Scissors

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Scissors

General

Category

Household

Encumbrance

0.4

Equipped

One-handed

Slot attached

Belt

Function

Tailoring
Appearance

Skill

Short Blade

Properties

Max condition

10

Performance

Damage

0.1–0.1

Door damage

1

Range

0.61–0.9

Attack speed

N/A

Knockback

0.3

Special ability

Jaw_Stab

Technical

Item ID

Base.Scissors

Scissors are a one-handed, short blade weapon and useful tailoring tool.

Usage

Tailoring

Main article: Tailoring

Scissors are required to use the "rip clothing" command on denim and leather clothing to obtain leather and denim strips.

Weapon

Scissors can be used as an emergency weapon, with the ability to perform execution: jaw stab.

Appearance

Main article: Appearance

Scissors can be used to modify a character's hair or beard.

Condition

Scissors have a maximum condition of 10. Its rate of degradation is influenced by the short blade and maintenance skills. The chance of losing durability can be simplified to the following formula: 1 in (1 + maintenanceMod × 2). Where "maintenanceMod" is calculated using the short blade and maintenance skills.
Below is an example of the chance of losing durability at varying levels of the maintenance and short blade skills.

For how this is calculated, see: Durability

Maintenance skill	Weapon skill	Durability lower chance
0	0	1/1 (100%)
0	4	1/3 (33%)
0	8	1/5 (20%)
4	0	1/5 (20%)
8	0	1/9 (11%)
4	4	1/7 (14%)
4	8	1/9 (11%)
8	8	1/13 (8%)
10	10	1/15 (7%)

Crafting

Build 41

Scissors can be attached to a spear using two duct tape. The condition of the scissors will be carried over to the spear.

Product	XP gained	Skill(s)	Recipe	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3
Spear with Scissors	0 XP	none		Crafted Spear (consumed)	Scissors (consumed)	Duct Tape (2 units) (consumed)
Scissors	0 XP	none		Spear with Scissors (consumed)

Distribution

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

Containers
Building/Room	Container	Rolls	Chance
MedicalCache1	MedicalBox	4	1
aesthetic	counter	4	8
all	desk	4	2
	filingcabinet	4	2
	officedrawers	4	2
	other	1	2
artstore	counter	4	2
	shelves	4	1
	shelves	4	2
bedroom	crate	1	0.2
	desk	4	2
	desk	4	2
bookstore	counter	4	8
classroom	counter	4	2
	desk	4	2
	metal_shelves	4	2
closet	crate	4	2
daycare	counter	4	2
	desk	4	2
	metal_shelves	4	2
dentiststorage	metal_shelves	4	1
	metal_shelves	4	2
empty	crate	4	2
garagestorage	crate	4	2
generalstore	shelves	4	8
kennels	counter	4	1
	counter	4	2
kitchen	counter	4	2
	shelves	4	2
livingroom	sidetable	4	2
morgue	counter	4	1
office	counter	4	2
	desk	4	2
	metal_shelves	4	2
post	counter	4	8
sewingstorage	metal_shelves	4	8

Code

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Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\items_weapons.txt

Retrieved: Build 41.78.16

item Scissors
	{
	    DisplayCategory = Household,
		MaxRange	=	0.9,
		WeaponSprite	=	Scissors,
		MinAngle	=	0.65,
		Type	=	Weapon,
		MinimumSwingTime	=	2,
		SwingAmountBeforeImpact	=	0.02,
		Categories	=	SmallBlade,
		Weight	=	0.4,
		ConditionLowerChanceOneIn	=	1,
		PushBackMod	=	0.3,
		SubCategory	=	Stab,
		AimingMod	=	0.8,
		ConditionMax	=	10,
		MaxHitCount	=	1,
		IsAimedHandWeapon	=	TRUE,
		DoorDamage	=	1,
		SwingAnim	=	Stab,
		CriticalChance	=	5,
		DisplayName	=	Scissors,
		MinRange	=	0.61,
		SwingTime	=	2,
		KnockdownMod	=	0,
		Icon	=	Scissors,
		TreeDamage  =   0,
		EnduranceMod = 0.5,
		MetalValue = 8,
		MinDamage	=	0.1,
        MaxDamage	=	0.1,
		WeaponLength = 0.17,
        DamageCategory = Slash,
        DamageMakeHole = TRUE,
        BreakSound	=	ScissorsBreak,
        HitFloorSound	=	ScissorsHit,
        ImpactSound	=	ScissorsHit,
        DoorHitSound = ScissorsHit,
		HitSound	=	ScissorsHit,
		SwingSound = ScissorsSwing,
		AttachmentType = Screwdriver,
		CloseKillMove = Jaw_Stab,
		Tags = Scissors,
     }

See also

• Razor
• Hair Gel
• Hair Dye