Melee Weapons Mid loot table

Melee Weapons Mid is a loot table in Project Zomboid Build 42. The game rolls it 4 times when it fills a container, picking from 135 entries plus a junk list rolled 1 times. It is used in 6 containers across 1 room type.

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Items and chances

Chance is each entry's weight as a share of the whole list, per roll.

Item	Weight	Share of list
Melee Weapon Plan	70	24.6%
Whetstone	30	10.5%
Lead Pipe	8	2.8%
Steel Rod	8	2.8%
Iron Pipe	8	2.8%
Hunting Knife	8	2.8%
Butterfly Knife	8	2.8%
Switchblade	8	2.8%
Claw Hammer	8	2.8%
Long Stick	6	2.1%
Sapling	4	1.4%
Golf Club	4	1.4%
Large Knife	4	1.4%
Ball-peen Hammer	4	1.4%
Club Hammer	4	1.4%
Crowbar	4	1.4%
Hatchet	4	1.4%
Wooden Mallet	4	1.4%
Chair Leg	2	0.7%
Circular Sawblade	2	0.7%
Medium Handle	2	0.7%
Large Handle	2	0.7%
Flint Nodule	2	0.7%
Sharp Flint Flake	2	0.7%
Stone Blade	2	0.7%
Sharp Bone Fragment	2	0.7%
Baseball Bat	2	0.7%
Fighting Knife	2	0.7%
Small Knife	2	0.7%
Pipe Wrench	2	0.7%
Nightstick	2	0.7%
Magazine: The First Weapons	2	0.7%
Magazine: No Man's Land	2	0.7%
Magazine: The Cheapskate's John Spiral - Prison Defense	2	0.7%
Magazine: Bloody Japanese Wrestling Deathmatch!	2	0.7%
Magazine: The Cheapskate's John Spiral - Street Violence	2	0.7%
Magazine: Revolting Peasants	2	0.7%
Magazine: The Louisville Bruiser	2	0.7%
Bowling Pin	1	0.4%
Fireplace Poker	1	0.4%
Large Branch	1	0.4%
Antique Table Leg	1	0.4%
Circular Sawblade Half	1	0.4%
Long Stone Blade	1	0.4%
Long Sharp Bone	1	0.4%
Metal Baseball Bat	1	0.4%
Canoe Paddle	1	0.4%
Canoe Paddle - Double-bladed	1	0.4%
Field Hockey Stick	1	0.4%
Ice Axe	1	0.4%
Ice Hockey Stick	1	0.4%
Lacrosse Stick	1	0.4%
Bolt Cutters	1	0.4%
Garden Fork	1	0.4%
Garden Hoe	1	0.4%
Short Bat	1	0.4%
Spade	1	0.4%
Shovel	1	0.4%
Entrenching Tool	1	0.4%
Simple Metal Knife	1	0.4%
Shiv	1	0.4%
Wooden Spear	1	0.4%
Golf Bag	1	0.4%
Machete	1	0.4%
Blacksmithing I: "Elementary Forge Practice"	1	0.4%
Blacksmithing II: "General Purpose Blacksmithing"	1	0.4%
Blacksmithing III: "Old West Smiths and Their Secrets"	1	0.4%
Blacksmithing IV: "Really Hard Steel Co. Workers Handbook"	1	0.4%
Carving I: "Beginners Carving"	1	0.4%
Carving II: "Cool Woodshaping Projects!"	1	0.4%
Carving III: "Grinling Gibbons: His Life and Works"	1	0.4%
Carving IV: "Medieval Wood and Bone Carving Techniques"	1	0.4%
Knapping I: "Flint Knapping 101"	1	0.4%
Knapping II: "Guide to Kentucky Geology"	1	0.4%
Knapping III: "Lithic Technology Manual 1993"	1	0.4%
Knapping IV: "Schmidt Rock Hardness Testing Techniques"	1	0.4%
Maintenance I: "Basic Repairs"	1	0.4%
Maintenance II: "Better Tools, Made Easy"	1	0.4%
Maintenance III: "Home Guide to Tool Repairs"	1	0.4%
Maintenance IV: "Maintaining High Grade Tools"	1	0.4%
Handiknife	0.5	0.2%
Pocket Knife	0.5	0.2%
Firefighter Axe	0.5	0.2%
Railroad Spike Puller	0.5	0.2%
Bowling Pin with Nails	0.5	0.2%
Blacksmithing V: "The Complete Encyclopedia of Metallurgy"	0.5	0.2%
