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Carving Fork

Carving Fork is a cooking weapon item in Project Zomboid. As a weapon it hits for 0.2–0.4 damage with 0.9 reach and a maximum condition of 6. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.

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Carving Fork at a glance

Carving Fork icon

Cooking Weapon Melee weapons

As a weapon it hits for 0.2–0.4 damage with 0.9 reach and a maximum condition of 6. It weighs 0.5.

Weight0.5
Damage0.2–0.4
Reach0.9
Max condition6
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What it is and how to use it

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.

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Item ID and variants

Use the item ID in sandbox loot settings, admin tools and mods.

Item IDGame category
Base.CarvingFork2Cooking Weapon
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Where it spawns: the loot tables

Carving Fork is on 9 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 tableWhere that table is usedShareRolls
Grill AcessoriesBarbecue Store (cupboard, shelves); Barbecue store (second list) (cupboard, shelves); Butcher (shelves); and 2 more places17%4
Crate Black BBQGarage storage (box, crate); Shed (crate)14%4
Crate Red BBQGarage storage (box, crate); Shed (crate)13%4
Store Shelf BBQSpecial spawn (vehicles, events or zombies)7.6%4
Butcher ToolsButcher (box, cupboard, shelves); Butchery (box, cupboard, shelves); Knox butcher (box, cupboard, shelves)5.4%4
Gigamart PotsDepartment storage (shelves); General Store (shelves); GigaMart (shelves); and 2 more places4.8%4
Gigamart BBQGigaMart (shelves); Grocers (shelves); Grocery (shelves)4.6%4
Diner Back Room CounterDiner back room (cupboard)2.6%4

It is on 1 more table with smaller shares.

Inside bags and cases: Tool Roll - Fabric, Garbage Bag.

Town by town: loot locations.

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Quick answers

How much does the Carving Fork weigh in Project Zomboid?

It weighs 0.5 in Build 42.

What is the item ID for Carving Fork?

Base.CarvingFork2.

How much damage does the Carving Fork do?

0.2–0.4 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.