Large Knife is a tool weapon item in Project Zomboid. As a weapon it hits for 0.6–1.1 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 0.6–1.1 damage with 0.9 reach and a maximum condition of 10. It weighs 1.
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.LargeKnife | Tool Weapon |
Large Knife is on 52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carving Workshop Tools | Whittler workshop (shelves) | 12% | 4 |
| Camping Store Tools | Camping (box, shelves); Camping storage (box, crate); Outdoor supply (shelves); and 1 more place | 6.0% | 4 |
| Jerky Factory Tools | Jerky factory (shelves) | 4.8% | 4 |
| Pawn Shop Knives | Pawnshop (display case) | 4.3% | 4 |
| Butcher Tools | Butcher (box, cupboard, shelves); Butchery (box, cupboard, shelves); Knox butcher (box, cupboard, shelves) | 4.3% | 4 |
| Gun Store Knives | Army Surplus Store (display case); Fishing (display case); Fishing storage (display case); and 1 more place | 3.6% | 4 |
| Spiffos Kitchen Butcher | Spiffo's kitchen (cupboard) | 2.1% | 4 |
| Pizza Kitchen Butcher | Pizza Restaurant (cupboard) | 1.8% | 4 |
It is on 44 more tables with smaller shares.
Town by town: loot locations.
Used up as an ingredient in 4 recipes: Bind Spear Head, Bind Spear Head With Duct Tape, Bind Spear Head With Wire, Dismantle Bladed Item.
Needed as a tool in 200 recipes (it is not used up): Assemble Framepack, Assemble Long Implement, Assemble Mace, Assemble Medium Implement, Assemble Simple Framepack, Assemble Simple Tarp Framepack, Assemble Spear, Assemble Stone Mace, Assemble Very Long Implement, Bone Spike Weapon, Butcher Small Animal, Carve 12 Small Handles, Carve 2 Small Handles, Carve 4 Large Bone Beads and 186 more.
It weighs 1 in Build 42.
Base.LargeKnife.
0.6–1.1 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.