Stake

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A stake is a craftable, short blade melee weapon also used for camping.

Usage

Weapon

Pros	Cons
Capable of dealing a one shot kill on zombies with the jaw stab animation. Lightweight, fast attack rate. Easy to craft. A bag can be held in the other hand as it is a one-handed weapon.	Short attack range, low damage. Can only hit 1 target at a time. Can get stuck inside a zombie after a jaw stab. Very low jaw stab chance. Very low durability.

Breaking doors

It is very ineffective at bashing down doors, dealing only 1 damage per hit. For comparison, an axe deals 35 damage to that structure type.

Condition

The Stake has a maximum condition of 5 and the chance to lose condition is influenced by the Maintenance and Short Blade skills. With level 0 Maintenance and Short Blade skill the there is a 100% chance to lose condition each hit, and it will break after 5 hits.

Repairing

A stake cannot be repaired.

Crafting

The stake is a craftable weapon that can be used as an alternative to tent pegs to make a tent kit.

Product	Ingredients	Tools	Requirements	Workstation	XP
Stake	One of: Stone Knife ×1 Hunting Knife ×1 Kitchen Knife ×1 Meat Cleaver ×1 Machete ×1 Each of: Tree Branch ×1	none	none	none	1.25 Carpentry
Tent Kit	Tarp ×1 Stake ×4 Sturdy Stick ×2	none	none	none	none

Distribution

Stakes can randomly be found impaled in zombies or in self-storage lots.

Trivia

The stake was added to the game in build 41.
The stake being embedded in a zombie might be a reference to how vampires are killed, which obviously didn't help in the zombie apocalypse.

Gallery

Stake held by a player

Code

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Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\items_weapons.txt

Retrieved: Build 41.78.16

item Stake
	{
	    DisplayCategory = WeaponCrafted,
		MaxRange	=	0.85,
		WeaponSprite	=	Stake,
		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	=	Stake,
		MinRange	=	0.61,
		SwingTime	=	2,
		KnockdownMod	=	0,
		SplatBloodOnNoDeath	=	FALSE,
		Icon	=	Stake,
		RunAnim	=	Run_Weapon2,
        IdleAnim	=	Idle_Weapon2,
        BreakSound  =   StakeBreak,
        TreeDamage  =   0,
        EnduranceMod = 0.5,
        CriticalChance	=	10,
        CritDmgMultiplier = 10,
        MinDamage	=	0.25,
        MaxDamage	=	0.53,
		WeaponLength = 0.18,
		HitFloorSound	=	StakeHit,
        ImpactSound	=	StakeHit,
        DoorHitSound = StakeHit,
		HitSound	=	StakeHit,
		SwingSound = StakeSwing,
		AttachmentType = Screwdriver,
 	}