Baseball Bat

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Baseball Bat
BaseballBat Model.png
BaseballBatSpiked Model.png
General
Category
Sports
Encumbrance
Moodle Icon HeavyLoad.png
2
Equipped
Two-handed
Slot attached
Back
Skill
Properties
Max condition
15
Performance
Damage type
Blunt
Damage
0.8–1.1
Range
0.61–1.5
Attack speed
1
Knockback
0.5
Knockdown
2
Technical
Item ID
Base.BaseballBat
Hell, if you lose your gun then use a bat. Just burst their heads like a fuckin' balloon.

A baseball bat is a blunt melee weapon.

Usage

Weapon

The baseball bat is particularly effective against lone zombies. It usually won't kill a standing zombie in one hit, but it has a high chance to knock them down, allowing players to follow up with a killing blow.

The baseball bat also has a long range (for a melee weapon), and is capable of keeping a small group of zombies at a distance while delivering killing blows. It is capable of hitting up to 2 zombies at once with Multi-Hit enabled. The baseball bat has a decent durability with 15 Max Condition and a low chance to lose durability when used. It's one of the better melee weapons in the game, and a great starter weapon.

Breaking doors

The baseball bat is not too effective at bashing down doors, dealing 5 damage per hit. For comparison, an axe deals 35 damage.

Chopping trees

The baseball bat is not recommended to cut trees, as it will only deal 1 damage to a tree per hit. For comparison, an axe deals 35 damage.

Condition

The baseball bat has a maximum condition of 15. Its rate of degradation is influenced by the long blunt and maintenance skills. The chance of losing durability can be simplified to the following formula: 1 in (20 + maintenanceMod × 2). Where "maintenanceMod" is calculated using the long blunt and maintenance skills.
Below is an example of the chance of losing durability at varying levels of the maintenance and long blunt skills.

For how this is calculated, see: Durability
Maintenance skill Weapon skill Durability lower chance
0 0 1/20 (5%)
0 4 1/22 (5%)
0 8 1/24 (4%)
4 0 1/24 (4%)
8 0 1/28 (4%)
4 4 1/26 (4%)
4 8 1/28 (4%)
8 8 1/32 (3%)
10 10 1/34 (3%)

Repairing

Materials that can be used to repair the baseball bat, based on first time repairing.

Repair Baseball Bat
Wood Glue
Woodglue.png Potentially repairs: 20%
Chance of success: 35%
Needs:
Wood Glue (2 units)
Carpentry Level 2
Duct Tape
DuctTape.png Potentially repairs: 10%
Chance of success: 95%
Needs:
Duct Tape (2 units)
Glue
Glue.png Potentially repairs: 10%
Chance of success: 95%
Needs:
Glue (2 units)
Adhesive Tape
Scotchtape.png Potentially repairs: 10%
Chance of success: 95%
Needs:
Adhesive Tape (4 units)
  • Each level up to Carpentry level 7 will increase the wood glue repair chance up to 75%
  • Each successive repair will reduce the chance of success.
  • It should be noted that upgrading the baseball bat to the spiked baseball bat will reset the repair count to 0.

Distribution

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

Containers
Building/Room Container Rolls Chance
all dresser 4 0.1
postbox 4 2
wardrobe 4 0.1
wardrobe 4 0.1
wardrobe 4 0.1
wardrobe 4 0.1
wardrobe 4 0.1
baseballstore shelves 4 1
batfactory crate 4 1
crate 4 1
crate 4 2
crate 4 2
crate 4 5
bedroom crate 1 0.2
dresser 4 0.1
closet crate 4 1
crate 4 2
metal_shelves 4 0.1
drugshack counter 4 1
crate 4 1
schoolstorage crate 4 1
crate 4 1
crate 4 2
crate 4 2
crate 4 5

Crafting

The baseball bat can be upgraded to a spiked baseball bat or be used to smash open a watermelon.

Product XP gained Skill(s) Recipe Ingredient 1 Ingredient 2 Ingredient 3
BaseballBatNails.png
Spiked Baseball Bat
0 XP none Hammer.png
Hammer (tag)
(keep)
BaseballBat.png
Baseball Bat
(consumed)
Nails.png
Nails x5
(consumed)
WatermelonSmashed.png
Watermelon Chunks x5
0.75 Cooking none
(keep)
Watermelon.png
Watermelon
(consumed)

Trivia

  • The baseball bat is a popular weapon used in various zombie apocalypse material, including: The Walking Dead, Zombieland, DayZ and 28 Days Later.

Gallery

Code

Code icon.png Code snippet! This section contains source code from Project ZomboidShow / Hide

Item

Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\items_weapons.txt

Retrieved: Build 41.78.16
item BaseballBat
	{
	    DisplayCategory = Sports,
		MaxRange	=	1.25,
		WeaponSprite	=	BaseballBat,
		MinAngle	=	0.75,
		Type	=	Weapon,
		MinimumSwingTime	=	3,
		KnockBackOnNoDeath	=	TRUE,
		SwingAmountBeforeImpact	=	0.02,
		Categories	=	Blunt,
		ConditionLowerChanceOneIn	=	20,
		Weight	=	2,
		SplatNumber	=	1,
		PushBackMod	=	0.5,
		SubCategory	=	Swinging,
		ConditionMax	=	15,
		MaxHitCount	=	2,
		DoorDamage	=	5,
		IdleAnim	=	Idle_Weapon2,
		SwingAnim	=	Bat,
		DisplayName	=	Baseball Bat,
		MinRange	=	0.61,
		SwingTime	=	3,
		HitAngleMod	=	-30,
		KnockdownMod	=	2,
		SplatBloodOnNoDeath	=	FALSE,
		Icon	=	BaseballBat,
		RunAnim	=	Run_Weapon2,
        TwoHandWeapon = TRUE,
        BreakSound  =   BaseballBatBreak,
        DoorHitSound = BaseballBatHit,
		HitSound = BaseballBatHit,
		HitFloorSound = BaseballBatHit,
		SwingSound = BaseballBatSwing,
        TreeDamage  =   1,
		CriticalChance	=	40,
		critDmgMultiplier = 2,
		MinDamage	=	0.8,
		MaxDamage	=	1.1,
		BaseSpeed = 1,
		WeaponLength = 0.5,
		AttachmentType = Shovel,
	}

Repair

Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\fixing.txt

Retrieved: Build 41.78.16
fixing Fix Baseball Bat
    {
       Require : BaseballBat,

       Fixer : Woodglue=2; Woodwork=2,
       Fixer : DuctTape=2,
       Fixer : Glue=2,
       Fixer : Scotchtape=4,
    }

See also