Bone War Hatchet is a weapon crafted item in Project Zomboid. As a weapon it hits for 0.5–1.0 damage with 1.1 reach and a maximum condition of 10. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Weapon Crafted Melee weapons
As a weapon it hits for 0.5–1.0 damage with 1.1 reach and a maximum condition of 10. It weighs 1.5.
Melee weapons use one of the weapon skills. Condition drops as you fight, a broken weapon is useless until repaired, and heavy two-handed weapons drain endurance faster.
More: Melee weapon stats · Weapons and ammo.
Use the item ID in sandbox loot settings, admin tools and mods.
| Item ID | Game category |
|---|---|
Base.Hatchet_Bone | Weapon Crafted |
Bone War Hatchet is on 3 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) | 8.6% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Make Bone War Hatchet On any surface | Bone War Hatchet Head; Tree Branch; 2 × Leather Strips | any sharp knife or any meat cleaver | Maintenance 1 |
Used up as an ingredient in 1 recipe: Dismantle Medium Implement.
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.
It weighs 1.5 in Build 42.
Base.Hatchet_Bone.
0.5–1.0 per hit, with 1.1 reach.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.