Plank with Sawblade at a glance

Weapon Crafted Melee weapons
As a weapon it hits for 0.7–1.5 damage with 1.25 reach and a maximum condition of 10. It weighs 4.
Plank with Sawblade is a weapon crafted item in Project Zomboid. As a weapon it hits for 0.7–1.5 damage with 1.25 reach and a maximum condition of 10. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.

Weapon Crafted Melee weapons
As a weapon it hits for 0.7–1.5 damage with 1.25 reach and a maximum condition of 10. It weighs 4.
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.Plank_Sawblade | Weapon Crafted |
Plank with Sawblade 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melee Weapons Mid | Survivor safehouse (mid game) (box, cupboard, crate, …) | under 0.1% | 4 |
Town by town: loot locations.
| Recipe | Ingredients (used up) | Tools (kept) | Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Make Sawblade Plank On any surface | Plank; Nuts and Bolts; Screws; Circular Sawblade; 2 × Leather Strips | any wrench; a metal drill; any screwdriver | Carpentry 3. Unlocks at Carpentry 7 and Axe 7 |
Needed as a tool in 15 recipes (it is not used up): Bone Spike Weapon, Chop Large Branch Into Firewood, Chop Log Into Firewood, 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, Log Bench, Log Stairs, Log Stool, Log Stool and 1 more.
Made with:
Used in 10 recipes (as an ingredient or tool):
Where to find it (loot tables with the highest weight first):
Counts as: any choptree, any cutplant, any hasmetal, any repairwithglue, any repairwithtape.
It weighs 4 in Build 42.
Base.Plank_Sawblade.
0.7–1.5 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.