Sheet Metal Snips is a tool weapon item in Project Zomboid. As a weapon it hits for 0.4–0.8 damage with 1.2 reach and a maximum condition of 8. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Tool Weapon Melee weapons
As a weapon it hits for 0.4–0.8 damage with 1.2 reach and a maximum condition of 8. It weighs 1.
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.SheetMetalSnips | Tool Weapon |
Sheet Metal Snips is on 32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blacksmith Tools | Blacksmith (shelves) | 4.0% | 4 |
| Pawn Shop Tools | Pawnshop (box, cupboard, shelves); Pawn shop storage (box, shelves) | 3.6% | 4 |
| Knife Factory Tools | Knife Factory (tool cabinet) | 3.5% | 4 |
| Welding Workshop Tools | Welding workshop (locker, tool cabinet) | 3.4% | 4 |
| Army Hangar Mechanics | Special spawn (vehicles, events or zombies) | 3.1% | 4 |
| Metal Worker Tools | Special spawn (vehicles, events or zombies) | 3.0% | 3 |
| Wire Factory Tools | Wire Factory (shelves, tool cabinet) | 2.8% | 4 |
| Crate Metalwork | Garage storage (box, crate); Shed (crate); Storage (box, crate); and 3 more places | 2.6% | 4 |
It is on 24 more tables with smaller shares.
On zombies: zombies in these outfits can carry it: Bandit Late, Bandit Mid, Bandit Early, Bandit, Private Militia.
Inside bags and cases: Protective Case - Military, Protective Case, Tool Roll - Leather, Toolbox, Wooden Toolbox.
Town by town: loot locations.
Used up as an ingredient in 2 recipes: Smelt Medium Steel Item, Smelt Steel From Medium Steel Item.
Needed as a tool in 34 recipes (it is not used up): Make Gas Mask Filter, Make Improvised Flashlight, Make Improvised Lantern, Make Sawblade Metal Bat, Make Scrap Metal Body Armor, Make Scrap Metal Chopper, Make Scrap Metal Cleaver, Make Scrap Metal Forearm Armor, Make Scrap Metal Gloves, Make Scrap Metal Helmet, Make Scrap Metal Mask, Make Scrap Metal Morningstar, Make Scrap Metal Shin Armor, Make Scrap Metal Shoulder Armor and 20 more.
It weighs 1 in Build 42.
Base.SheetMetalSnips.
0.4–0.8 per hit, with 1.2 reach.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.