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Scrap Metal Large Knife

Scrap Metal Large 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.

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Scrap Metal Large Knife at a glance

Scrap Metal Large Knife icon

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.

Weight1
Damage0.6–1.1
Reach0.9
Max condition10
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What it is and how to use it

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.

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Item ID and variants

Use the item ID in sandbox loot settings, admin tools and mods.

Item IDGame category
Base.LargeKnife_ScrapTool Weapon
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Where it spawns: the loot tables

Scrap Metal Large Knife 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 tableWhere that table is usedShareRolls
Melee Weapons MidSurvivor safehouse (mid game) (box, cupboard, crate, …)under 0.1%4
Melee Weapons LateSurvivor safehouse (late game) (box, cupboard, crate, …)under 0.1%4

Town by town: loot locations.

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Recipes: how to make it and what it makes

How to make it

RecipeIngredients (used up)Tools (kept)Requirements
Make Scrap Metal Knife
On any surface
half bar stock or any full blade; Rag or Denim Strips or Leather Strips; 4 × Welding Torchany file; any welding maskWelding 2

What it is used for

Used up as an ingredient in 3 recipes: Bind Spear Head, Bind Spear Head With Duct Tape, Bind Spear Head With Wire.

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.

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Quick answers

How much does the Scrap Metal Large Knife weigh in Project Zomboid?

It weighs 1 in Build 42.

What is the item ID for Scrap Metal Large Knife?

Base.LargeKnife_Scrap.

How much damage does the Scrap Metal Large Knife do?

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.