Make Shiv is a weaponry crafting recipe in Project Zomboid Build 42. It makes Shiv x1. It needs Maintenance level 1.
| Qty | Item | How it is used |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steel Bar Quarter or Iron Bar Quarter or Steel Sheet - Small or Scrap Metal or Sheet Metal Scrap or Butter Knife or Fork or Forged Fork (or 5 more) | Used up |
| 1 | any whetstone or any file or any smallfiles or any metalsaw | Tool, kept (may wear) |
| 1 | any simpleweaponbinding or any tape | Used up |
| Qty | Makes |
|---|---|
| 1 | Shiv |
Recipes that make the ingredients:
Use the Make Shiv recipe (Weaponry category). You need Steel Bar Quarter or Iron Bar Quarter or Steel Sheet - Small or Scrap Metal or Sheet Metal Scrap or Butter Knife or Fork or Forged Fork (or 5 more), any simpleweaponbinding or any tape and these tools: any whetstone or any file or any smallfiles or any metalsaw.
It needs Maintenance level 1.
You must learn this recipe before it shows in the crafting menu. It is learned automatically at Maintenance 4 and Small Blade 1. Reading Magazine: The Cheapskate's John Spiral - Prison Defense teaches it. You can also research it from Steel Bar Quarter, Iron Bar Quarter, Sheet Metal Scrap, Scrap Metal, Steel Sheet - Small, Butter Knife, Fork, Forged Fork.
It gives 20 XP in Maintenance per craft.
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