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Pencil

General

Category

Household

Encumbrance

0.1

Equipped

One-handed

Slot attached

N/A

Skill

N/A

Properties

Max condition

1

Performance

Damage

0.1–0.1

Range

0.61–0.8

Attack speed

N/A

Knockback

0.3

Knockdown

0

Technical

Item ID

Base.Pencil

A pencil is a writing implement and improvised weapon.

Usage

Writing

A pen can be used with journals, empty notebooks and a sheet of paper, and doodles to write notes that can be left in the world and read by other players on multiplayer servers. Both the in-game map and found maps (regular and annotated) can be further annotated with a pen, adding symbols and text in the color of gray.

Weapon

The pencil is an improvised weapon and is not associated with a weapon skill, but performs attacks like a short blade, including the special execution move. Pencils have a very low durability so will quickly exhaust all of its durability; making it useless as a weapon. It can be used as a discardable stealth-kill weapon, as they are very common, it can be picked up, used to stealth kill a zombie then discarded. However, as the pen has a very low range, this can be dangerous.

Condition

Pencils have a maximum condition of 1. Its rate of degradation is influenced by the maintenance skill. The chance of losing durability can be simplified to the following formula: 1 in (1 + maintenanceMod × 2). Where "maintenanceMod" is calculated using the maintenance skill.
Below is an example of the chance of losing durability at varying levels of the maintenance skill.

For how this is calculated, see: Condition

Maintenance skill	Durability lower chance
0	1/1 (100%)
2	1/3 (33%)
4	1/5 (20%)
6	1/7 (14%)
8	1/9 (11%)
10	1/11 (9%)

Crafting

Formerly, the pencil or pen could be used with a sheet of paper, which were then consumed to create a doodle, or with an empty notebook which were then consumed to make 20 journals, but this has been removed in build 28.

Distribution

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

Pencil 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_GolfBag	Bag_GolfBag	6.41%
Bag_Satchel	Bag_Satchel	6.41%
Bag_Schoolbag	Bag_Schoolbag	6.41%
Bag_WorkerBag	Bag_WorkerBag	6.41%
Briefcase	Briefcase	6.41%
Suitcase	Suitcase	6.41%
all	Outfit_ConstructionWorker	6.41%
all	Outfit_Cook_Generic	6.41%
all	Outfit_Cook_Spiffos	6.41%
all	Outfit_Golfer	6.41%
all	Outfit_McCoys	6.41%
all	Outfit_Mechanic	6.41%
all	Outfit_Metalworker	6.41%
all	Outfit_OfficeWorker	6.41%
all	Outfit_OfficeWorkerSkirt	6.41%
all	Outfit_Student	6.41%
all	Outfit_Teacher	6.41%
all	Outfit_Waiter_Diner	6.41%
all	Outfit_Waiter_Market	6.41%
all	Outfit_Waiter_PileOCrepe	6.41%
all	Outfit_Waiter_PizzaWhirled	6.41%
all	Outfit_Waiter_Restaurant	6.41%
all	Outfit_Waiter_Spiffo	6.41%
all	Outfit_Waiter_TacoDelPancho	6.41%
all	counter	41.14%
all	desk	23.28%
all	filingcabinet	23.28%
all	inventoryfemale	1.01%
all	inventorymale	1.01%
all	locker	23.28%
all	officedrawers	23.28%
all	other	6.41%
all	shelves	23.28%
all	sidetable	10.78%
artstore	counter	23.28%
artstore	shelves	23.28%
artstore	shelves	41.14%
bedroom	crate	1.01%
bedroom	desk	23.28%
bedroom	sidetable	23.28%
bookstore	counter	23.28%
bookstore	counter	41.14%
classroom	counter	23.28%
classroom	desk	23.28%
classroom	metal_shelves	23.28%
classroom	shelves	23.28%
closet	crate	1.01%
closet	crate	23.28%
daycare	counter	23.28%
daycare	desk	23.28%
daycare	metal_shelves	23.28%
daycare	shelves	23.28%
empty	crate	23.28%
garagestorage	crate	1.01%
garagestorage	crate	23.28%
garagestorage	crate	41.14%
generalstore	shelves	23.28%
generalstore	shelves	41.14%
generalstorestorage	shelves	23.28%
generalstorestorage	shelves	41.14%
gigamart	shelves	23.28%
gigamart	shelves	41.14%
hall	counter	23.28%
hall	locker	23.28%
jewelrystore	counter	23.28%
kitchen	counter	23.28%
kitchen	shelves	23.28%
library	counter	23.28%
livingroom	counter	23.28%
livingroom	overhead	23.28%
livingroom	shelves	23.28%
livingroom	sidetable	23.28%
livingroom	wardrobe	23.28%
lobby	counter	23.28%
motelroomoccupied	sidetable	1.61%
office	counter	23.28%
office	crate	23.28%
office	crate	41.14%
office	desk	23.28%
office	metal_shelves	23.28%
office	metal_shelves	41.14%
office	shelves	23.28%
officestorage	crate	23.28%
officestorage	crate	41.14%
officestorage	metal_shelves	23.28%
officestorage	metal_shelves	41.14%
plazastore1	counter	23.28%
policestorage	counter	23.28%
post	counter	23.28%
post	counter	41.14%
prisoncells	wardrobe	23.28%
schoolstorage	metal_shelves	23.28%
storageunit	crate	1.01%
storageunit	crate	23.28%
storageunit	crate	41.14%
storageunit	metal_shelves	1.01%
storageunit	metal_shelves	23.28%
storageunit	metal_shelves	41.14%

