Make Western Boots is a tailoring crafting recipe in Project Zomboid Build 42. It makes Western Boots x1. It needs Tailoring level 7 and Carving level 2.
| Qty | Item | How it is used |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | any scissors | Tool, kept (may wear) |
| 1 | any sewingneedle | Tool, kept (may wear) |
| 1 | any awl | Tool, kept (may wear) |
| 1 | any leathercrudetannedmedium | Used up |
| 2 | any heavythread | Used up |
| 1 | Plank | Used up |
| 1 | any saw or any smallsaw or any crudesaw | Tool, kept (may wear) |
| 1 | any sharpknife | Tool, kept (may wear) |
| Qty | Makes |
|---|---|
| 1 | Western Boots |
Recipes that make the ingredients:
Use the Make Western Boots recipe (Tailoring category). You need any leathercrudetannedmedium, any heavythread, Plank and these tools: any scissors, any sewingneedle, any awl, any saw or any smallsaw or any crudesaw, any sharpknife.
It needs Tailoring level 7 and Carving level 2.
You must learn this recipe before it shows in the crafting menu. It is learned automatically at Tailoring 9 and Carving 4. Reading Magazine: Cowboy Living teaches it. You can also research it from Boots, Western Boots, Western Boots, Western Boots, Western Boots - Embroidered, Western Boots - Snakeskin.
It gives 80 XP in Tailoring, 20 XP in Carving per craft.
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