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Machete

General

Category

Weapon

Encumbrance

2

Equipped

One-handed

Slot attached

Back

Skill

Long Blade

Properties

Max condition

13

Performance

Damage

2–3

Range

0.61–1.23

Attack speed

1

Knockback

0.3

Knockdown

2

Technical

Item ID

Base.Machete

A machete is a one-handed long blade weapon.

Usage

Pros	Cons
Deals more damage than most melee weapons. Good durability. Longer range than most one-handed melee weapons.	Hard to level up long blade skill due to the machete and Katana being the only long blade weapons. Quite difficult to find.

Tool-usage

Can be used to remove bushes.

Weapon

The machete can hit up to 2 enemies at a time (with multi-hit enabled), dealing a maximum of 3 damage to enemies (unless a critical hit) from up to 1.23 tiles away at an attack speed of 1.

The weapon can be attached to the character's back for quick access and weight reduction.

Condition

The machete has a maximum condition of 13. Its rate of degradation is influenced by the long blade and maintenance skills. The chance of losing durability can be simplified to the following formula: 1 in (25 + maintenanceMod × 2). Where "maintenanceMod" is calculated using the long blade and maintenance skills.
Below is an example of the chance of losing durability at varying levels of the maintenance and long blade skills.

For how this is calculated, see: Condition

Maintenance skill	Weapon skill	Condition lower chance
0	0	1/25 (4%)
0	4	1/27 (4%)
0	8	1/29 (3%)
4	0	1/29 (3%)
8	0	1/33 (3%)
4	4	1/31 (3%)
4	8	1/33 (3%)
8	8	1/37 (3%)
10	10	1/39 (3%)

Distribution

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

Machete 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
Bag_SurvivorBag	Bag_SurvivorBag	5.54%
Bag_ToolBag	Bag_ToolBag	0.42%
Bag_WeaponBag	Bag_WeaponBag	5.54%
Farmer	crate	1.65%
Farmer	metal_shelves	1.65%
SafehouseLoot	counter	15.1%
SafehouseLoot	crate	1.65%
SafehouseLoot	crate	15.1%
SafehouseLoot	metal_shelves	1.65%
SafehouseLoot	metal_shelves	15.1%
SafehouseLoot	wardrobe	15.1%
SurvivorCache1	SurvivorCrate	3.98%
SurvivorCache1	counter	15.1%
SurvivorCache2	SurvivorCrate	3.98%
SurvivorCache2	counter	15.1%
ToolsCache1	ToolsBox	3.98%
all	toolcabinet	1.65%
armysurplus	metal_shelves	3.98%
armysurplus	shelves	3.98%
closet	crate	1.65%
closet	crate	3.98%
closet	metal_shelves	1.63%
construction	crate	1.65%
drugshack	crate	3.98%
factory	crate	1.65%
factory	metal_shelves	1.65%
farmstorage	crate	1.65%
farmstorage	metal_shelves	1.65%
garagestorage	counter	1.65%
garagestorage	crate	1.65%
garagestorage	crate	3.98%
garagestorage	locker	1.65%
garagestorage	metal_shelves	1.65%
gardenstore	metal_shelves	1.65%
gardenstore	shelves	1.65%
generalstore	metal_shelves	1.65%
generalstore	shelves	1.65%
generalstorestorage	metal_shelves	1.65%
generalstorestorage	shelves	1.65%
gigamart	shelves	1.65%
kitchen	crate	1.65%
livingroom	wardrobe	1.63%
loggingfactory	crate	1.65%
loggingfactory	metal_shelves	1.65%
pawnshop	counter	1.65%
pawnshop	counter	3.98%
pawnshop	crate	1.65%
pawnshop	displaycase	6.29%
pawnshop	metal_shelves	1.65%
pawnshop	shelves	1.65%
pawnshopoffice	crate	3.98%
pawnshopoffice	metal_shelves	3.98%
pawnshopstorage	crate	1.65%
pawnshopstorage	crate	3.98%
pawnshopstorage	metal_shelves	1.65%
pawnshopstorage	metal_shelves	3.98%
producestorage	metal_shelves	1.65%
shed	crate	1.65%
shed	locker	1.65%
shed	metal_shelves	1.65%
storageunit	crate	1.65%
storageunit	crate	3.98%
storageunit	metal_shelves	1.65%
toolstore	counter	1.65%
toolstore	crate	1.65%
toolstore	metal_shelves	1.65%
toolstore	shelves	1.65%
toolstorestorage	crate	1.65%
toolstorestorage	metal_shelves	1.65%
warehouse	crate	1.65%
warehouse	metal_shelves	1.65%

Vehicles

Type	Container	Effective chance
Hunter	Trunk	3.98%
Survivalist	Trunk	1.01%

Zombie

Outfit	Days survived	Chance
HockeyPsycho	0	20
All	20	1
Bandit	0	20

Buildings

• The best method of finding a machete is looting hardware stores. The West Point and Riverside shopping district each have a hardware store.
• Pawn shops and military surplus stores have a high chance of spawning machetes. Both can be found in Louisville.
• Machetes can spawn in metal shelves in warehouses.
• Machetes can also be found inside barricaded buildings.

Zombies

• After 20 days survived, a machete can be rarely found impaled in some zombies.
• Can be found impaled in a rare zombie dressed as the Friday the Thirteenth antagonist Jason Voorhees; regardless of days survived.

Gallery

• 

  Survivor wielding the machete

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 Machete
    {
        DisplayCategory = Weapon,
        MaxRange	=	1.23,
        WeaponSprite	=	Machete,
        MinAngle	=	0.7,
        Type	=	Weapon,
		SwingSound = MacheteSwing,
        HitFloorSound	=	MacheteHit,
		ImpactSound	=	MacheteHit,
        DoorHitSound = MacheteHit,
		HitSound	=	MacheteHit,
        MinimumSwingTime	=	4,
        KnockBackOnNoDeath	=	FALSE,
        SwingAmountBeforeImpact	=	0.02,
        Categories	=	LongBlade,
        ConditionLowerChanceOneIn	=	25,
        Weight	=	2,
        SplatNumber	=	2,
        PushBackMod	=	0.3,
        SubCategory	=	Swinging,
        ConditionMax	=	13,
        MaxHitCount	=	2,
        DoorDamage	=	10,
        SwingAnim	=	Bat,
        DisplayName	=	Machete,
        MinRange	=	0.61,
        SwingTime	=	4,
        KnockdownMod	=	2,
        SplatBloodOnNoDeath	=	FALSE,
        Icon	=	Machete,
        TreeDamage  =   10,
        CriticalChance	=	20,
        CritDmgMultiplier = 5,
        MinDamage	=	2,
        MaxDamage	=	3,
        BaseSpeed = 1,
        WeaponLength = 0.3,
        DamageCategory = Slash,
        DamageMakeHole = TRUE,
        AttachmentType = BigBlade,
        Tags = CutPlant;SharpKnife,
        DoorHitSound = MacheteHit,
		HitSound = MacheteHit,
		HitFloorSound = MacheteHit,
        BreakSound  =   MacheteBreak,
		SwingSound = MacheteSwing,
     }

See also

• Katana