Simple Metal Knife is a weapon crafted item in Project Zomboid. As a weapon it hits for 0.5–0.9 damage with 0.9 reach and a maximum condition of 6. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Weapon Crafted Melee weapons
As a weapon it hits for 0.5–0.9 damage with 0.9 reach and a maximum condition of 6. It weighs 0.7.
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.CrudeKnife | Weapon Crafted |
Simple Metal Knife is on 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drug Shack Weapons | Drug lab (cupboard); Drug shack (crate, box) | 2.0% | 4 |
| Melee Weapons Mid | Survivor safehouse (mid game) (box, cupboard, crate, …) | 0.35% | 4 |
| Melee Weapons Late | Survivor safehouse (late game) (box, cupboard, crate, …) | 0.27% | 4 |
| Derelict House Crime | Derelict (other); Derelict steel factory (other) | under 0.1% | 1 |
| Prison Cell Random | Cells (drawer); Prison cells (drawer) | under 0.1% | 4 |
| Prison Cell Random Classy | Cells (drawer); Prison cells (drawer) | under 0.1% | 4 |
On zombies: zombies in these outfits can carry it: Inmate, Inmate Khaki.
Inside bags and cases: Duffel Bag, Book.
Town by town: loot locations.
Used up as an ingredient in 4 recipes: Bind Spear Head, Bind Spear Head With Duct Tape, Bind Spear Head With Wire, Dismantle Bladed Item.
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.
It weighs 0.7 in Build 42.
Base.CrudeKnife.
0.5–0.9 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.