Bone War Hatchet Head at a glance

Material Building & survival
It weighs 0.5.
Bone War Hatchet Head is a material item in Project Zomboid. It weighs 0.5. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.

Material Building & survival
It weighs 0.5.
Crafting materials feed the Build 42 crafting menus. Right-click the item or open the crafting window to see every recipe it goes into.
More: Crafting in Build 42 · Base building.
Use the item ID in sandbox loot settings, admin tools and mods.
| Item ID | Game category |
|---|---|
Base.HatchetHead_Bone | Material |
Bone War Hatchet Head is on 5 loot tables 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthropology Display Weapons | Anthropology classroom (display case) | 4.3% | 4 |
| Anthropology Display Tools | Anthropology classroom (display case) | 3.4% | 4 |
| University Storage Anthropology | University storage (shelves) | 2.3% | 4 |
| Antiques | Survivor safehouse (early) (box, crate); Survivor safehouse (late game) (box, crate); Survivor safehouse (mid game) (box, crate); and 6 more places | 0.23% | 4 |
| Melee Weapons Late | Survivor safehouse (late game) (box, cupboard, crate, …) | under 0.1% | 4 |
Town by town: loot locations.
| Recipe | Ingredients (used up) | Tools (kept) | Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carve Bone War Hatchet Head On any surface | Jawbone or Large Animal Bone | any saw or any small saw or any crude saw or 2 more; any whetstone or any file | Carving 3. Read: The First Weapons or reach Carving 6 and Axe 1 |
Used up as an ingredient in 2 recipes: Make Bone War Hatchet, Sharpen Bone.
It weighs 0.5 in Build 42.
Base.HatchetHead_Bone.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.