Wooden Mallet is a tool weapon item in Project Zomboid. As a weapon it hits for 0.4–0.9 damage with 1.0 reach and a maximum condition of 8. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Tool Weapon Melee weapons
As a weapon it hits for 0.4–0.9 damage with 1.0 reach and a maximum condition of 8. It weighs 1.5.
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.WoodenMallet | Tool Weapon |
Wooden Mallet is on 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese Kitchen Butcher | Chinese kitchen (cupboard) | 5.7% | 4 |
| Butcher Tools | Butcher (box, cupboard, shelves); Butchery (box, cupboard, shelves); Knox butcher (box, cupboard, shelves) | 5.4% | 4 |
| Jays Kitchen Butcher | Restaurant (cupboard); Jay's Chicken kitchen (cupboard) | 4.2% | 4 |
| Mannequin Factory Tools | Mannequin factory (cupboard, crate, shelves) | 3.7% | 4 |
| Cabinet Factory Tools | Cabinet Factory (crate, shelves, tool cabinet); Cabinet shipping (shelves) | 3.7% | 4 |
| Burglar Tools | Attic (box, crate); Closet (box); Garage storage (box); and 2 more places | 3.6% | 4 |
| Furniture Factory Tools | Furniture workshop (box, tool cabinet) | 3.0% | 4 |
| Italian Kitchen Butcher | Italian kitchen (cupboard) | 2.3% | 4 |
It is on 21 more tables with smaller shares.
Inside bags and cases: Duffel Bag, Protective Case - Military, Protective Case, Tool Roll - Leather, Toolbox and more.
Town by town: loot locations.
Needed as a tool in 33 recipes (it is not used up): Assemble Bladed Item, Assemble Long Implement, Assemble Mace, Assemble Medium Implement, Assemble Spear, Assemble Stone Mace, Assemble Very Long Implement, Dismantle Bladed Item, Dismantle Long Implement, Dismantle Medium Implement, Fix With Adhesive Tape, Fix With Duct Tape, Fix With Epoxy, Fix With Epoxy And Rags and 19 more.
It weighs 1.5 in Build 42.
Base.WoodenMallet.
0.4–0.9 per hit, with 1.0 reach.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.