In Project Zomboid Build 42, 3 items carry the base:meatcleaver tag. Recipes and actions that ask for "any meatcleaver" accept any of them, so you can use whichever one you have.
| Item | Category | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Meat Cleaver | Cooking Weapon | 1 |
| Meat Cleaver | Cooking Weapon | 1 |
| Scrap Metal Cleaver | Weapon Crafted | 2 |
Recipes that accept any item with this tag:
3 items: Meat Cleaver, Meat Cleaver, Scrap Metal Cleaver.
It is used by 52 crafting recipes, including Slice Animal Head, Slice Bread, Slice Cake/Pie, Make Bone War Hatchet, Carve Bone War Hatchet Head.
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.