Firewood is a material weapon item in Project Zomboid. As a weapon it hits for 0.4–0.7 damage with 1.1 reach and a maximum condition of 1. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Material Weapon Melee weapons
As a weapon it hits for 0.4–0.7 damage with 1.1 reach and a maximum condition of 1. 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.Firewood | Material Weapon |
Firewood is on 2 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 Fireplace | Survivor safehouse (early) (fireplace); Survivor safehouse (mid game) (fireplace) | 1.8% | 4 |
| Safehouse Fireplace Late | Survivor safehouse (late game) (fireplace) | 0.18% | 4 |
Town by town: loot locations.
| Recipe | Ingredients (used up) | Tools (kept) | Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chop Large Branch Into Firewood On any surface | Large Branch | an axe | No skill needed |
| Chop Log Into Firewood On any surface | Log | an axe | No skill needed |
| Unbundle Firewood In hand | Firewood Bundle | None | No skill needed |
Used up as an ingredient in 4 recipes: Burn Medium Wood into Charcoal, Carve 2 Small Handles, Make Firewood Bundle, Make Nail-Spiked Small Weapon.
It weighs 1.5 in Build 42.
Base.Firewood.
0.4–0.7 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.