Carving V: "The Art and Process of Natural Material Carving"	0.5	0.2%
Knapping V: "Technological Morphometrics of Clovis Artifacts"	0.5	0.2%
Maintenance V: "Understanding Biomechanics of Tool Use"	0.5	0.2%
Axe	0.1	0.0%
Garden Fork	0.1	0.0%
Hand Axe	0.1	0.0%
Pickaxe	0.1	0.0%
Railroad Spike Puller	0.1	0.0%
Sledgehammer	0.1	0.0%
Sledgehammer	0.1	0.0%
Wood Axe	0.1	0.0%
Baseball Bat with Nails	0.1	0.0%
Broken Baseball Bat with Nails	0.1	0.0%
Baseball Bat - Can-Reinforced	0.1	0.0%
Baseball Bat with Rake Spikes	0.1	0.0%
Baseball Bat with Railspike	0.1	0.0%
Baseball Bat with Sawblade	0.1	0.0%
Broom with Barbed-Wire	0.1	0.0%
Chair Leg with Nails	0.1	0.0%
Cudgel with Nails	0.1	0.0%
Field Hockey Stick with Nails	0.1	0.0%
Broken Field Hockey Stick with Nails	0.1	0.0%
Medium Handle with Nails	0.1	0.0%
Medium Handle - Can-Reinforced	0.1	0.0%
Broken Branch with Nails	0.1	0.0%
Scrap Metal Large Knife	0.1	0.0%
Broken Large Handle with Nails	0.1	0.0%
Large Handle - Can-Reinforced	0.1	0.0%
Large Handle with Rake Spikes	0.1	0.0%
Large Handle with Railspike	0.1	0.0%
Large Handle with Sawblade	0.1	0.0%
Scrap Metal Chopper	0.1	0.0%
Iron Pipe with Railspike	0.1	0.0%
Plank with Sawblade	0.1	0.0%
Short Bat - Can-Reinforced	0.1	0.0%
Short Bat with Nails	0.1	0.0%
Short Bat with Railspike	0.1	0.0%
Short Bat with Sawblade	0.1	0.0%
Short Bat with Rake Spikes	0.1	0.0%
Spear with Glass Head	0.1	0.0%
Antique Table Leg with Nails	0.1	0.0%
Broken Table Leg with Nails	0.1	0.0%
Tree Branch - Can-Reinforced	0.1	0.0%
Tree Branch with Nails	0.1	0.0%
Tree Branch with Railspike	0.1	0.0%
Wooden Rod with Nails	0.1	0.0%
Broken Stick with Nails	0.1	0.0%
Wooden Rod - Can-Reinforced	0.1	0.0%
Katana	0.01	0.0%

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Junk items

Item	Weight
Broken Baseball Bat	8
Broken Canoe Paddle	2
Broken Field Hockey Stick	4
Broken Garden Tool Handle	6
Broken Katana	1
Broken Large Handle	8
Broken Long Stick	8
Broken Plank	4
Broken Table Leg	1

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Where it appears

Room	Container
Safe House Loot Mid	Wardrobe
Safe House Loot Mid	Small Box
Safe House Loot Mid	Cardboard Box
Safe House Loot Mid	Counter
Safe House Loot Mid	Crate
Safe House Loot Mid	Metal Shelves

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Quick answers

What can you find in Melee Weapons Mid?

The most common entries are Melee Weapon Plan, Whetstone, Lead Pipe, Steel Rod, Iron Pipe.

Where is the Melee Weapons Mid loot table used?

In Safe House Loot Mid (Wardrobe), Safe House Loot Mid (Small Box), Safe House Loot Mid (Cardboard Box), Safe House Loot Mid (Counter), Safe House Loot Mid (Crate), Safe House Loot Mid (Metal Shelves).

Figures on this page are read from the Build 42 game files (42.22, November 2026). Chances are relative weights inside each loot table, not exact drop rates. Your game is the final word: if it disagrees with us, tell us and we will fix the page.