Items that count as smeltableironsmall

In Project Zomboid Build 42, 44 items carry the base:smeltableironsmall tag. Recipes and actions that ask for "any smeltableironsmall" accept any of them, so you can use whichever one you have.

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Items with this tag

Item	Category	Weight
Baseball Bat with Railspike	Weapon Crafted	2.5
Baseball Bat with Sawblade	Weapon Crafted	2.5
Bell	Junk	0.1
Butterfly Knife	Weapon	0.3
Can Opener	Cooking	0.6
Cheese Grater	Cooking	1
Crude Scissors	Household Weapon	0.5
Draw Plate	Material	0.5
Dumbbell	Sports Weapon	5
Dumbbell	Sports Weapon	5
Extinguisher	Household	2
Field Hockey Stick with Sawblade	Weapon Crafted	1.5
Fireplace Poker	Tool Weapon	1.5
Geometry Compass	Tool Weapon	0.2
Hand Fork	Tool Weapon	1
Hand Scythe Blade	Material	0.3
Heading Tool	Tool	0.5
Heavy Chain Link	Material	0.5
Iron Band - Small	Material	0.5
Iron Bar Quarter	Material	0.5
Iron Chunk	Material	0.5
Iron Chunk (Pierced)	Material	0.5
Iron Scrap	Material	0.5
Kettle	Cooking	1
Kettle Maul - Metal Handle	Weapon Crafted	6
Latch	Material	0.5
Leaf Rake	Gardening Weapon	1.5
Letter Opener	Household Weapon	0.3
Mason's Trowel	Tool Weapon	1
Metalworking Pliers	Tool	0.5
Oxygen Tank	Accessory	5
Paring Knife	Cooking Weapon	0.3
Pizza Cutter	Cooking	0.5
Pocket Knife	Tool Weapon	0.3
Railroad Spike	Material Weapon	0.5
Scalpel	First Aid Weapon	0.3
Scrap Metal	Material	1
Scrap Metal Blade Shard	Material	0.5
Short Bat with Sawblade	Weapon Crafted	3
Simple Metal Blade	Material	0.5
Simple Sword Blade Shard	Material	0.5
Small Knife	Tool Weapon	0.5
Smithing Hammer Head	Material	0.5
Strainer	Cooking	1

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Recipes that use it

Recipes that accept any item with this tag:

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Quick answers

Which items count as smeltableironsmall in Project Zomboid?

44 items: Baseball Bat with Railspike, Baseball Bat with Sawblade, Bell, Butterfly Knife, Can Opener, Cheese Grater, Crude Scissors, Draw Plate, Dumbbell, Dumbbell, Extinguisher, Field Hockey Stick with Sawblade and more.

What is the smeltableironsmall tag used for?

It is used by 3 crafting recipes, including Smelt Iron From Small Item, Smelt Steel From Small Iron Item, Smelt Small Iron Item.

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.