Simple Sword Blade (No Tang) at a glance

Material Building & survival
It weighs 2.
Simple Sword Blade (No Tang) is a material item in Project Zomboid. It weighs 2. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.

Material Building & survival
It weighs 2.
Crafting materials feed the Build 42 crafting menus. Right-click the item or open the crafting window to see every recipe it goes into.
More: Crafting in Build 42 · Base building.
Use the item ID in sandbox loot settings, admin tools and mods.
| Item ID | Game category |
|---|---|
Base.CrudeSwordBlade_NoTang | Material |
Used up as an ingredient in 8 recipes: Forge Crude Sword Blade, Forge Scrap Metal Shortsword, Forge Simple Shortsword Blade, Make Scrap Metal Knife, Make Scrap Metal Shortsword, Smelt Iron From Large Item, Smelt Large Iron Item, Smelt Steel From Large Iron Item.
Needed as a tool in 3 recipes (it is not used up): Sharpen Blade, Sharpen Blade Poorly with File, Sharpen Blade with Grindstone.
Used in 11 recipes (as an ingredient or tool):
Counts as: any hasmetal, any fullblade, any sharpenable, any showcondition, any smeltableironlarge.
It weighs 2 in Build 42.
Base.CrudeSwordBlade_NoTang.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.