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Log
General
Category	Item
Encumbrance	9
Function	Carpentry material Fuel
Technical details
Base ID	Base.Log

A log is a renewable material required in various Carpentry recipes.

Usage

Transportation

Logs are very heavy, with a weight of 9. The player can combine logs using rope or sheet-rope to reduce the weight to just a third. Up to 4 logs can be combined in this way.

Product	XP gained	Skill(s)	Recipe	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2
Logs Stack	0 XP	none		Log x2 (consumed)	One of: Rope x2 Sheet Rope x2 (consumed)
Logs Stack	0 XP	none		Log x3 (consumed)	One of: Rope x2 Sheet Rope x2 (consumed)
Logs Stack	0 XP	none		Log x4 (consumed)	One of: Rope x2 Sheet Rope x2 (consumed)

Carpentry

Using a saw, one log can be converted into three wooden planks, which are important in carpentry. Logs can also be used to create log walls, which are slightly stronger than the variety crafted using planks, with the added benefit of requiring neither nails nor a saw to craft.

Product	XP gained	Skill(s)	Recipe	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3
Plank x3	0.75 Carpentry (0.25 above level 3)	none		Saw (tag) (keep)	Log (consumed)
Log Wall	1.25 Carpentry	none		Hammer (tag) (keep)	Log x4 (consumed)	One of: Ripped Sheets x4 Twine x4 Rope x2 (consumed)

Fuel

Logs are a valuable fuel source for campfires and antique stoves, as they last six (6) hours and are sustainable.

Cooking

A log has a secondary purpose of crushing watermelons, though it is not as effective as slicing it with a saw.

Product	XP gained	Skill(s)	Recipe	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2
Watermelon Chunks x5	0.75 Cooking	none		One of: Baseball Bat Hammer Log Plank Sledgehammer Spiked Baseball Bat Stone Hammer (keep)	Watermelon (consumed)

Other recipes

Product	XP gained	Skill(s)	Recipe	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2
Notched Wooden Plank	0 XP	none		One of: Screwdriver Kitchen Knife Butter Knife Bread Knife Hunting Knife Chipped Stone Stone Knife (keep)	One of: Plank Log (consumed) |-	Campfire Materials	0.5 Carpentry	none		Log x2 (consumed)	One of: Twigs Sheet Ripped Sheets Dirty Rag Book Magazine Newspaper (consumed)

Item distribution

The log is the resulting product when a tree is chopped down, which is done most effectively with an axe. It can be found while foraging and inside log stacks.

Code

From items.txt (Project Zomboid directory/media/scripts/) Retrieved: Build 39.67.5

 
	item Log
		Weight		= 9,
		Type		= Normal,
		DisplayName	= Log,
		Icon		= Logs,

See also

• Axe
• Lumberjack
• Plank
• Carpentry