Sword Blade at a glance

Material Building & survival
It weighs 2.
Sword Blade is a material item in Project Zomboid. It weighs 2. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.

Material Building & survival
It weighs 2.
Crafting materials feed the Build 42 crafting menus. Right-click the item or open the crafting window to see every recipe it goes into.
More: Crafting in Build 42 · Base building.
Use the item ID in sandbox loot settings, admin tools and mods.
| Item ID | Game category |
|---|---|
Base.SwordBlade | Material |
| Recipe | Ingredients (used up) | Tools (kept) | Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forge Sword Blade Advanced forge | 8 × any charcoal; Steel Bar or Katana or Katana Blade or 4 more | a ball-peen hammer; any tongs | Blacksmithing 9. Read: Medieval Armory - June 1993 or reach Blacksmithing 10 and Long Blade 5 |
Used up as an ingredient in 10 recipes: Assemble Bladed Item, Forge Crude Sword Blade, Forge Machete Blade, Forge Scrap Metal Shortsword, Forge Shortsword Blade, Forge Simple Shortsword Blade, Make Scrap Metal Knife, Make Scrap Metal Shortsword, Smelt Large Steel Item, Smelt Steel From Large Steel Item.
Needed as a tool in 3 recipes (it is not used up): Sharpen Blade, Sharpen Blade Poorly with File, Sharpen Blade with Grindstone.
It weighs 2 in Build 42.
Base.SwordBlade.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.