Stone-Blade Scythe is a gardening weapon item in Project Zomboid. As a weapon it hits for 0.6–1.0 damage with 1.1 reach and a maximum condition of 5. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Gardening Weapon Melee weapons
As a weapon it hits for 0.6–1.0 damage with 1.1 reach and a maximum condition of 5. It weighs 1.
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.PrimitiveScythe | Gardening Weapon |
Stone-Blade Scythe is on 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthropology Display Tools | Anthropology classroom (display case) | 3.4% | 4 |
| University Storage Anthropology | University storage (shelves) | 0.58% | 4 |
Town by town: loot locations.
| Recipe | Ingredients (used up) | Tools (kept) | Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knap Stone Blade Scythe On any surface | Tree Branch or Medium Handle; Sharp Flint Flake | any hammer stone or any mallet or any knapping tool | Knapping 2. Read: Tool Use of Early Man or reach Knapping 5 |
Needed as a tool in 7 recipes (it is not used up): Fix With Adhesive Tape, Fix With Duct Tape, Fix With Epoxy, Fix With Epoxy And Rags, Fix With Glue, Fix With Wood Glue, Fix With Zipties.
Made with:
Used in 7 recipes (as an ingredient or tool):
Where to find it (loot tables with the highest weight first):
Counts as: any cutplant, any scythe, any handscythe, any repairwithglue, any repairwithtape.
It weighs 1 in Build 42.
Base.PrimitiveScythe.
0.6–1.0 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.