Sapling is a material weapon item in Project Zomboid. As a weapon it hits for 0.3–0.6 damage with 1.6 reach and a maximum condition of 5. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Material Weapon Melee weapons
As a weapon it hits for 0.3–0.6 damage with 1.6 reach and a maximum condition of 5. It weighs 2.
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.Sapling | Material Weapon |
Sapling is on 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melee Weapons | Survivor safehouse (early) (box, cupboard, crate, …); Survivor cache 1 (cupboard); Survivor cache 2 (cupboard); and 1 more place | 1.5% | 4 |
| Melee Weapons Mid | Survivor safehouse (mid game) (box, cupboard, crate, …) | 1.4% | 4 |
| Melee Weapons Late | Survivor safehouse (late game) (box, cupboard, crate, …) | 1.1% | 4 |
Town by town: loot locations.
Used up as an ingredient in 26 recipes: Assemble Spear, Bind Spear Head, Bind Spear Head With Duct Tape, Bind Spear Head With Wire, Burn Large Wood into Charcoal, Carve 8 Small Handles, Carve Long Stick, Carve Spear, Crude Wooden Cross, Crude Wooden Fence, Lean To Shelter, Leather Shelter, Make Scarecrow, Make Tent Kit and 12 more.
Needed as a tool in 7 recipes (it is not used up): 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.
Used in 19 recipes (as an ingredient or tool):
Where to find it (loot tables with the highest weight first):
Counts as: any woodhandle, any longstick, any nomaintenancexp, any isfirefuel, any repairwithglue, any repairwithtape, any carvelongstick, any makewoodcharcoallarge.
It weighs 2 in Build 42.
Base.Sapling.
0.3–0.6 per hit, with 1.6 reach.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.