Wooden Rod is a material weapon item in Project Zomboid. As a weapon it hits for 0.4–0.8 damage with 1.3 reach and a maximum condition of 5. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Material Weapon Melee weapons
As a weapon it hits for 0.4–0.8 damage with 1.3 reach and a maximum condition of 5. 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.WoodenStick2 | Material Weapon |
Wooden Rod is on 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Improvised Crafts | Attic (box, crate); Closet (box); Garage storage (box); and 4 more places | 16% | 4 |
| Tool Store Handles | Tool Store (crate, shelves) | 13% | 6 |
| Garage Carpentry | Garage storage (cupboard, shelves); Shed (cupboard, shelves) | 3.4% | 4 |
| Crate Carpentry | Bat Factory (shelves); Closet (box, crate); Logging warehouse (box); and 6 more places | 2.8% | 4 |
| Logging Factory Tools | Logging factory (crate, shelves); Logging warehouse (crate, box) | 2.6% | 4 |
| Crate Tools | Survivor safehouse (early) (shelves); Survivor safehouse (late game) (shelves); Survivor safehouse (mid game) (shelves); and 16 more places | 2.1% | 4 |
| Cabinet Factory Tools | Cabinet Factory (crate, shelves, tool cabinet); Cabinet shipping (shelves) | 1.8% | 4 |
| Janitor Tools | Bathroom (shelves); Gas storage (cupboard); Janitor (cupboard, locker, shelves); and 2 more places | 1.3% | 4 |
It is on 4 more tables with smaller shares.
Inside bags and cases: Garbage Bag.
Town by town: loot locations.
| Recipe | Ingredients (used up) | Tools (kept) | Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carve Wooden Rod In hand | Plank or Tree Branch or Broken Long Stick or 2 more | any sharp knife or any meat cleaver or any saw | Carving 1 |
Used up as an ingredient in 33 recipes: Assemble Simple Framepack, Assemble Simple Tarp Framepack, Assemble Small Simple Framepack, Can-Reinforce Weapon, Carve 4 Small Handles, Carve Bucket, Carve Knitting Needles, Carve Medium Handle, Carve Simple Wooden Tongs, Carve Stake, Carve Trowel, Crude Wooden Cross, Lean To Shelter, Leather Shelter and 19 more.
Needed as a tool in 10 recipes (it is not used up): Craft Twine, 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, Scutch Fibre, Twist Rope from Dogbane.
It weighs 2 in Build 42.
Base.WoodenStick2.
0.4–0.8 per hit, with 1.3 reach.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.