Railroad Spike is a material weapon item in Project Zomboid. As a weapon it hits for 0.3–0.4 damage with 0.9 reach and a maximum condition of 15. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Material Weapon Melee weapons
As a weapon it hits for 0.3–0.4 damage with 0.9 reach and a maximum condition of 15. It weighs 0.5.
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.RailroadSpike | Material Weapon |
Railroad Spike is on 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rail Yard Spikes | Railroad repair shop (box, crate, shelves); Railroad storage (crate, box) | 100% | 6 |
| Antiques | Survivor safehouse (early) (box, crate); Survivor safehouse (late game) (box, crate); Survivor safehouse (mid game) (box, crate); and 6 more places | 0.45% | 4 |
Town by town: loot locations.
Used up as an ingredient in 8 recipes: Make Railspike Baseball Bat, Make Railspike Cudgel, Make Railspike Iron Pipe, Make Railspike Large Handle, Make Railspike Weapon, Smelt Iron From Small Item, Smelt Small Iron Item, Smelt Steel From Small Iron Item.
It weighs 0.5 in Build 42.
Base.RailroadSpike.
0.3–0.4 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.