Machete Blade 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.MacheteKnife | Tool Weapon |
| Recipe | Ingredients (used up) | Tools (kept) | Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Make Knife From Machete Blade In hand | Machete Blade (No Tang) or Machete Blade (No Tang); simple binding | any whetstone or any file or any metal saw or 1 more | Maintenance 2 |
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.MacheteKnife.
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.