Tree Branch

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A tree branch is an item used in various crafting recipes.

Usage

Fire starting

A tree branch can be used in conjunction with a notched wooden plank to start a fire. To light a campfire, first ensure that fuel has already been added to the campfire, which will act as the kindling. The player must have the notched wooden plank and tree branch in their inventory. Right-clicking the campfire and selecting "Light Fire" > "Notched Wooden Plank + Tree Branch" will cause the player to attempt to light the fire, although there is a chance that they will fail, breaking/destroying the tree branch. If successful, the campfire will burst into flames, while the tree branch and notched wooden plank will be returned to the player's inventory. In earlier versions, this method of starting fire was only possible with sturdy stick and notched wooden plank. Now there is an alternative allowing the survivor to start fire from foraged materials only.

Note that this method of fire starting can only be used for lighting a campfire and antique oven, and will not work for lighting a charcoal barbecue.

Fuel

It can be used as a fuel for fires, and lasts for 1 hour if done so.

Training Carpentry

Tree branches can be used efficiently to training the Carpentry skill, while conserving planks for better use. Creating stakes and wooden spears are the most XP efficient. Creating stakes for use in crafting a tent kit then creating a stockpile of wooden spears can quickly provide the first couple of levels in carpentry when combined with the skill book, whilst saving planks for other uses.

Recipes

A tree branch can be used to craft a stone knife, stone axe, stone hammer, splint, stake and wooden spear.

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
Stone Knife	One of: Ripped Sheets ×1 Dirty Rag ×1 Twine ×1 Each of: Tree Branch ×1 Chipped Stone ×1	none	none	none	none
Stone Axe	One of: Ripped Sheets ×1 Dirty Rag ×1 Twine ×1 Each of: Tree Branch ×1 Chipped Stone ×1	none	none	none	none
Stone Hammer	One of: Ripped Sheets ×1 Dirty Rag ×1 Twine ×1 Each of: Tree Branch ×1 Stone ×1	none	none	none	none
Crafted Spear	One of: Tree Branch ×1 Plank ×1 One of: Kitchen Knife ×1 Machete ×1 Meat Cleaver ×1 Stone Knife ×1	none	none	none	1.25 Carpentry
Splint	One of: Plank ×1 Tree Branch ×1 Sturdy Stick ×1 One of: Ripped Sheets ×1 Dirty Rag ×1	none	none	none	none

Location

Tree branches can drop after a tree is chopped down.

Foraging

TreeBranch 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.

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
1-2	-	DeepForest: 15 Farm: 10 FarmLand: 10 Forest: 15 Nav: 5 TownZone: 5 TrailerPark: 5 Vegitation: 10	-	-	-	-	-	September to November	-

Trivia

This icon for this item was changed in build 41. Old icon:

History

Base.TreeBranch

Version	Description
Build 41.78	`Weight` changed from `1` to `1.7`.
Build 41.65	`DisplayCategory` added with value `Material`.
Build 41.50	`WorldStaticModel` added with value `TreeBranch`.
Build 41.12	`Weight` changed from `0.2` to `1`.
Build 29.3	Released on this version.

Code

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

Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\newitems.txt

Retrieved: Build 41.78.16

item TreeBranch
	{
	    DisplayCategory = Material,
		Weight	=	1.7,
		Type	=	Normal,
		DisplayName	=	Tree Branch,
		Icon	=	Branch,
		WorldStaticModel = TreeBranch,
	}