has a maximum condition of 6. 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 (9 + 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: Condition

Maintenance skill	Weapon skill	Condition lower chance
0	0	1/9 (11%)
0	4	1/11 (9%)
0	8	1/13 (8%)
4	0	1/13 (8%)
8	0	1/17 (6%)
4	4	1/15 (7%)
4	8	1/17 (6%)
8	8	1/21 (5%)
10	10	1/23 (4%)

Repairing

Materials that can be used to repair the hand fork, based on first time repairing.

Repair Hand Fork
Duct Tape Potentially repairs: 50% Chance of success: 100% Needs: Duct Tape (1 units)
Glue Potentially repairs: 20% Chance of success: 100% Needs: Glue (1 units)
Adhesive Tape Potentially repairs: 10% Chance of success: 100% Needs: Adhesive Tape (2 units)

Distribution

Buildings

Hand forks can be found in tool sheds, self-storage lots, and warehouses.

NPCs

Zombies

There is a chance zombies have a hand fork stuck into their body.

Trivia

• The hand fork was added to the game in build 41, also known as animation build.

Gallery

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  Hand Fork Held by a Player

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 HandFork
    {
        DisplayCategory = ToolWeapon,
        MaxRange	=	0.9,
        WeaponSprite	=	HandFork,
        MinAngle	=	0.65,
        Type	=	Weapon,
        MinimumSwingTime	=	4,
        KnockBackOnNoDeath	=	FALSE,
        SwingAmountBeforeImpact	=	0.02,
        Categories	=	SmallBlade,
        ConditionLowerChanceOneIn	=	9,
        Weight	=	0.5,
        SplatNumber	=	2,
        PushBackMod	=	0.3,
        SubCategory	=	Stab,
        CloseKillMove = Jaw_Stab,
        ConditionMax	=	6,
        MaxHitCount	=	2,
        DoorDamage	=	5,
        SwingAnim	=	Stab,
        DisplayName	=	Hand Fork,
        MinRange	=	0.61,
        SwingTime	=	4,
        KnockdownMod	=	2,
        SplatBloodOnNoDeath	=	FALSE,
        Icon	=	GardeningFork,
        BreakSound  =   HandForkBreak,
        TreeDamage  =   0,
        CriticalChance	=	10,
        CritDmgMultiplier = 10,
        MinDamage	=	0.2,
        MaxDamage	=	0.4,
   		WeaponLength = 0.2,
        DamageCategory = Slash,
        DamageMakeHole = TRUE,
        HitFloorSound	=	HandForkHit,
        ImpactSound	=	HandForkHit,
        DoorHitSound = HandForkHit,
		HitSound	=	HandForkHit,
		SwingSound = HandForkSwing,
		AttachmentType = Knife,
        Tags = DigPlow,
   }

Repair

Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\fixing.txt

Retrieved: Build 41.78.16

fixing Fix Hand Fork
    {
       Require : HandFork,

       Fixer : DuctTape,
       Fixer : Glue,
       Fixer : Scotchtape=2,
    }

See also

• Shovel
• Trowel
• Short blade weapons