Ball-peen Hammer
| Ball-peen Hammer | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Short Blunt Weapon |
| Skill | Short Blunt |
| Damage | 0.5-1 |
| Range | 0.61-1 |
| Crit | 20% x3 |
| Condition | 10 |
| Weight | 1.5 |
| Hands | One-handed |
| Crafting Skill | Maintenance: 1 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.BallPeenHammer/additem Base.BallPeenHammerForged
|
| Crafting XP | 1 XP (Maintenance) |
The Ball-peen Hammer is a metalworking hammer that doubles as a one-handed weapon. It trains the Short Blunt skill. In a fight it deals moderate damage with a short reach and little knockback.
Its real value is as a tool. It counts as a hammer for carpentry and barricading, and as a smithing hammer at the forge. That makes it one of the most useful tools in a base. The Ball-peen Hammer is a common find in sheds, garages, warehouses and metal workshops. It can also be put together from a Ball Peen Hammer Head and a Medium Handle. 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 Ball-peen Hammer swings at base speed and reaches only 1 tile. Each hit deals between 0.5 and 1.0 damage, so an ordinary zombie takes several swings. The crit chance starts at 20 percent, and a crit triples the damage.
The hammer is one-handed, which leaves the other hand free. It is light, so swings cost little endurance. The short reach means a zombie is already close when each blow lands. It suits a single zombie, or finishing off one that is already on the ground.
The Short Blunt skill raises damage and swing speed as it levels. The Ball-peen Hammer fights almost exactly like the Claw Hammer, with a slightly wider swing arc. The Club Hammer deals the same damage range. The Ball-peen Hammer is best kept as a tool that can fight when it has to.
Uses
The Ball-peen Hammer works as a hammer in most carpentry and building recipes. It can nail barricades over doors and windows. At a forge it serves as the smithing hammer for bars, blades, tool heads and metal armour. It drives nails into bats, planks and table legs to make nail-spiked weapons. It smashes bones, skulls, pumpkins and watermelons. It can also kill a trapped or downed animal.
How to Craft Ball-peen Hammer
Each recipe that makes the Ball-peen Hammer is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Assemble Medium Implement
The Assemble Medium Implement recipe makes the Ball-peen Hammer. It needs Maintenance level 1.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claw Hammer | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Hammer
|
| Large Knife | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.LargeKnife
|
| Ball Peen Hammer Head | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.BallPeenHammerHead
|
| Medium Handle | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.Handle
|
Used in Crafting
These recipes take the Ball-peen Hammer as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dismantle Medium Implement | Ball Peen Hammer Head |
|
- | None | /additem Base.BallPeenHammerHead
|
Any recipe that asks for a ball-peen hammer or hammer accepts it as the tool, such as Forge Codpiece, Forge Metal Neck Guard and Forge Fingerless Metal Gloves.
Repair
The Ball-peen Hammer has 10 condition, and each hit has a 1 in 30 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. When the handle breaks, the Dismantle Medium Implement recipe returns the Ball Peen Hammer Head.
Variants
The game holds the Ball-peen Hammer under more than one item id. Each one is listed here.
| Image | Damage | Condition | Weight | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
0.5-1 | 10 | 1.5 | /additem Base.BallPeenHammer
|
|
0.5-1 | 10 | 1.5 | /additem Base.BallPeenHammerForged
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Locations
The Ball-peen Hammer is a common find wherever tools are kept. Tool cabinets in knife factories, welding workshops and wire factories give the best odds. Factory counters, studio shelves and warehouse shelves and boxes come next. Sheds and garage storage hold one often, on counters, shelves and in crates. Metal fabrication shops and metal shops keep them on counters and in tool cabinets. Survivor safehouses and survivor caches can hold one as well.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Tools cache1 | Tools box | 16.3% |
| Tools cache1 | Counter | 10.1% |
| Tools cache1 | Bag duffel bag tint | 8.2% |
| Survivor safehouse | Cardboard box | 6% |
| Survivor safehouse | Crate | 6% |
| Survivor safehouse | Small box | 6% |
| Survivor cache | Counter | 6% |
| Survivor cache | Counter | 6% |
| Survivor safehouse | Metal shelves | 4.8% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Cardboard box | 4.5% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Golf factory | Metal shelves | 14.3% |
| Knife factory | Tool cabinet | 14.2% |
| Factory | Counter | 12.7% |
| Wire factory | Metal shelves | 11.2% |
| Wire factory | Tool cabinet | 11.2% |
| Studio | Metal shelves | 10.4% |
| Warehouse | Metal shelves | 10.4% |
| Drug shack | Counter | 10% |
| Construction site | Other | 9.2% |
| Metal fabrication | Counter | 7.9% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Welding workshop | Military locker | 13.8% |
| Welding workshop | Tool cabinet | 13.8% |
| Warehouse | Small box | 10.4% |
| Construction site | Small box | 9.2% |
| Tool store storage | Other | 8.8% |
| Metalshop | Counter | 7.9% |
| Metalshop | Tool cabinet | 7.9% |
| Tool store | Other | 7.4% |
| Tool store | Shelves | 7.4% |
| Pawn shop | Other | 7.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Shed | Other | 10.4% |
| Bedroom | Crate | 9.2% |
| Closet | Other | 9.2% |
| Garage storage | Crate | 8.4% |
| Attic | Cardboard box | 7.4% |
| Attic | Crate | 7.4% |
| Hall | Other | 7.4% |
| Kitchen | Other | 7.4% |
| Garage storage | Counter | 7.3% |
| Garage storage | Metal shelves | 7.3% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Inside a bag or case | Toolbox | 2.6% |
| Inside a bag or case | Bag skill maintenance duffel bag | 1.9% |
Notes
- A forged Ball-peen Hammer exists with the same numbers as the found one.
- It counts as a smithing hammer, so it covers forge recipes that call for one.
- Researching it can teach the head recipes for the Ball-peen, Club and Smithing Hammers.
- Keep it in the bag as a tool and carry a better weapon in the hands.
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