Steel Bar is a material weapon item in Project Zomboid. As a weapon it hits for 0.6–1.15 damage with 1.25 reach and a maximum condition of 8. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Material Weapon Melee weapons
As a weapon it hits for 0.6–1.15 damage with 1.25 reach and a maximum condition of 8. It weighs 2.
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.SteelBar | Material Weapon |
Steel Bar is on 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tool Factory Bar Stock | Blacksmith (crate, shelves); Derelict steel factory (crate); Factory (box, crate, shelves); and 3 more places | 100% | 4 |
| Golf Factory Tools | Golf factory (shelves) | 13% | 4 |
| Welding Workshop Metal | Welding storage (shelves); Welding workshop (shelves) | 5.9% | 4 |
| Garage Metalwork | Garage storage (cupboard, shelves); Shed (cupboard, shelves) | 1.8% | 4 |
| Knife Factory Tools | Knife Factory (tool cabinet) | 1.8% | 4 |
| Crate Blacksmithing | Garage storage (box, crate); Storage Unit (box, crate, shelves) | 1.6% | 4 |
| Tool Factory Tools | Factory (cupboard) | 1.6% | 4 |
| Wire Factory Tools | Wire Factory (shelves, tool cabinet) | 1.4% | 4 |
It is on 3 more tables with smaller shares.
Town by town: loot locations.
| Recipe | Ingredients (used up) | Tools (kept) | Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cast Steel Bar Advanced furnace | 4 × Large Ceramic Crucible with Steel or Small Ceramic Crucible with Steel; 4 × any charcoal | any crude tongs or any tongs; Ceramic Bar Mold or Iron Bar Mold or Steel Bar Mold | No skill needed |
| Cast Steel Bar from Iron Advanced furnace | 4 × Large Ceramic Crucible with Iron or Small Ceramic Crucible with Iron; 6 × Coke; 6 × Limestone | any crude tongs or any tongs; Ceramic Bar Mold or Steel Bar Mold | No skill needed |
Used up as an ingredient in 20 recipes: Barricade Metal Bar, Cut Bar, Cut Bar, Forge Bar Into Rod, Forge Crowbar, Forge Crude Sword Blade, Forge Fireplace Poker, Forge Iron Band, Forge Large Hook, Forge Machete Blade, Forge Scrap Metal Shortsword, Forge Scrap Metal Sword, Forge Shortsword Blade, Forge Simple Shortsword Blade and 6 more.
It weighs 2 in Build 42.
Base.SteelBar.
0.6–1.15 per hit, with 1.25 reach.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.