Animal Bone
| Animal Bone | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Short Blunt Weapon |
| Skill | Short Blunt |
| Damage | 0.4-1 |
| Range | 0.61-1.1 |
| Crit | 20% x2 |
| Condition | 5 |
| Weight | 1.5 |
| Hands | One-handed |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.AnimalBone
|
The Animal Bone is an animal part that can be swung as a basic one-handed weapon. It trains the Short Blunt skill. It hits softly and wears out quickly, but it is a key crafting material for bone tools, clubs and armour.
As a weapon it is a stopgap for an early fight. Its real value is in crafting, where it becomes a Bone Club, a Long Sharp Bone or pieces of bone armour. The Animal Bone turns up in the dog food factory and in university storage. The Construction Worker is the best occupation for short blunt. It starts with the most Short Blunt skill. The Blacksmith and the Carpenter also start with some Short Blunt skill.
Combat
The Animal Bone swings a little faster than the base speed and reaches about 1.1 tiles, which is short. Each hit deals between 0.4 and 1.0 damage, so an ordinary zombie takes several swings to drop. The crit chance starts at 20 percent, and a crit doubles the damage.
The bone is one-handed, which leaves the other hand free. The short reach means a zombie gets close before the swing lands. That makes it risky against more than one zombie at a time.
The Short Blunt skill raises damage and swing speed as it levels. The Bone Club, made from the same bone and two Leather Strips, is the natural upgrade. Any proper short blunt weapon, such as a hammer, is a better fighting choice.
Uses
The Animal Bone feeds a long list of recipes. Two Leather Strips turn it into a Bone Club at Maintenance 1. A saw or knife and a whetstone or file make a Long Sharp Bone at Carving 2. A hammer smashes it into two Bone Pieces at Strength 4. A knife can carve it into four Large Bone Beads or a Bone Fleshing Tool. Three bones with Leather Strips and Twine make Bone Shin Armor or Bone Thigh Armor. At a forge it becomes a spiked bone club, and with a welding torch a Scrap Metal Morningstar.
Used in Crafting
These recipes take the Animal Bone as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carve 4 Large Bone Beads | Large Bone Bead | 
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- | Carving: 1 | /additem Base.BoneBead_Large
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| Carve Fleshing Tool | Bone Fleshing Tool | 
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- | Carving: 2 | /additem Base.Fleshing_Tool_Bone
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| Make Bone Club | Bone Club | 
|
- | Maintenance: 1 | /additem Base.BoneClub
|
| Make Bone Shin Armor | Bone Shin Armor | 
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- | Tailoring: 4, Carving: 5 | /additem Base.GreaveBone_Right
|
| Make Bone Thigh Armor | Bone Thigh Armor | 
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- | Tailoring: 4, Carving: 6 | /additem Base.ThighBone_R
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| Make Scrap Metal Morningstar | Bone Club with Spikes | 
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- | Welding: 7 | /additem Base.BoneClub_Spiked
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| Make Spiked Club | Bone Club with Spikes |
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Simple Forge | Blacksmithing: 5 | /additem Base.BoneClub_Spiked
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| Sharpen Long Bone | Long Sharp Bone | 
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- | Carving: 2 | /additem Base.SharpBone_Long
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| Smash Bone | Bone Pieces | 
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- | Strength: 4 | /additem Base.SmallAnimalBone
|
Repair
The Animal Bone has 5 condition, and each hit has a 1 in 5 chance of taking a point off. The Short Blunt and Maintenance skills both lower that chance. Duct Tape, Adhesive Tape and Glue repair it with no skill. Wood Glue needs Carpentry 2. Zip Ties need Maintenance 1, Epoxy needs Maintenance 3, and Epoxy with Rags needs Maintenance 4. Every repair restores less condition than the one before it.
Locations
The Animal Bone is an uncommon find in buildings. The dog food factory gives by far the best odds. University storage rooms hold one now and then. Late game survivor safehouses can hide one in the fireplace.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Dogfood factory | Other | 40% |
| University storage | Other | 7.4% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Any building | Doghouse | 13.3% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Fireplace | 2.9% |
Notes
- A Bone Club is a cheap upgrade that needs only two Leather Strips and Maintenance 1.
- Bones are worth more as crafting material than as a weapon.
- Bone Shin Armor and Bone Thigh Armor each take three bones, so save them up.
- The Large Animal Bone works in most of the same recipes.
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