Make Spiked Club is a weaponry crafting recipe in Project Zomboid Build 42. It makes Bone Club with Spikes or Sturdy Bone Club with Spikes or Short Bat with Spikes or Long Spiked Club x1. It needs Blacksmithing level 5.
| Qty | Item | How it is used |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | any charcoal | Used up |
| 1 | Iron Band - Small | Used up |
| 5 | any metalpiece | Used up |
| 1 | any smithinghammer | Tool, kept (may wear) |
| 1 | any tongs | Tool, kept (may wear) |
| 1 | any metalworkingpunch | Tool, kept (may wear) |
| 1 | Animal Bone or Bone Club or Large Animal Bone or Sturdy Bone Club or Large Handle or Short Bat | Used up |
Recipes that make the ingredients:
Use the Make Spiked Club recipe (Weaponry category). You need any charcoal, Iron Band - Small, any metalpiece, Animal Bone or Bone Club or Large Animal Bone or Sturdy Bone Club or Large Handle or Short Bat and these tools: any smithinghammer, any tongs, any metalworkingpunch.
It needs Blacksmithing level 5.
You must learn this recipe before it shows in the crafting menu. It is learned automatically at Blacksmithing 8. Reading Magazine: Medieval Armory - May 1993 teaches it. You can also research it from Mace Head, Mace, Scrap Metal Morningstar - Short, Short Bat with Rake Spikes, Baseball Bat with Spikes, Large Handle with Rake Spikes, Long Mace, Scrap Metal Morningstar.
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.