Bread Knife is a cooking weapon item in Project Zomboid. As a weapon it hits for 0.1–0.4 damage with 1.0 reach and a maximum condition of 5. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Cooking Weapon Melee weapons
As a weapon it hits for 0.1–0.4 damage with 1.0 reach and a maximum condition of 5. It weighs 1.
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.BreadKnife | Cooking Weapon |
Bread Knife is on 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knife Factory Cutlery | Kitchenwares Store (box); Knife shipping (box, crate, shelves) | 33% | 4 |
| Bakery Kitchen Cutlery | Bakery kitchen (cupboard) | 7.3% | 4 |
| Jays Kitchen Baking | Restaurant (cupboard); Fish 'N' Chips Restaurant (cupboard); Jay's Chicken kitchen (cupboard); and 1 more place | 6.3% | 4 |
| Mexican Kitchen Baking | Mexican Restaurant (cupboard); Taco kitchen (cupboard) | 6.2% | 4 |
| Western Kitchen Baking | Western kitchen (cupboard) | 6.1% | 4 |
| Pizza Kitchen Baking | Pizza Restaurant (cupboard) | 5.5% | 4 |
| Crepe Kitchen Baking | Crepe kitchen (cupboard) | 5.1% | 4 |
| Hotdog Stand Toppings | Hotdog stand (cupboard) | 4.8% | 4 |
It is on 11 more tables with smaller shares.
Inside bags and cases: Garbage Bag.
Town by town: loot locations.
Used up as an ingredient in 2 recipes: Smelt Small Steel Item, Smelt Steel From Small Steel Item.
Needed as a tool in 11 recipes (it is not used up): Carve Pumpkin, Collect Seeds, Drill Plank, Make Jar of Preserved Food, Scutch Fibre, Slice Animal Head, Slice Baloney, Slice Bread, Slice Cake/Pie, Slice Pizza, Slice Tortilla.
It weighs 1 in Build 42.
Base.BreadKnife.
0.1–0.4 per hit, with 1.0 reach.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.