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Crafted Spear
General
Category	Weapon
Encumbrance	1.7
Condition max.	Default: 5 Crafted: See Crafting
Skill	Spear
Attachment	Back
Damage
Type	Spear
Attack speed	2
Range	0.98–1.4 tiles
Damage	1–1.5
Knockback	0.3
Knockdown	0
Technical details
Base ID	Base.SpearCrafted

A wooden spear is a tool that is crafted by a player and cannot be randomly found in containers.

Usage

The spear has relatively high damage and reach for its availability, however it suffers from a low maximum Condition and takes damage at an exceedingly high rate until Maintenance is leveled. At level 0 Maintenance, it has a 50% chance of lowering its condition each attack. The chance of losing durability is: 1 in (1 + maintenance x 2)

Fishing

Main article: Fishing

A wooden spear can be used in fishing instead of a fishing rod

Crafting

A wooden spear is created by sharpening a tree branch or plank with a kitchen knife, hunting knife, chipped stone, stone knife, meat cleaver, or machete.
The wooden spear's max condition is dependant on the player's carpentry skill. This is defined by a random number between: 2 + carpentry and 4 + carpentry. The tool used to craft the spear will then lose 1 durability, excluding the chipped stone. The chipped stone has a 1 in 4 chance of being consumed.

Product	XP gained	Skill(s)	Recipe	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2
Crafted Spear	1.25 Carpentry	Starting condition scales with player's carpentry.		One of: Tree Branch Plank (consumed)	One of: Chipped Stone Hunting Knife Kitchen Knife Machete Meat Cleaver Stone Knife (keep)

Upgrading

A spear may have many different attachments, each can be applied with two units of duct tape.
The upgraded spear's max condition is dependant on the items used to craft it. If the tools are damaged, the spear will have a lower condition.

Product	XP gained	Skill(s)	Recipe	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3
Spear with Bread Knife	0 XP	none		Crafted Spear (consumed)	Bread Knife (consumed)	Duct Tape (2 units) (consumed)
Spear with Butter Knife	0 XP	none		Crafted Spear (consumed)	Butter Knife (consumed)	Duct Tape (2 units) (consumed)
Spear with Fork	0 XP	none		Crafted Spear (consumed)	Fork (consumed)	Duct Tape (2 units) (consumed)
Spear with Letter Opener	0 XP	none		Crafted Spear (consumed)	Letter Opener (consumed)	Duct Tape (2 units) (consumed)
Spear with Scalpel	0 XP	none		Crafted Spear (consumed)	Scalpel (consumed)	Duct Tape (2 units) (consumed)
Spear with Spoon	0 XP	none		Crafted Spear (consumed)	Spoon (consumed)	Duct Tape (2 units) (consumed)
Spear with Scissors	0 XP	none		Crafted Spear (consumed)	Scissors (consumed)	Duct Tape (2 units) (consumed)
Spear with Hand Fork	0 XP	none		Crafted Spear (consumed)	Hand Fork (consumed)	Duct Tape (2 units) (consumed)
Spear with Screwdriver	0 XP	none		Crafted Spear (consumed)	Screwdriver (consumed)	Duct Tape (2 units) (consumed)
Spear with Knife	0 XP	none		Crafted Spear (consumed)	Kitchen Knife (consumed)	Duct Tape (2 units) (consumed)
Spear with Hunting Knife	0 XP	none		Crafted Spear (consumed)	Hunting Knife (consumed)	Duct Tape (2 units) (consumed)
Spear with Machete	0 XP	none		Crafted Spear (consumed)	Machete (consumed)	Duct Tape (2 units) (consumed)
Spear with Ice Pick	0 XP	none		Crafted Spear (consumed)	Ice Pick (consumed)	Duct Tape (2 units) (consumed)

Distribution

Any spear may be randomly generated inside a zombie's stomach after having survived for 30 days. Approximately 0.16% of zombies will have a Spear or Spear with attachments on them.

Code

From items_weapons.txt (Project Zomboid directory/media/scripts/)

Retrieved: Build 41.50

item SpearCrafted
        MaxRange			= 1.4,
        WeaponSprite			= SpearCrafted,
        MinAngle			= 0.8,
        Type				= Weapon,
        MinimumSwingTime		= 2,
        KnockBackOnNoDeath		= FALSE,
        SwingAmountBeforeImpact		= 0.02,
        Categories			= Improvised;Spear,
        ConditionLowerChanceOneIn 	= 2,
        Weight				= 1.7,
        SplatNumber			= 1,
        PushBackMod			= 0.3,
        SubCategory			= Spear,
        ConditionMax			= 5,
        MaxHitCount			= 2,
        DoorDamage			= 5,
        SwingAnim			= Spear,
        DisplayName			= Crafted Spear,
        MinRange			= 0.98,
        SwingTime			= 2,
        KnockdownMod			= 0,
        SplatBloodOnNoDeath		= FALSE,
        Icon				= SpearStick,
        RunAnim				= Run_Weapon2,
        IdleAnim			= Idle_Weapon2,
        BreakSound  			= BreakWoodItem,
        TreeDamage  			= 0,
        TwoHandWeapon 			= TRUE,
        CriticalChance			= 30,
        CritDmgMultiplier 		= 10,
        MinDamage			= 1,
        MaxDamage			= 1.5,
        DamageCategory 			= Slash,
        DamageMakeHole 			= TRUE,
        HitFloorSound			= BladeHit,
        ImpactSound			= BladeHit,
	HitSound			= BladeHit,
	AttachmentType 			= Shovel,
        Tags 				= FishingSpear,

From AttachedWeaponDefinitions.lua (Project Zomboid directory/media/lua/shared/Definitions/)

Retrieved: Build 41.50

AttachedWeaponDefinitions.spearStomach = {
	chance = 5, -- chance is total, we'll get the chance of every definition and take one from there
	weaponLocation = {"Stomach"}, -- defined in AttachedLocations.lua
	bloodLocations = {"Torso_Lower","Back"}, -- we add blood & hole on this part
	addHoles = true, -- if true, you need at least one bloodLocation
	daySurvived = 30, -- needed day of survival before seeing this one
	weapons = { -- list of possible weapons, we'll take one randomly from there
		"Base.SpearKnife",
		"Base.SpearCrafted",
		"Base.SpearHuntingKnife",
		"Base.SpearScrewdriver",
		"Base.SpearScissors",
		"Base.SpearScalpel",
		"Base.SpearButterKnife",
		"Base.SpearHuntingKnife",
	},
}

See also

• Foraging