Stake is a gardening weapon item in Project Zomboid. As a weapon it hits for 0.25–0.53 damage with 0.85 reach and a maximum condition of 5. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Gardening Weapon Melee weapons
As a weapon it hits for 0.25–0.53 damage with 0.85 reach and a maximum condition of 5. 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.Stake | Gardening Weapon |
Stake is on 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camping Store Tents | Camping (box, shelves); Camping storage (box, crate); Fishing (shelves); and 2 more places | 28% | 4 |
| Garden Store Tools | Garden Store (crate, shelves) | 24% | 4 |
| Crate Camping | Survivor safehouse (early) (box, crate); Survivor safehouse (late game) (box, crate); Survivor safehouse (mid game) (box, crate); and 4 more places | 8.3% | 4 |
| Crate Farming | Barn (box, crate, shelves); Closet (box, crate); Farm storage (crate, shelves); and 5 more places | 5.5% | 4 |
| Gardener Tools | Special spawn (vehicles, events or zombies) | 4.9% | 3 |
| Farmer Tools | Farmer (box, crate, shelves) | 3.9% | 3 |
| Crate Gardening | Garage storage (box, crate) | 3.2% | 4 |
Town by town: loot locations.
| Recipe | Ingredients (used up) | Tools (kept) | Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carve Stake In hand | Tree Branch or Medium Handle or Broken Long Stick or 5 more | any sharp knife or any meat cleaver | No skill needed |
Used up as an ingredient in 1 recipe: Make Tent Kit.
It weighs 0.5 in Build 42.
Base.Stake.
0.25–0.53 per hit, with 0.85 reach.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.