Carve Short Bat is a carving crafting recipe in Project Zomboid Build 42. It makes Short Bat x1. It needs Carving level 7.
| Qty | Item | How it is used |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | any sharpknife or any meatcleaver | Tool, kept (may wear) |
| 1 | Plank or Tree Branch or Baseball Bat or Crafted Baseball Bat or Large Branch | Used up |
| Qty | Makes |
|---|---|
| 1 | Short Bat |
Recipes that make the ingredients:
What you can make next with the result:
Use the Carve Short Bat recipe (Carving category). You need Plank or Tree Branch or Baseball Bat or Crafted Baseball Bat or Large Branch and these tools: any sharpknife or any meatcleaver.
It needs Carving level 7.
You must learn this recipe before it shows in the crafting menu. It is learned automatically at Carving 9 and Small Blunt 9 (any one of these). Reading Magazine: Medieval Armory - May 1993 teaches it. You can also research it from Broken Baseball Bat, Broken Baseball Bat with Nails, Nightstick, Short Bat, Short Bat - Can-Reinforced, Short Bat with Rake Spikes, Short Bat with Nails, Short Bat with Railspike.
It gives 70 XP in Carving per craft.
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