Forge Hunting Knife Blade is a blade crafting recipe in Project Zomboid Build 42. It makes Hunting Knife Blade x1. It needs Blacksmithing level 5.
| Qty | Item | How it is used |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | any charcoal | Used up |
| 1 | Steel Bar Half or Meat Cleaver Blade or Hunting Knife Blade | Used up |
| 1 | any ballpeenhammer | Tool, kept (may wear) |
| 1 | any metalworkingpliers or any tongs | Tool, kept (may wear) |
| Qty | Makes |
|---|---|
| 1 | Hunting Knife Blade |
Recipes that make the ingredients:
What you can make next with the result:
Use the Forge Hunting Knife Blade recipe (Blade category). You need any charcoal, Steel Bar Half or Meat Cleaver Blade or Hunting Knife Blade and these tools: any ballpeenhammer, any metalworkingpliers or any tongs.
It needs Blacksmithing level 5.
You must learn this recipe before it shows in the crafting menu. It is learned automatically at Blacksmithing 6 and Small Blade 5. Reading Magazine: American Bladecraft teaches it. You can also research it from Large Knife Blade, Hunting Knife Blade, Spear with Hunting Knife, Spear with Large Knife, Hunting Knife, Hunting Knife, Large Knife.
It gives 50 XP in Blacksmithing per craft.
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.