Butterfly Knife is a weapon item in Project Zomboid. As a weapon it hits for 0.3–0.6 damage with 0.9 reach and a maximum condition of 10. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Weapon Firearms
As a weapon it hits for 0.3–0.6 damage with 0.9 reach and a maximum condition of 10. It weighs 0.3.
Every gunshot is loud and draws zombies from a long way off. Ammunition, magazines and attachments are separate items, and the Aiming skill decides how often you hit.
More: Firearms and aiming · Weapons and ammo.
Use the item ID in sandbox loot settings, admin tools and mods.
| Item ID | Game category |
|---|---|
Base.KnifeButterfly | Weapon |
Butterfly Knife is on 35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pawn Shop Knives | Pawnshop (display case) | 11% | 4 |
| Gun Store Knives | Army Surplus Store (display case); Fishing (display case); Fishing storage (display case); and 1 more place | 4.5% | 4 |
| Tool Store Tools | Tool storage (box, shelves); Tool Store (box, cupboard, crate, …); Tool store storage (box, shelves) | 3.1% | 4 |
| Melee Weapons Mid | Survivor safehouse (mid game) (box, cupboard, crate, …) | 2.8% | 4 |
| Hunter | Attic (box, crate); Closet (box); Garage storage (box); and 2 more places | 2.4% | 4 |
| Hiker | Attic (box, crate); Closet (box); Garage storage (box); and 2 more places | 2.4% | 4 |
| Hunting Lockers | Change room (locker); Hunter storage (locker); Locker (locker); and 2 more places | 2.2% | 4 |
| Melee Weapons Late | Survivor safehouse (late game) (box, cupboard, crate, …) | 2.1% | 4 |
It is on 27 more tables with smaller shares.
On zombies: zombies in these outfits can carry it: Private Militia, Survivalist, Survivalist 02, Survivalist 02 Late, Survivalist 02 Mid, Survivalist 03, Survivalist 03 Late, Survivalist 03 Mid and 13 more.
Inside bags and cases: Duffel Bag, Book.
Town by town: loot locations.
Used up as an ingredient in 3 recipes: Smelt Iron From Small Item, Smelt Small Iron Item, Smelt Steel From Small Iron Item.
Needed as a tool in 200 recipes (it is not used up): Assemble Framepack, Assemble Long Implement, Assemble Mace, Assemble Medium Implement, Assemble Simple Framepack, Assemble Simple Tarp Framepack, Assemble Spear, Assemble Stone Mace, Assemble Very Long Implement, Bone Spike Weapon, Butcher Small Animal, Carve 12 Small Handles, Carve 2 Small Handles, Carve 4 Large Bone Beads and 186 more.
It weighs 0.3 in Build 42.
Base.KnifeButterfly.
0.3–0.6 per hit, with 0.9 reach.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.