Broken Large Handle is a junk weapon item in Project Zomboid. As a weapon it hits for 0.4–0.8 damage with 1.1 reach and a maximum condition of 10. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Junk Weapon Melee weapons
As a weapon it hits for 0.4–0.8 damage with 1.1 reach and a maximum condition of 10. 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.LongHandle_Broken | Junk Weapon |
Broken Large Handle is on 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safehouse Bin | Survivor safehouse (early) (garbage) | 0.84% | 4 |
| Bin Fire Station | Fire garage (garbage); Fire storage (garbage) | 0.71% | 4 |
| Bin Generic | Special spawn (vehicles, events or zombies) | 0.58% | 4 |
| Safehouse Bin Mid | Survivor safehouse (mid game) (garbage) | 0.47% | 4 |
| Bin Dumpster | Special spawn (vehicles, events or zombies) | 0.45% | 4 |
| Safehouse Bin Late | Survivor safehouse (late game) (garbage) | 0.39% | 4 |
Inside bags and cases: Garbage Bag.
Town by town: loot locations.
Used up as an ingredient in 8 recipes: Burn Small Wood into Charcoal, Carve 2 Small Handles, Carve Knitting Needles, Carve Medium Handle, Carve Stake, Carve Trowel, Carve Wooden Rod, Make Nail-Spiked Small Weapon.
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 in Build 42.
Base.LongHandle_Broken.
0.4–0.8 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.