Also known as Sheet Metal Reinforced Bat.
A long blunt weapon: 1–1.3 damage, two-handed. Stats, where to find it and how to use it below. Updated for Build 42.21, November 2026.
Long Blunt Melee weapons
A long blunt weapon: 1–1.3 damage, two-handed.
Crafted
Town by town: loot locations.
Very durable.
How the Sheet Metal Reinforced Bat stacks up against other long blunt items and similar melee weapons in our database, sorted by damage.
| Item | Damage | Max condition | Crit chance | Reach | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cudgel with Spikes | 1.8–2.9 | 10 | 50% | 1.35 | 6 |
| Baseball Bat with Spikes | 1.2–1.9 | 10 | 40% | 1.28 | 2.5 |
| Sheet Metal Reinforced Bat | 1–1.3 | 25 | 40% | 1.25 | 2.5 |
| Baseball Bat with Nails | 1–1.5 | 15 | 30% | 1.28 | 2 |
| Electric Bass | 0.9–1.4 | 10 | 70% | 1.35 | 2.8 |
| Acoustic Guitar | 0.3–0.8 | 2 | 20% | 1.3 | 2.6 |
| Field Hockey Stick | 0.3–0.7 | 7 | 30% | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| Ice Hockey Stick | 0.3–0.7 | 7 | 30% | 1.6 | 1.5 |
The Sheet Metal Reinforced Bat is a two-handed Long Blunt weapon. It hits for 1–1.3 damage with a reach of 1.25 and weighs 2.5. Its maximum condition is 25, and each hit has a 1 in 25 chance of costing a point of condition. Critical hits land 40% of the time and multiply damage by 4.
Baseball Bat - Sheet Metal Reinforced is on 1 loot table in the game files. Share is how much of a table's total weight this item takes, before your sandbox loot settings. Each container rolls its table several times, so a bigger share and more rolls both mean you see it more often.
| Loot table | Where that table is used | Share | Rolls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melee Weapons Late | Survivor safehouse (late game) (box, cupboard, crate, …) | under 0.1% | 4 |
Town by town: loot locations.
Needed as a tool in 7 recipes (it is not used up): Fix With Adhesive Tape, Fix With Duct Tape, Fix With Epoxy, Fix With Epoxy And Rags, Fix With Glue, Fix With Wood Glue, Fix With Zipties.
Made with:
Used in 7 recipes (as an ingredient or tool):
Where to find it (loot tables with the highest weight first):
Counts as: any hasmetal, any repairwithglue, any repairwithtape.
Sheet Metal Reinforced Bat damage is 1–1.3 per hit in Build 42.21, with 1.25 reach and a maximum condition of 25.
It is two-handed and uses the Long Blunt skill.
Crafted
A long blunt weapon: 1–1.3 damage, two-handed. Very durable.
Item data from the ProjectZom item database, with stats from the Build 42 game data as published by pzfans.com and pindrop.gg. Item art is from Project Zomboid.