Jawbone is an animal part weapon item in Project Zomboid. As a weapon it hits for 0.5–1.1 damage with 1.1 reach and a maximum condition of 5. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Animal Part Weapon Melee weapons
As a weapon it hits for 0.5–1.1 damage with 1.1 reach and a maximum condition of 5. 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.JawboneBovide | Animal Part Weapon |
Jawbone is on 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Storage Anthropology | University storage (shelves) | 2.3% | 4 |
| Safehouse Fireplace Late | Survivor safehouse (late game) (fireplace) | 0.36% | 4 |
| Antiques | Survivor safehouse (early) (box, crate); Survivor safehouse (late game) (box, crate); Survivor safehouse (mid game) (box, crate); and 6 more places | 0.23% | 4 |
Town by town: loot locations.
| Recipe | Ingredients (used up) | Tools (kept) | Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smash Cow Skull On any surface | Bull Skull or Cow Skull | any hammer or any sledgehammer or any club hammer or 1 more | Strength 3 |
Used up as an ingredient in 7 recipes: Carve 4 Large Bone Beads, Carve Bone War Hatchet Head, Make Jawbone Axe, Make Jawbone Club, Make Jawbone Morningstar, Sharpen Jawbone, Smash Jawbone.
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 1.5 in Build 42.
Base.JawboneBovide.
0.5–1.1 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.