Suture Needle

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Used in the treatment of deep wounds.

— In-game tooltip

This article is about the medical needle used for stitching deep wounds. For the sewing needle, see Needle.

A suture needle is an item used in first aid.

Usage

A suture needle can be used to stitch a deep wound. Alternatively, if a suture needle is not available, a needle can be used with thread, however it will cause the player more pain.

A suture needle is a one use item, and will be consumed once used.

Crafting

Recipes are still based on build 41, and are planned to be revamped to build 42 at a later date, depending on the game's crafting system improvement.

Product	Ingredients	Tools	Requirements	Workstation	XP
Mattress	Thread ×2 unit(s) Sheet ×5 Pillow ×5	Needle	none	none	none

Stitch

Main article: Health

An untreated deep wound will continue to damage the player, which can be treated temporarily with a bandage, however making it dirty within a few seconds. Therefore, stitching a deep wound is the wisest treatment for a deep wound. This should be done with a suture needle, however can also be done with a standard needle and thread which will cause the player more pain.

A stitch should be bandaged, as that will increase the healing rate.

The player will be granted first aid experience after both performing the stitch and removing stitches once it has healed completely.

Location

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

SutureNeedle distributionShow / Hide

Effective chance calculations are based off of default 'apocalypse' loot settings, with no luck modifier, and average 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. Duplicate entries do exist, but have been removed for clarity.

Containers
Building/Room	Container	Effective chance
coroneroffice	counter	41.46%
coroneroffice	counter	23.67%
coroneroffice	dresser	41.46%
coroneroffice	dresser	23.67%
coroneroffice	medicine	41.46%
coroneroffice	medicine	23.67%
cortmanoffice	medicine	19.68%
dentist	counter	19.68%
dentist	dresser	19.68%
dentist	metal_shelves	19.68%
dentiststorage	cardboardbox	19.68%
dentiststorage	crate	19.68%
dentiststorage	metal_shelves	19.68%
dentiststorage	smallbox	19.68%
hospitalstorage	cardboardbox	19.68%
hospitalstorage	crate	19.68%
hospitalstorage	metal_shelves	19.68%
hospitalstorage	smallbox	19.68%
kennels	counter	19.68%
kennels	metal_shelves	19.68%
medical	counter	19.68%
medical	dresser	19.68%
medical	metal_shelves	19.68%
medicalstorage	counter	19.68%
medicalstorage	metal_shelves	19.68%
morgue	counter	41.46%
morgue	counter	23.67%
Nurse	cardboardbox	23.67%
Nurse	counter	23.67%
Nurse	crate	23.67%
Nurse	metal_shelves	23.67%
Nurse	smallbox	23.67%
oldmedical	counter	6.74%
oldmedical	metal_shelves	6.74%
pharmacy	metal_shelves	19.68%
pharmacystorage	cardboardbox	19.68%
pharmacystorage	counter	19.68%
pharmacystorage	crate	19.68%
pharmacystorage	metal_shelves	19.68%
pharmacystorage	shelves	19.68%
pharmacystorage	smallbox	19.68%
SafehouseLoot	counter	41.46%
SafehouseLoot	medicine	41.46%
SafehouseLoot_Late	counter	11.21%
SafehouseLoot_Late	medicine	23.67%
SafehouseLoot_Mid	counter	23.67%
SafehouseLoot_Mid	medicine	23.67%

Vehicle
Type	Container	Effective chance
Ambulance	Seat Front	6.53%
Ambulance	Trunk	18.53%
Doctor	Glove Box	6.53%
Doctor	Seat Front	6.53%
Doctor	Seat Rear	6.53%
Doctor	Trunk	23.67%
Nurse	Glove Box	6.53%

Foraging
Amount	Skill level	Biome: chance	Weather modifiers %				Month modifiers
Amount	Skill level	Biome: chance	Snow	Rain	Day	Night	Months available	Bonus months	Malus months
1	0	ForagingNav: 5 TownZone: 5 TrailerPark: 5 Vegitation: 5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

History

Base.SutureNeedle

Version	Description
Build 42.0.0	`Item tag` added with value `FitsWallet`.
Build 41.65	`DisplayCategory` added with value `FirstAid`.
Build 41.50	`WorldStaticModel` added with value `SutureNeedle`.
Build 41.23	`Medical` added with value `TRUE`.
Build 35.25b	`MetalValue` added with value `5`. `Tooltip` added with value `Tooltip_SutureNeedle`.
Build 30.12	Released on this version.

Code

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

Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\items_medical.txt

Retrieved: Build 42.0.2

item SutureNeedle
	{
	    /* note that this a specialized sterile delicate one-use surgical instrument, and is not suitable for tailoring tasks */
	    /* it is deliberate that this is not usable for Tailoring purposes */
		DisplayName = Suture Needle,
		DisplayCategory = FirstAid,
		Type = Normal,
		Weight = 0.1,
		Icon = SutureNeedle,
		Medical = TRUE,
		MetalValue = 5,
		Tooltip = Tooltip_SutureNeedle,
		WorldStaticModel = SutureNeedle,
		Tags = FitsWallet,
	}