Fork is a cooking weapon item in Project Zomboid. As a weapon it hits for 0.1 damage with 0.8 reach and a maximum condition of 3. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Cooking Weapon Melee weapons
As a weapon it hits for 0.1 damage with 0.8 reach and a maximum condition of 3. It weighs 0.25.
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.Fork | Cooking Weapon |
Fork 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Store Kitchen Cutlery | Cafeteria kitchen (cupboard); Catfish kitchen (cupboard); Restaurant (cupboard); and 9 more places | 32% | 4 |
| Chinese Kitchen Cutlery | Chinese kitchen (cupboard) | 17% | 4 |
| Army Bunker Kitchen | Old army (cupboard) | 11% | 4 |
| Kitchen Dishes | House kitchen (cupboard, shelves); Kitchen (cupboard, shelves); Living room (cupboard) | 5.3% | 4 |
| Gigamart Housewares | Department storage (shelves); General Store (shelves); GigaMart (shelves); and 2 more places | 4.2% | 4 |
| Diner Back Room Counter | Diner back room (cupboard) | 3.3% | 4 |
Inside bags and cases: Picnic Basket, Garbage Bag.
Town by town: loot locations.
| Recipe | Ingredients (used up) | Tools (kept) | Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forge Fine Forks Forge | 2 × any charcoal; Steel Bar Quarter | a ball-peen hammer; any metalworking pliers; any metalworking chisel | Blacksmithing 3. Unlocks at Blacksmithing 5 |
Used up as an ingredient in 3 recipes: Make Improvised Screwdriver, Make Shiv, Smelt Smaller Steel Item.
Needed as a tool in 17 recipes (it is not used up): Make Cake Batter, Make Gravy, Make Guacamole, Prepare 2 Breaded Onion Rings, Prepare Baguette, Prepare Biscuits, Prepare Bread Dough, Prepare Chocolate Chip Cookies, Prepare Chocolate Cookies, Prepare Muffins, Prepare Oatmeal Cookies, Prepare Omelette, Prepare Pancakes, Prepare Pie Dough and 3 more.
It weighs 0.25 in Build 42.
Base.Fork.
0.1 per hit, with 0.8 reach.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.