Handiknife is a tool weapon item in Project Zomboid. As a weapon it hits for 0.3–0.5 damage with 0.9 reach and a maximum condition of 10. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Tool Weapon Melee weapons
As a weapon it hits for 0.3–0.5 damage with 0.9 reach and a maximum condition of 10. It weighs 0.4.
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.Handiknife | Tool Weapon |
Handiknife is on 45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Army Surplus Tools | Army Surplus Store (shelves); Pawnshop (cupboard); Pawn shop office (box, shelves); and 1 more place | 6.9% | 4 |
| Camping Store Tools | Camping (box, shelves); Camping storage (box, crate); Outdoor supply (shelves); and 1 more place | 6.0% | 4 |
| Tool Store Tools | Tool storage (box, shelves); Tool Store (box, cupboard, crate, …); Tool store storage (box, shelves) | 3.1% | 4 |
| Gigamart Tools | General Store (shelves); General store storage (shelves); GigaMart (shelves) | 2.2% | 4 |
| Pawn Shop Knives | Pawnshop (display case) | 2.2% | 4 |
| Gun Store Knives | Army Surplus Store (display case); Fishing (display case); Fishing storage (display case); and 1 more place | 1.8% | 4 |
| Fisherman Outfit | Special spawn (vehicles, events or zombies) | 1.4% | 3 |
| Homesteading | Attic (box, crate); Closet (box); Garage storage (box); and 4 more places | 1.2% | 4 |
It is on 37 more tables with smaller shares.
On zombies: zombies in these outfits can carry it: Survivalist, Survivalist 02, Survivalist 02 Late, Survivalist 02 Mid, Survivalist 03, Survivalist 03 Late, Survivalist 03 Mid, Survivalist 04 and 25 more.
Inside bags and cases: Parcel - Extra Small, Gift - Extra Small, Key Ring - Bass, Key Ring - American Eagle, Key Ring - Pine Tree, Big Hiking Backpack and more.
Town by town: loot locations.
Needed as a tool in 268 recipes (it is not used up): Assemble Articulated Metal Shin Armor, Assemble Articulated Metal Thigh Armor, Assemble Forearm Armor, Assemble Framepack, Assemble Full Metal Forearm Armor, Assemble Large Framepack, Assemble Long Implement, Assemble Mace, Assemble Medium Implement, Assemble Metal Shoulder Armor, Assemble Metal Thigh Armor, Assemble Shin Armor, Assemble Shoulder Armor - Left, Assemble Shoulder Armor - Right and 254 more.
Used in 268 recipes (as an ingredient or tool):
And 238 more.
Where to find it (loot tables with the highest weight first):
Counts as: any ignorezombiedensity, any bottleopener, any cutplant, any sharpknife, any butcheranimal, any useworldstaticmodel, any canopener, any corkscrew, any screwdriver, any awl.
It weighs 0.4 in Build 42.
Base.Handiknife.
0.3–0.5 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.