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Melee Weapons loot table

Melee Weapons is a loot table in Project Zomboid Build 42. The game rolls it 4 times when it fills a container, picking from 97 entries plus a junk list rolled 1 times. It is used in 9 containers across 4 room types.

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Items and chances

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

ItemWeightShare of list
Melee Weapon Plan5018.8%
Whetstone103.8%
Lead Pipe83.0%
Steel Rod83.0%
Iron Pipe83.0%
Plank83.0%
Hunting Knife83.0%
Steak Knife83.0%
Claw Hammer83.0%
Shiv83.0%
Bread Knife62.3%
Kitchen Knife62.3%
Plunger41.5%
Sapling41.5%
Medium Handle41.5%
Large Handle41.5%
Long Stick41.5%
Baseball Bat41.5%
Golf Club41.5%
Butterfly Knife41.5%
Switchblade41.5%
Ball-peen Hammer41.5%
Club Hammer41.5%
Crowbar41.5%
Hatchet41.5%
Pipe Wrench41.5%
Spade41.5%
Shovel41.5%
Wooden Mallet41.5%
Nightstick41.5%
Chair Leg20.8%
Metal Baseball Bat20.8%
Short Bat20.8%
Bowling Pin10.4%
Fireplace Poker10.4%
Antique Table Leg10.4%
Circular Sawblade10.4%
Flint Nodule10.4%
Sharp Flint Flake10.4%
Stone Blade10.4%
Sharp Bone Fragment10.4%
Canoe Paddle10.4%
Canoe Paddle - Double-bladed10.4%
Field Hockey Stick10.4%
Ice Hockey Stick10.4%
Lacrosse Stick10.4%
Fighting Knife10.4%
Small Knife10.4%
Firefighter Axe10.4%
Bolt Cutters10.4%
Garden Fork10.4%
Garden Hoe10.4%
Entrenching Tool10.4%
Baseball Bat with Nails10.4%
Wooden Rod with Nails10.4%
Blacksmithing I: "Elementary Forge Practice"10.4%
Blacksmithing II: "General Purpose Blacksmithing"10.4%
Blacksmithing III: "Old West Smiths and Their Secrets"10.4%
Blacksmithing IV: "Really Hard Steel Co. Workers Handbook"10.4%
Carving I: "Beginners Carving"10.4%
Carving II: "Cool Woodshaping Projects!"10.4%
Carving III: "Grinling Gibbons: His Life and Works"10.4%
Carving IV: "Medieval Wood and Bone Carving Techniques"10.4%
Knapping I: "Flint Knapping 101"10.4%
Knapping II: "Guide to Kentucky Geology"10.4%
Knapping III: "Lithic Technology Manual 1993"10.4%
Knapping IV: "Schmidt Rock Hardness Testing Techniques"10.4%
Maintenance I: "Basic Repairs"10.4%
Maintenance II: "Better Tools, Made Easy"10.4%
Maintenance III: "Home Guide to Tool Repairs"10.4%
Maintenance IV: "Maintaining High Grade Tools"10.4%
Magazine: The First Weapons10.4%
Magazine: No Man's Land10.4%
Magazine: The Cheapskate's John Spiral - Prison Defense10.4%
Magazine: Bloody Japanese Wrestling Deathmatch!10.4%
Magazine: The Cheapskate's John Spiral - Street Violence10.4%
Magazine: Revolting Peasants10.4%
Magazine: The Louisville Bruiser10.4%
Large Knife0.50.2%
Broken Baseball Bat with Nails0.50.2%
Medium Handle with Nails0.50.2%
Broken Large Handle with Nails0.50.2%
Broken Plank with Nails0.50.2%
Broken Stick with Nails0.50.2%
Golf Bag0.50.2%
Machete0.50.2%
Blacksmithing V: "The Complete Encyclopedia of Metallurgy"0.50.2%
Carving V: "The Art and Process of Natural Material Carving"0.50.2%
Knapping V: "Technological Morphometrics of Clovis Artifacts"0.50.2%
Maintenance V: "Understanding Biomechanics of Tool Use"0.50.2%
Handiknife0.10.0%
Pocket Knife0.10.0%
Pickaxe0.10.0%
Sledgehammer0.10.0%
Sledgehammer0.10.0%
Wood Axe0.10.0%
Bowling Pin with Nails0.10.0%
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Quick answers

What can you find in Melee Weapons?

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

Where is the Melee Weapons loot table used?

In Survivor Cache Big Building (Counter), Survivor Cache 1 (Counter), Survivor Cache 2 (Counter), Safe House Loot (Wardrobe), Safe House Loot (Small Box), Safe House Loot (Cardboard Box) and more.

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.