Nails
100 (box)
Base.NailsBox
Nails are components used in crafting and carpentry.
Usage
Carpentry
Nails are a required component for most carpentry recipes, most of which also require a hammer.
They are required for barricading doors and windows, and to hang sheet ropes.
Weapons
Both the baseball bat and plank can be improved by combining with nails, making them deal slightly more damage and turning them into the spiked baseball bat and spiked plank respectively. These can then also be repaired with more nails when they break.
Boxes
100 nails can be consolidated into a box of nails, which is helpful for organizational purposes, and reduces the stack weight by 70% (0.3 for x100 nails vs 1.0 unboxed). The nails must be unboxed in order to be used.
Crafting
Nails can be used in the following recipes:
| Product | Ingredients | Tools | Requirements | Workstation | XP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nails ×100 |
 Box of Nails ×1
|
none | none | none | none |
Box of Nails |
Nails ×100
|
none | none | none | none |
Carpentry
| Product | Ingredients | Tools | Requirements | Workstation | XP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Drawer |
 Plank ×1 Doorknob ×1 Nails ×1
|
 Hammer (tag) |
none | none | 0.25 Carpentry |
Barrier
| Product | Ingredients | Tools | Requirements | Workstation | XP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Barricade |
One of: Door ×1 Window ×1Each of: Plank ×1 Nails ×2
|
Hammer (tag) |
none | none | 0.75 Carpentry |
 Wooden Stake |
Plank ×1 Nails ×2
|
Hammer (tag) |
Carpentry 5 | none | 1.25 Carpentry |
 Wooden Fence |
Plank ×2 Nails ×3
|
Hammer (tag) |
Carpentry 2 | none | 1.25 Carpentry |
Furniture
Miscellaneous
| Product | Ingredients | Tools | Requirements | Workstation | XP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Lamp on Pillar |
Plank ×2 Nails ×4 Rope ×1 Flashlight ×1
|
Hammer (tag) |
Carpentry 4 | none | 1.25 Carpentry |
 Sheet Rope |
One of: Sheet Rope ×1 Rope ×1 Nails ×1
|
Hammer (tag) |
none | none | none |
 Wooden Cross |
Plank ×2 Nails ×2
|
Hammer (tag) |
none | none | 1.25 Carpentry |
 Wooden Sign |
Plank ×3 Nails ×3
|
Hammer (tag) |
Carpentry 1 | none | 0.75 Carpentry |
Structure
Weapons
| Product | Ingredients | Tools | Requirements | Workstation | XP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Spiked Baseball Bat |
 Baseball Bat ×1 Nails ×5
|
Hammer (tag) |
none | none | none |
 Spiked Plank |
Plank ×1 Nails ×5
|
Hammer (tag) |
none | none | 0.25 Carpentry |
Trapping and Fishing
| Product | Ingredients | Tools | Requirements | Workstation | XP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Trap Box |
Plank ×4 Nails ×7
|
 Saw (tag) |
Carpentry 1 (and) Trapping 2 |
none | 1 Carpentry |
 Trap Crate |
Plank ×3 Nails ×5
|
Saw (tag) |
none | none | 0.75 Carpentry |
 Fishing Rod |
One of: Hunting Knife ×1 Kitchen Knife ×1 Machete ×1 Meat Cleaver ×1 Stone Knife ×1Each of:  Sturdy Stick ×1
|
none |  Angler USA Magazine Vol.1 |
none | none |
Fishing Rod |
One of: Hunting Knife ×1 Kitchen Knife ×1 Machete ×1 Meat Cleaver ×1 Stone Knife ×1 One of:  Fishing Line ×1 Twine ×2 unit(s)One of: Nails ×1 Paperclip ×1Each of: Sturdy Stick ×1
|
none | Angler USA Magazine Vol.1 |
none | none |
Distribution
Nails can be found in hardware stores, factories (specifically logging factories), tool sheds, garages, and various other storage locations.
Nails can be obtained by dismantling various wooden furniture. The amount of nails obtained is dependent on your carpentry level and which item of furniture is being dismantled. Different pieces of furniture require different tools to dismantle.
The loot distributions for nail boxes can be found in the table(s) below.
| Containers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Building/Room | Container | Rolls | Chance |
| cabinetfactory | crate | 4 | 8 |
| closet | crate | 4 | 1 |
| crate | 4 | 2 | |
| garagestorage | counter | 4 | 1 |
| counter | 4 | 2 | |
| gasstorage | counter | 4 | 1 |
| pawnshop | counter | 4 | 1 |
| toolstore | counter | 4 | 1 |
| counter | 4 | 1 | |
| toolstorestorage | metal_shelves | 4 | 1 |
| metal_shelves | 4 | 1 | |
Code
Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\items.txt
item Nails
{
DisplayCategory = Material,
Count = 5,
Weight = 0.01,
AlwaysWelcomeGift = TRUE,
Type = Normal,
DisplayName = Nails,
Icon = Nails,
MetalValue = 1,
SurvivalGear = TRUE,
WorldStaticModel = Nails,
}
Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\newitems.txt
item NailsBox
{
DisplayCategory = Material,
Weight = 0.3,
Type = Normal,
DisplayName = Box of Nails,
Icon = NailsBox,
MetalValue = 100,
SurvivalGear = TRUE,
WorldStaticModel = NailsBox,
}