Small Knife is a tool weapon item in Project Zomboid. As a weapon it hits for 0.3–0.6 damage with 0.9 reach and a maximum condition of 8. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Tool Weapon Melee weapons
As a weapon it hits for 0.3–0.6 damage with 0.9 reach and a maximum condition of 8. It weighs 0.5.
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.SmallKnife | Tool Weapon |
Small Knife is on 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carving Workshop Tools | Whittler workshop (shelves) | 27% | 4 |
| Camping Store Tools | Camping (box, shelves); Camping storage (box, crate); Outdoor supply (shelves); and 1 more place | 23% | 4 |
| Pawn Shop Knives | Pawnshop (display case) | 11% | 4 |
| Gun Store Knives | Army Surplus Store (display case); Fishing (display case); Fishing storage (display case); and 1 more place | 4.5% | 4 |
| Army Surplus Tools | Army Surplus Store (shelves); Pawnshop (cupboard); Pawn shop office (box, shelves); and 1 more place | 2.8% | 4 |
| Hunter | Attic (box, crate); Closet (box); Garage storage (box); and 2 more places | 2.4% | 4 |
| Hiker | Attic (box, crate); Closet (box); Garage storage (box); and 2 more places | 2.4% | 4 |
| Hunting Lockers | Change room (locker); Hunter storage (locker); Locker (locker); and 2 more places | 2.2% | 4 |
It is on 17 more tables with smaller shares.
Town by town: loot locations.
| Recipe | Ingredients (used up) | Tools (kept) | Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forge Small Knife Primitive forge | 2 × any charcoal; Iron Bar Quarter or Steel Bar Quarter or Katana Blade Shard or 3 more | any hammer; any metalworking pliers or any tongs or any crude tongs | Blacksmithing 1. Read: American Bladecraft or reach Blacksmithing 2 and Short Blade 1 |
Used up as an ingredient in 6 recipes: Bind Spear Head, Bind Spear Head With Duct Tape, Bind Spear Head With Wire, Smelt Iron From Small Item, Smelt Small Iron Item, Smelt Steel From Small Iron 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 0.5 in Build 42.
Base.SmallKnife.
0.3–0.6 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.