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Forge Scissors recipe

Forge Scissors is a tools crafting recipe in Project Zomboid Build 42. It makes Crude Scissors x1. It needs Blacksmithing level 4.

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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.
  • Reading Magazine: Small-Scale Smithing teaches it.
  • You can also research it from Shears, Shears, Spear with Scissors, Scissors.
  • Skill needed: Blacksmithing 4.
  • Experience: 45 XP in Blacksmithing.
  • Base crafting time: 400 (game time units in the recipe file).
  • Recipe tags: Forge.
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Quick answers

How do you make Crude Scissors in Project Zomboid?

Use the Forge Scissors recipe (Tools category). You need any charcoal, any barstockquarter and these tools: any smithinghammer, any tongs or any metalworkingpliers.

What skill does Forge Scissors need?

It needs Blacksmithing level 4.

How do I learn the Forge Scissors recipe?

You must learn this recipe before it shows in the crafting menu. It is learned automatically at Blacksmithing 6. Reading Magazine: Small-Scale Smithing teaches it. You can also research it from Shears, Shears, Spear with Scissors, Scissors.

How much XP does Forge Scissors give?

It gives 45 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.