Items that count as killanimal

In Project Zomboid Build 42, 52 items carry the base:killanimal tag. Recipes and actions that ask for "any killanimal" accept any of them, so you can use whichever one you have.

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Items with this tag

Item	Category	Weight
Ball-peen Hammer	Tool Weapon	1.5
Ball-peen Hammer	Tool Weapon	1.5
Baseball Bat with Sawblade	Weapon Crafted	2.5
Block Mace	Weapon Crafted	2.5
Brake Disc Scrap Metal Weapon	Weapon Crafted	4
Broken Iron Pipe	Junk Weapon	1
Claw Hammer	Tool Weapon	1.5
Claw Hammer	Tool Weapon	1.5
Club Hammer	Tool Weapon	2
Club Hammer	Tool Weapon	2
Crowbar	Tool Weapon	2
Crowbar	Tool Weapon	2
Crude Stone Axe	Weapon Crafted	2
Fighting Knife	Weapon	1
Firefighter Axe	Tool Weapon	3
Garden Fork Scrap Metal Weapon	Weapon Crafted	4
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
Ice Pick	Cooking Weapon	0.3
Iron Pipe	Material Weapon	1.5
Kitchen Knife	Cooking Weapon	0.7
Kitchen Knife	Cooking Weapon	0.6
Large Knife	Tool Weapon	1
Lead Pipe	Material Weapon	1.5
Long Simple Metal Knife	Weapon Crafted	1
Long Stone Knife	Weapon Crafted	1
Machete Blade Knife	Tool Weapon	1
Meat Cleaver	Cooking Weapon	1
Meat Cleaver	Cooking Weapon	1
Metal Baseball Bat with Sawblade	Weapon Crafted	2.5
Pickaxe	Tool Weapon	3
Pickaxe	Tool Weapon	3
Pipe Wrench	Tool Weapon	1.5
Railroad Spike Knife	Weapon	0.5
Rake-Head Scrap Metal Weapon	Weapon Crafted	3
Sawblade Hatchet	Weapon Crafted	2
Scrap Metal Cleaver	Weapon Crafted	2
Shovel	Gardening Weapon	2
Small Knife	Tool Weapon	0.5
Smithing Hammer	Tool Weapon	1.5
Spade	Gardening Weapon	2
Spade	Gardening Weapon	2
Spade Head Scrap Metal Weapon	Weapon Crafted	4
Steak Knife	Cooking Weapon	0.5
Steel Rod	Material Weapon	1.5
Stone Hammer	Tool Weapon	2
Stone Knife	Weapon Crafted	0.75
Sushi Knife	Cooking Weapon	0.7

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Quick answers

Which items count as killanimal in Project Zomboid?

52 items: Ball-peen Hammer, Ball-peen Hammer, Baseball Bat with Sawblade, Block Mace, Brake Disc Scrap Metal Weapon, Broken Iron Pipe, Claw Hammer, Claw Hammer, Club Hammer, Club Hammer, Crowbar, Crowbar 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.