Baseball Bat
| Baseball Bat | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Long Blunt Weapon |
| Skill | Long Blunt |
| Damage | 0.8-1.1 |
| Range | 0.61-1.25 |
| Crit | 40% x2 |
| Condition | 15 |
| Weight | 2 |
| Hands | Two-handed |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.BaseballBat
|
The Baseball Bat is a two-handed blunt weapon and one of the best starter weapons in the game. It trains the Long Blunt skill. It rarely kills a standing zombie in one hit, but it knocks zombies down often, which sets up a finishing blow.
The bat is light for a two-handed weapon, it reaches well and it lasts a long time. Its crit chance starts at a strong 40 percent. It is also the base for a long line of crafted upgrades, from nails to sawblades. The Baseball Bat is common in school gym storage and is guaranteed in a bat factory. The Construction Worker is the best occupation for long blunt. It starts with the most Long Blunt skill.
Combat
The Baseball Bat swings at base speed and reaches 1.25 tiles. Each hit deals between 0.8 and 1.1 damage. A crit doubles the damage. The swing has a high chance to knock a zombie down, and a downed zombie is easy to finish with a stomp or another swing.
With multi-hit on, one swing can strike up to two zombies. The long reach lets the bat hold a small group at a distance while it works. Both hands stay on the bat while it is equipped. Each swing costs endurance, but the bat is light enough to keep going for a fair while.
The Long Blunt skill raises damage, crit chance and swing speed as it levels. Compared with the Barbell, the bat hits much softer but swings far faster and weighs a third as much. The crafted versions hit harder. The Baseball Bat with Nails is the cheapest upgrade, needing only a hammer and five Nails at Carpentry 1. The plain bat is best as a reliable knockdown weapon for the early game.
Uses
The Baseball Bat is the base for many crafted weapons. Five Nails make the Baseball Bat with Nails at Carpentry 1. Two Railroad Spikes make the Baseball Bat with Railspike at Carpentry 4. A Rake Head makes the Baseball Bat with Rake Spikes at Carpentry 4. Sheet metal makes the Sheet Metal Reinforced bat at Carpentry 4, and three tin cans make the Can-Reinforced bat at Carpentry 2. A Circular Sawblade makes the Baseball Bat with Sawblade at Carpentry 5. A Garden Fork Head makes another version at Carpentry 6. At a forge, Blacksmithing 6 turns it into the Baseball Bat with Spikes. A saw cuts it down into a Short Bat. The bat can also be burned as fuel.
Used in Crafting
These recipes take the Baseball Bat as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Can-Reinforce Long Weapon | Baseball Bat - Can-Reinforced | 
|
- | Carpentry: 2 | /additem Base.BaseballBat_Can
|
| Carve Short Bat | Short Bat | 
|
- | Carving: 7 | /additem Base.ShortBat
|
| Make Garden Fork Head Weapon | Baseball Bat with Garden Fork Head | 
|
- | Carpentry: 6 | /additem Base.BaseballBat_GardenForkHead
|
| Make Nail-Spiked Weapon | Baseball Bat with Nails | 
|
- | Carpentry: 1 | /additem Base.BaseballBat_Nails
|
| Make Railspike Baseball Bat | Baseball Bat with Railspike | 
|
- | Carpentry: 4 | /additem Base.BaseballBat_RailSpike
|
| Make Rake-Head-Spiked Weapon | Baseball Bat with Rake Spikes | 
|
- | Carpentry: 4 | /additem Base.BaseballBat_RakeHead
|
| Make Sawblade Wooden Bat | Baseball Bat with Sawblade | 
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- | Carpentry: 5 | /additem Base.BaseballBat_Sawblade
|
| Make Spiked Baseball Bat | Baseball Bat with Spikes | 
|
Simple Forge | Blacksmithing: 6 | /additem Base.BaseballBat_Spiked
|
| Saw Down Baseball Bat | Short Bat |
|
- | Carpentry: 0 | /additem Base.ShortBat
|
| Sheet Metal-Reinforce Weapon | Baseball Bat - Sheet Metal Reinforced | 
|
- | Carpentry: 4 | /additem Base.BaseballBat_ScrapSheet
|
Repair
The Baseball Bat has 15 condition, and each hit has a 1 in 20 chance of taking a point off. The Long 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 Baseball Bat is a common find. A bat factory and its storage room hold one in every container. School gym storage rooms give strong odds on their shelves and in loose spots. Closets in homes and loose spots in pawnshops turn one up now and then. Survivor safehouses and survivor caches often hold one in boxes, crates, counters and shelves, and mid game and late game safehouses carry a smaller chance.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Bat factory | Metal shelves | 100% |
| Bat factory | Other | 100% |
| Bat storage | Other | 100% |
| Baseball storage | Metal shelves | 66.7% |
| Sports storage | Other | 66.7% |
| Gym storage | Cardboard box | 40% |
| Gym storage | Metal shelves | 40% |
| Schoolgym storage | Metal shelves | 17.3% |
| Schoolgym storage | Other | 17.3% |
| Baseball storage | Other | 13.3% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor cache | Survivor crate | 14.3% |
| Survivor cache | Survivor crate | 7.1% |
| Survivor cache (large building) | Survivor crate | 7.1% |
| 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 | Counter | 3.6% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Baseball gift shop storage | Metal shelves | 9.2% |
| Baseball store | Other | 9.2% |
| Sports store | Other | 7.9% |
| Pawn shop | Other | 5.7% |
| Pawn shop | Metal shelves | 1.1% |
| Pawn shop | Shelves | 1.1% |
| Pawn shop | Display case | 0.9% |
| Any building | Small box | <0.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Closet | Other | 5.7% |
| Any building | Wardrobe | 1.4% |
| Bedroom | Locker | 1.4% |
| Bedroom | Wardrobe | 1.4% |
| Garage storage | Other | 1.4% |
| Motel room | Dresser | 1.4% |
| Motel room | Wardrobe | 1.4% |
| Closet | Metal shelves | 1.2% |
| Attic | Cardboard box | 0.7% |
| Attic | Crate | 0.7% |
Notes
- The knockdown is the bat's best trait; swing, then stomp the downed zombie.
- The Sawblade and Railspike versions train the Axe skill instead of Long Blunt.
- Researching the bat can teach the Carve Bat, Carve Short Bat, Can-Reinforce and Rake Head recipes.
- A Crafted Baseball Bat works in the same upgrade recipes as the found one.
- A Baseball Bat with Nails can also be sawn down into a Short Bat.
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