Large Handle is a material weapon item in Project Zomboid. As a weapon it hits for 0.5–0.9 damage with 1.25 reach and a maximum condition of 10. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Material Weapon Melee weapons
As a weapon it hits for 0.5–0.9 damage with 1.25 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.LongHandle | Material Weapon |
Large Handle is on 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tool Store Handles | Tool Store (crate, shelves) | 13% | 6 |
| Tool Factory Handles | Factory (box, crate, shelves) | 10% | 4 |
| Garage Carpentry | Garage storage (cupboard, shelves); Shed (cupboard, shelves) | 3.4% | 4 |
| Cabinet Factory Tools | Cabinet Factory (crate, shelves, tool cabinet); Cabinet shipping (shelves) | 1.8% | 4 |
| Melee Weapons | Survivor safehouse (early) (box, cupboard, crate, …); Survivor cache 1 (cupboard); Survivor cache 2 (cupboard); and 1 more place | 1.5% | 4 |
| Crate Carpentry | Bat Factory (shelves); Closet (box, crate); Logging warehouse (box); and 6 more places | 1.4% | 4 |
| Logging Factory Tools | Logging factory (crate, shelves); Logging warehouse (crate, box) | 1.3% | 4 |
| Barn Tools | Barn (box, crate, shelves) | 1.3% | 4 |
It is on 9 more tables with smaller shares.
Town by town: loot locations.
| Recipe | Ingredients (used up) | Tools (kept) | Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carve Large Handle On any surface | Plank or Large Branch | any sharp knife or any meat cleaver | Carving 3 |
Used up as an ingredient in 21 recipes: Assemble Long Implement, Assemble Mace, Assemble Stone Mace, Burn Large Wood into Charcoal, Can-Reinforce Long Weapon, Carve Medium Handle, Carve Simple Wooden Tongs, Carve Stake, Carve Trowel, Make Brake Disc Weapon, Make Bucket Maul, Make Jawbone Morningstar, Make Kettle Maul, Make Large Stone Axe and 7 more.
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.LongHandle.
0.5–0.9 per hit, with 1.25 reach.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.