Forge 10 Nails is a tools crafting recipe in Project Zomboid Build 42. It makes Nails x10. It needs Blacksmithing level 1.
| Qty | Item | How it is used |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | any charcoal | Used up |
| 1 | Iron Chunk or Iron Scrap or Steel Chunk or Steel Scrap | Used up |
| 1 | any smithinghammer | Tool, kept (may wear) |
| 1 | any metalworkingpliers or any tongs | Tool, kept (may wear) |
| 1 | any headingtool | Tool, kept |
| Qty | Makes |
|---|---|
| 10 | Nails |
Recipes that make the ingredients:
What you can make next with the result:
Use the Forge 10 Nails recipe (Tools category). You need any charcoal, Iron Chunk or Iron Scrap or Steel Chunk or Steel Scrap and these tools: any smithinghammer, any metalworkingpliers or any tongs, any headingtool.
It needs Blacksmithing level 1.
You must learn this recipe before it shows in the crafting menu. It is learned automatically at Blacksmithing 3. Reading Magazine: Everyday Smithing - June 1993 teaches it. You can also research it from Nails, Broken Baseball Bat with Nails, Bowling Pin with Nails, Broken Branch with Nails, Chair Leg with Nails, Broken Field Hockey Stick with Nails, Firewood with Nails, Medium Handle with Nails.
It gives 20 XP in Blacksmithing per craft.
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