Steel Rod Half is a material weapon item in Project Zomboid. As a weapon it hits for 0.5–1.0 damage with 1.1 reach and a maximum condition of 8. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Material Weapon Melee weapons
As a weapon it hits for 0.5–1.0 damage with 1.1 reach and a maximum condition of 8. It weighs 0.75.
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.SteelRodHalf | Material Weapon |
Used up as an ingredient in 9 recipes: Forge Rod Into Bar, Make Block Bludgeon, Make Sawblade Hatchet, Make Scrap Metal Chopper, Make Scrap Metal Cleaver, Make Scrap Metal Morningstar, Saw Bar Half, Smelt Small Steel Item, Smelt Steel From Small Steel Item.
It weighs 0.75 in Build 42.
Base.SteelRodHalf.
0.5–1.0 per hit, with 1.1 reach.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.