Items that count as butcheranimal

In Project Zomboid Build 42, 34 items carry the base:butcheranimal tag. Recipes and actions that ask for "any butcheranimal" accept any of them, so you can use whichever one you have.

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Items with this tag

Item	Category	Weight
Butterfly Knife	Weapon	0.3
Fighting Knife	Weapon	1
Fillet Knife	Cooking Weapon	0.7
Hand Axe	Tool Weapon	2
Hand Scythe	Gardening Weapon	1
Hand Scythe	Gardening Weapon	1
Handguard Dagger	Weapon	1
Handiknife	Tool Weapon	0.4
Hatchet	Tool Weapon	1.5
Hatchet	Tool Weapon	1.5
Hunting Knife	Weapon	1
Hunting Knife	Weapon	1
Kitchen Knife	Cooking Weapon	0.7
Kitchen Knife	Cooking Weapon	0.6
Large Knife	Tool Weapon	1
Long Simple Metal Knife	Weapon Crafted	1
Long Stone Knife	Weapon Crafted	1
Machete	Gardening Weapon	2
Machete	Gardening Weapon	2
Machete Blade Knife	Tool Weapon	1
Meat Cleaver	Cooking Weapon	1
Meat Cleaver	Cooking Weapon	1
Multitool	Tool Weapon	0.5
Paring Knife	Cooking Weapon	0.3
Pocket Knife	Tool Weapon	0.3
Railroad Spike Knife	Weapon	0.5
Scrap Metal Chopper	Weapon Crafted	2
Scrap Metal Cleaver	Weapon Crafted	2
Scrap Metal Large Knife	Tool Weapon	1
Small Knife	Tool Weapon	0.5
Steak Knife	Cooking Weapon	0.5
Stone Knife	Weapon Crafted	0.75
Sushi Knife	Cooking Weapon	0.7
Switchblade	Weapon	0.3

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Quick answers

Which items count as butcheranimal in Project Zomboid?

34 items: Butterfly Knife, Fighting Knife, Fillet Knife, Hand Axe, Hand Scythe, Hand Scythe, Handguard Dagger, Handiknife, Hatchet, Hatchet, Hunting Knife, Hunting Knife and more.

Figures on this page are read from the Build 42 game files (42.22, November 2026). Chances are relative weights inside each loot table, not exact drop rates. Your game is the final word: if it disagrees with us, tell us and we will fix the page.