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Scalpel

General

Category

Weapon

Encumbrance

0.3

Equipped

One-handed

Slot attached

Belt

Properties

Max condition

5

Performance

Damage

0.1–0.4

Range

0.61–0.8

Knockback

0.3

Knockdown

0

Special ability

Jaw Stab

Technical

Item ID

Scalpel

A scalpel is a short blade weapon.

Usage

A scalpel is a short blade weapon with low durability and damage. Like many short bladed weapons, it can perform the jaw stab attack which will instantly kill a zombie when attacking from close proximity.

Distribution

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

Scalpel 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_DoctorBag	Bag_DoctorBag	6.41%
Bag_MedicalBag	Bag_MedicalBag	12.41%
MedicalCache1	MedicalBox	23.28%
Nurse	crate	23.28%
Nurse	crate	41.14%
Nurse	metal_shelves	23.28%
Nurse	metal_shelves	41.14%
SafehouseLoot	counter	23.28%
SafehouseLoot	medicine	23.28%
closet	crate	23.28%
dentiststorage	metal_shelves	23.28%
dentiststorage	metal_shelves	41.14%
garagestorage	crate	23.28%
hospitalstorage	metal_shelves	23.28%
hospitalstorage	metal_shelves	41.14%
kennels	counter	23.28%
kennels	counter	41.14%
kennels	metal_shelves	23.28%
kennels	metal_shelves	41.14%
laboratory	crate	23.28%
laboratory	desk	23.28%
laboratory	metal_shelves	23.28%
medical	counter	23.28%
medical	counter	41.14%
medical	metal_shelves	23.28%
medical	metal_shelves	41.14%
medicalstorage	counter	23.28%
medicalstorage	counter	41.14%
medicalstorage	metal_shelves	23.28%
medicalstorage	metal_shelves	41.14%
morgue	counter	23.28%
pharmacy	metal_shelves	23.28%
pharmacy	metal_shelves	41.14%
pharmacystorage	counter	23.28%
pharmacystorage	counter	41.14%
pharmacystorage	metal_shelves	23.28%
pharmacystorage	metal_shelves	41.14%
pharmacystorage	shelves	23.28%
pharmacystorage	shelves	41.14%
storageunit	crate	23.28%

Vehicles

Type	Container	Effective chance
Ambulance	Glove Box	30.41%
Ambulance	Trunk	23.28%
Doctor	Glove Box	30.41%

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 Scalpel
	{
	    DisplayCategory = FirstAid,
		MaxRange	=	0.8,
		WeaponSprite	=	Scalpel,
		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,
		CloseKillMove = Jaw_Stab,
		ConditionMax	=	5,
		MaxHitCount	=	1,
		IsAimedHandWeapon	=	TRUE,
		DoorDamage	=	1,
		SwingAnim	=	Stab,
		DisplayName	=	Scalpel,
		MinRange	=	0.61,
		SwingTime	=	2,
		KnockdownMod	=	0,
		SplatBloodOnNoDeath	=	FALSE,
		Icon	=	Scalpel,
		RunAnim	=	Run_Weapon2,
        IdleAnim	=	Idle_Weapon2,
        BreakSound  =   ScalpelBreak,
        TreeDamage  =   0,
        EnduranceMod = 0.5,
        MetalValue = 8,
        CriticalChance	=	10,
        CritDmgMultiplier = 10,
        MinDamage	=	0.1,
        MaxDamage	=	0.4,
		WeaponLength = 0.17,
        DamageCategory = Slash,
        DamageMakeHole = TRUE,
        HitFloorSound	=	ScalpelHit,
        ImpactSound	=	ScalpelHit,
        DoorHitSound = ScalpelHit,
		HitSound	=	ScalpelHit,
		SwingSound = ScalpelSwing,
		AttachmentType = Screwdriver,
 	}