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A letter opener is a common early game melee weapon.

Usage

Weapon

The letter opener is light, and in terms of durability, is worse than the kitchen knife, ice pick and hunting knife. As the letter opener is one of the weapons with the 'Jaw Stab' attack, it can kill a zombie instantly if close enough and timed correctly. It does, however, have a low maximum durability, allowing for few attacks before breaking.

It is a single attack weapon, so it is best if used in single combat or if zombies are relatively spread out when attacking.

Breaking doors

The letter opener is a weapon that deals minimal damage (2) to doors. For comparison, an axe deals 35 damage.

Chopping trees

The letter opener is a weapon that deals minimal damage (1) to trees. For comparison, an axe deals 35 damage.

Condition

The letter opener 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 (1 + 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	1/1 (100%)
0	4	1/3 (33%)
0	8	1/5 (20%)
4	0	1/5 (20%)
8	0	1/9 (11%)
4	4	1/7 (14%)
4	8	1/9 (11%)
8	8	1/13 (8%)
10	10	1/15 (7%)

Repairing

The letter opener cannot be repaired.

Crafting

The letter opener can be attached to the end of a spear. The condition of the letter opener will be carried over to the spear.

Product	Ingredients	Tools	Requirements	Workstation	XP
Spear with Letter Opener	Crafted Spear ×1 Letter Opener ×1 Duct Tape ×2 unit(s)	none	none	none	none
Letter Opener	Spear with Letter Opener ×1	none	none	none	none

Distribution

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

LetterOpener distribution Show / Hide

Containers
Building / Room	Container	Rolls	Chance
all	officedrawers	4	1.0
office	desk	4	1.0

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 LetterOpener
	{
	    DisplayCategory = Household,
		MaxRange	=	0.8,
		WeaponSprite	=	LetterOpener,
		MinAngle	=	0.65,
		Type	=	Weapon,
		MinimumSwingTime	=	2,
		KnockBackOnNoDeath	=	FALSE,
		SwingAmountBeforeImpact	=	0.02,
		Categories	=	SmallBlade,
		ConditionLowerChanceOneIn	=	1,
		Weight	=	0.3,
		SplatNumber	=	2,
		PushBackMod	=	0.3,
		SubCategory	=	Stab,
		AimingMod	=	0.8,
		ConditionMax	=	5,
		MaxHitCount	=	1,
		IsAimedHandWeapon	=	TRUE,
		DoorDamage	=	1,
		SwingAnim	=	Stab,
		DisplayName	=	Letter Opener,
		MinRange	=	0.61,
		CloseKillMove = Jaw_Stab,
		SwingTime	=	2,
		KnockdownMod	=	0,
		SplatBloodOnNoDeath	=	TRUE,
		Icon	=	LetterOpener,
		RunAnim	=	Run_Weapon2,
        IdleAnim	=	Idle_Weapon2,
        TreeDamage  =   2,
        EnduranceMod = 0.5,
        BreakSound  =   LetterOpenerBreak,
        MetalValue = 15,
        CriticalChance	=	5,
        CritDmgMultiplier = 10,
        MinDamage	=	0.1,
        MaxDamage	=	0.1,
 		WeaponLength = 0.25,
        DamageCategory = Slash,
        DamageMakeHole = TRUE,
        HitFloorSound	=	LetterOpenerHit,
        ImpactSound	=	LetterOpenerHit,
        DoorHitSound = LetterOpenerHit,
		HitSound	=	LetterOpenerHit,
		SwingSound = LetterOpenerSwing,
		AttachmentType = Screwdriver,
  	}

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 |name=Letter Opener
 |model=LetterOpener_Model.png
-|image_width=150px
 |icon=LetterOpener.png
 |icon_name=Letter Opener
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 |item_id=Base.LetterOpener
 }}
 A '''letter opener''' is a common early game melee weapon.
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 ==Crafting==
 The letter opener can be attached to the end of a [[Crafted Spear|spear]]. The condition of the letter opener will be carried over to the spear.
-{{Crafting header|ing=3}}
+{{Crafting/sandbox2
-{{Crafting survivalist|105|ing=3}}
+|spear_with_letter_opener
-{{Crafting survivalist|118|ing=3}}
+|letter_opener
-|}
+}}
 ==Distribution==
 The loot distributions can be found in the table(s) below.
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+<!--BOT FLAG|LetterOpener|41.78.16-->
-! colspan="4" | Containers
+{{clear}}
-|-
+<div class="togglebox theme-red">
-! Building/Room
+    <div>LetterOpener distribution
-! Container
+        <span class="mw-customtoggle-togglebox-LetterOpener" title="{{int:show}} / {{int:hide}}" style="float:right; padding-right:30px; padding-top:4px; font-size:0.7em; font-weight:normal;">{{int:show}} / {{int:hide}}</span></div>
-! style="width: 3.2em;" | Rolls
+    <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" id="mw-customcollapsible-togglebox-LetterOpener">
-! style="width: 3.2em;" | Chance
+    <div class="toggle-content"><div style="display: flex;"><div style="float:left;">
-|-
+    {| class="wikitable theme-red" style="margin-right:15px; width:95%;"
-|all
+    |+ {{ll|Containers}}
-|[[officedrawers]]
+    ! Building / Room
-|4
+    ! Container
-|1
+    ! Rolls
-|-
+    ! Chance
-|bedroom
+    |-
-|[[desk]]
+    | all
-|4
+    | {{ll|officedrawers}}
-|1
+    | 4
-|}
+    | 1.0
+    |-
+    | office
+    | {{ll|desk}}
+    | 4
+    | 1.0
+    |}
+</div>
+    </div><div style="clear:both;"></div>
+    </div></div><div class="toggle large mw-customtoggle-togglebox-LetterOpener" title="{{int:show}}/{{int:hide}}"></div></div>
+<!--END BOT FLAG|LetterOpener|41.78.16-->
 == Code ==
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    | version = 41.78.16
    | code =
-    item LetterOpener
+item LetterOpener
  {
      DisplayCategory = Household,
@@ Line 141: / Line 149: @@
 }}
-== See Also ==
+==See also==
 *[[Ice Pick]]
 *[[Scissors]]
-{{Navbox_weapons}}
+{{Navbox items|blade}}
 [[Category:Household]]