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Forge Pick Axe Head recipe

Forge Pick Axe Head is a tools crafting recipe in Project Zomboid Build 42. It makes Pick Axe Head x1. It needs Blacksmithing level 7.

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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 8.
  • Reading Magazine: Blunt Forge teaches it.
  • You can also research it from Stone Maul Head, Stone Maul.
  • Skill needed: Blacksmithing 7.
  • Experience: 75 XP in Blacksmithing.
  • Base crafting time: 700 (game time units in the recipe file).
  • Recipe tags: Advanced Forge.
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Quick answers

How do you make Pick Axe Head in Project Zomboid?

Use the Forge Pick Axe Head recipe (Tools category). You need any charcoal, Steel Block (Pierced) and these tools: any ballpeenhammer, any tongs, any metalworkingpunch.

What skill does Forge Pick Axe Head need?

It needs Blacksmithing level 7.

How do I learn the Forge Pick Axe Head recipe?

You must learn this recipe before it shows in the crafting menu. It is learned automatically at Blacksmithing 8. Reading Magazine: Blunt Forge teaches it. You can also research it from Stone Maul Head, Stone Maul.

How much XP does Forge Pick Axe Head give?

It gives 75 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.