Baseball Bat with Garden Fork Head
| Baseball Bat with Garden Fork Head | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Long Blunt Weapon |
| Skill | Long Blunt |
| Damage | 1.2-1.9 |
| Range | 0.61-1.28 |
| Crit | 40% x5 |
| Condition | 10 |
| Weight | 3 |
| Hands | Two-handed |
| Crafting Skill | Carpentry: 6 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.BaseballBat_GardenForkHead
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| Crafting XP | 60 XP (Carpentry) |
The Baseball Bat with Garden Fork Head is a crafted two-handed blunt weapon. It is a Baseball Bat with the head of a garden fork bolted to the end. It trains the Long Blunt skill.
The fork head lifts it to the top damage of the bat line, and a crit deals five times the damage. The cost is durability, since it wears down very fast. It is also heavier than the plain bat. The recipe needs Carpentry 6 and a full set of tools. The weapon is a very rare find in late game survivor safehouses. The Construction Worker is the best occupation for long blunt. It starts with the most Long Blunt skill.
Combat
The fork-head bat swings at base speed and reaches about 1.28 tiles, a touch further than the plain bat. Each hit deals between 1.2 and 1.9 damage. The crit chance starts at 40 percent, and a crit multiplies the damage by five, so a crit usually ends the fight.
Both hands stay on the bat while it is equipped. The extra weight adds a little to the endurance cost of each swing. It hits hard enough to clear a few zombies quickly at a doorway or a fence line.
The Long Blunt skill raises damage, crit chance and swing speed as it levels. The Baseball Bat with Rake Spikes deals the same damage and crits the same way. The rake version is lighter, lasts far longer and needs only Carpentry 4. The Baseball Bat with Spikes from the forge matches the fork-head bat in both damage and wear. The fork-head bat makes the most sense when a Garden Fork Head is at hand and a Rake Head is not.
How to Craft Baseball Bat with Garden Fork Head
Each recipe that makes the Baseball Bat with Garden Fork Head is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Make Garden Fork Head Weapon
The Make Garden Fork Head Weapon recipe makes the Baseball Bat with Garden Fork Head. It needs Carpentry level 6. The recipe has to be learned first.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wrench | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.Wrench
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| Hacksaw | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Saw
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| Carpentry Chisel | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.CarpentryChisel
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| Hand Drill | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.HandDrill
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| Wooden Mallet | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.WoodenMallet
|
| Baseball Bat | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.BaseballBat
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| Nuts and Bolts | 
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1x | No | /additem Base.NutsBolts
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| Garden Fork Head | 
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1x | No | /additem Base.GardenForkHead
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| Leather Strips | 
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2x | No | /additem Base.LeatherStrips
|
Repair
The fork-head bat has 10 condition, and each hit has a 1 in 5 chance of taking a point off. That is a high rate of wear for a bat. 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 with Garden Fork Head is a very rare find. It turns up only in late game survivor safehouses. There it can sit in cardboard boxes, crates, small boxes, metal shelves or counters, each with a tiny chance. Wardrobes in those safehouses hold one even more rarely. Crafting one is far more reliable than looking for it.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Cardboard box | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Counter | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Crate | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Metal shelves | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Small box | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Wardrobe | <0.1% |
Notes
- The tools are a wrench, a saw, a carpentry chisel, a metal drill and a mallet.
- The parts are a Garden Fork Head, one Nuts and Bolts and two Leather Strips.
- Carry repair supplies, since one hit in five wears it down.
- A Large Branch takes the same fork head to make a Cudgel with Garden Fork Head.
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