Vehicles

Type	Container	Effective chance
Ambulance	Glove Box	23.28%
Carpenter	Glove Box	23.28%
Construction Worker	Glove Box	23.28%
Distillery	Glove Box	23.28%
Doctor	Glove Box	23.28%
Electrician	Glove Box	23.28%
Farmer	Glove Box	23.28%
Fire	Glove Box	23.28%
Fisherman	Glove Box	23.28%
Fossoil	Glove Box	23.28%
All	Glove Box	23.28%
Golf	Glove Box	23.28%
Heralds	Glove Box	23.28%
Hunter	Glove Box	23.28%
Mass Gen Fac	Glove Box	23.28%
McCoy	Glove Box	23.28%
Metal Welder	Glove Box	23.28%
Painter	Glove Box	23.28%
Police	Glove Box	23.28%
Postal	Glove Box	23.28%
Radio	Glove Box	23.28%
Ranger	Glove Box	23.28%
Spiffo	Glove Box	23.28%
Survivalist	Glove Box	23.28%
Taxi	Glove Box	23.28%
Transit	Glove Box	23.28%

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 Pencil
	{
	    DisplayCategory = Household,
		MaxRange	=	0.8,
		WeaponSprite	=	Pencil,
		MinAngle	=	0.65,
		Type	=	Weapon,
		MinimumSwingTime	=	2,
		KnockBackOnNoDeath	=	FALSE,
		SwingAmountBeforeImpact	=	0.02,
		Categories	=	Improvised,
		ConditionLowerChanceOneIn	=	1,
		Weight	=	0.1,
		SplatNumber	=	1,
		PushBackMod	=	0.3,
		SubCategory	=	Stab,
		AimingMod	=	0.8,
		ConditionMax	=	1,
		MaxHitCount	=	1,
		IsAimedHandWeapon	=	TRUE,
		DoorDamage	=	0,
		SwingAnim	=	Stab,
		DisplayName	=	Pencil,
		MinRange	=	0.61,
		SwingTime	=	2,
		KnockdownMod	=	0,
		SplatBloodOnNoDeath	=	FALSE,
		Icon	=	Pencil,
		RunAnim	=	Run_Weapon2,
        IdleAnim	=	Idle_Weapon2,
        TreeDamage  =   0,
        EnduranceMod = 0.5,
        CriticalChance	=	0,
        MinDamage	=	0.1,
        MaxDamage	=	0.1,
		WeaponLength = 0.15,
		Tags = Write;Pencil,
        BreakSound  =   PenBreak,
        HitFloorSound	= PenHit,
        ImpactSound	=	PenHit,
        DoorHitSound = PenHit,
		HitSound	=	PenHit,
		SwingSound = PenSwing,
	}

See also

• Crayons
• Eraser
• Pen