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Meat Cleaver Blade at a glance
Material Building & survival
It weighs 1.
Weight1
Max condition10
Meat Cleaver Blade
Meat Cleaver Blade is a material item in Project Zomboid. It weighs 1. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
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What it is and how to use it
Crafting materials feed the Build 42 crafting menus. Right-click the item or open the crafting window to see every recipe it goes into.
More: Crafting in Build 42 · Base building.
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Item ID and variants
Use the item ID in sandbox loot settings, admin tools and mods.
| Item ID | Game category |
|---|---|
Base.MeatCleaverBlade | Material |
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Where it spawns: the loot tables
Meat Cleaver Blade 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 table | Where that table is used | Share | Rolls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knife Factory Meat Cleaver Blades | Knife Factory (box, crate, shelves) | 100% | 4 |
Town by town: loot locations.
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Recipes: how to make it and what it makes
How to make it
| Recipe | Ingredients (used up) | Tools (kept) | Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forge Meat Cleaver Blade Forge | 4 × any charcoal; Steel Bar Half or Meat Cleaver Blade or Hunting Knife Blade | any smithing hammer; any metalworking pliers or any tongs | Blacksmithing 4. Read: American Bladecraft or reach Blacksmithing 5 and Short Blade 1 |
What it is used for
Used up as an ingredient in 7 recipes: Assemble Bladed Item, Forge Hunting Knife Blade, Forge Large Knife Blade, Forge Long Simple Blade, Forge Spear Head, Smelt Medium Steel Item, Smelt Steel From Medium Steel Item.
Needed as a tool in 3 recipes (it is not used up): Sharpen Blade, Sharpen Blade Poorly with File, Sharpen Blade with Grindstone.
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Quick answers
How much does the Meat Cleaver Blade weigh in Project Zomboid?
It weighs 1 in Build 42.
What is the item ID for Meat Cleaver Blade?
Base.MeatCleaverBlade.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.