Jawbone Club is a weapon crafted item in Project Zomboid. As a weapon it hits for 0.6–1.1 damage with 1.23 reach and a maximum condition of 10. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Weapon Crafted Melee weapons
As a weapon it hits for 0.6–1.1 damage with 1.23 reach and a maximum condition of 10. It weighs 2.
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.JawboneBovide_Club | Weapon Crafted |
Jawbone Club is on 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthropology Display Weapons | Anthropology classroom (display case) | 4.3% | 4 |
| Antiques | Survivor safehouse (early) (box, crate); Survivor safehouse (late game) (box, crate); Survivor safehouse (mid game) (box, crate); and 6 more places | under 0.1% | 4 |
| Pawn Shop Knives | Pawnshop (display case) | under 0.1% | 4 |
| Melee Weapons Late | Survivor safehouse (late game) (box, cupboard, crate, …) | under 0.1% | 4 |
Town by town: loot locations.
| Recipe | Ingredients (used up) | Tools (kept) | Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Make Jawbone Club On any surface | Jawbone; Medium Handle; 2 × Leather Strips | None | Maintenance 2. Read: The First Weapons or reach Maintenance 5 and Short Blunt 1 |
Needed as a tool in 7 recipes (it is not used up): Fix With Adhesive Tape, Fix With Duct Tape, Fix With Epoxy, Fix With Epoxy And Rags, Fix With Glue, Fix With Wood Glue, Fix With Zipties.
It weighs 2 in Build 42.
Base.JawboneBovide_Club.
0.6–1.1 per hit, with 1.23 reach.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.