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Forge Fine Scissors recipe

Forge Fine Scissors is a tools crafting recipe in Project Zomboid Build 42. It makes Scissors x1. It needs Blacksmithing level 5.

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Skill, learning and time

  • You must learn this recipe before it shows in the crafting menu.
  • It is learned automatically at Blacksmithing 6.
  • You can also research it from Shears, Shears, Crude Scissors.
  • Skill needed: Blacksmithing 5.
  • Experience: 50 XP in Blacksmithing.
  • Base crafting time: 500 (game time units in the recipe file).
  • Recipe tags: Advanced Forge.
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Quick answers

How do you make Scissors in Project Zomboid?

Use the Forge Fine Scissors recipe (Tools category). You need any charcoal, Steel Bar Quarter and these tools: any ballpeenhammer, any metalworkingpliers, any metalworkingpunch or any smallpunch.

What skill does Forge Fine Scissors need?

It needs Blacksmithing level 5.

How do I learn the Forge Fine Scissors recipe?

You must learn this recipe before it shows in the crafting menu. It is learned automatically at Blacksmithing 6. You can also research it from Shears, Shears, Crude Scissors.

How much XP does Forge Fine Scissors give?

It gives 50 XP in Blacksmithing per craft.

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