Long Simple Metal Knife is a weapon crafted item in Project Zomboid. As a weapon it hits for 0.6–1.2 damage with 0.9 reach and a maximum condition of 5. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Weapon Crafted Melee weapons
As a weapon it hits for 0.6–1.2 damage with 0.9 reach and a maximum condition of 5. 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.LongCrudeKnife | Weapon Crafted |
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.
Made with:
Used in 204 recipes (as an ingredient or tool):
And 174 more.
Counts as: any hasmetal, any sharpenable, any sharpknife, any butcheranimal, any cutplant, any killanimal.
It weighs 1 in Build 42.
Base.LongCrudeKnife.
0.6–1.2 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.