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Large Animal Bone

Large Animal Bone 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.

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Large Animal Bone at a glance

Large Animal Bone icon

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 2.

Weight2
Damage0.5–1.1
Reach1.1
Max condition5
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What it is and how to use it

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.

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Item ID and variants

Use the item ID in sandbox loot settings, admin tools and mods.

Item IDGame category
Base.LargeAnimalBoneAnimal Part Weapon
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Where it spawns: the loot tables

Large Animal Bone is on 1 loot table 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 tableWhere that table is usedShareRolls
Bin DumpsterSpecial spawn (vehicles, events or zombies)0.45%4

Town by town: loot locations.

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Quick answers

How much does the Large Animal Bone weigh in Project Zomboid?

It weighs 2 in Build 42.

What is the item ID for Large Animal Bone?

Base.LargeAnimalBone.

How much damage does the Large Animal Bone do?

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.