Baseball Bat with Nails
| Baseball Bat with Nails | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Long Blunt Weapon |
| Skill | Long Blunt |
| Damage | 1-1.5 |
| Range | 0.61-1.28 |
| Crit | 30% x5 |
| Condition | 15 |
| Weight | 2 |
| Hands | Two-handed |
| Crafting Skill | Carpentry: 1 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.BaseballBat_Nails
|
| Crafting XP | 10 XP (Carpentry) |
The Baseball Bat with Nails is a crafted two-handed blunt weapon. It is a Baseball Bat with five nails driven through the end. It trains the Long Blunt skill.
It is the cheapest bat upgrade in the game. The nails raise the damage and give a crit that deals five times the damage, at the same weight as the plain bat. The recipe needs only a hammer, five Nails and Carpentry 1. It is also an uncommon find in survivor safehouses and survivor caches. The Construction Worker is the best occupation for long blunt. It starts with the most Long Blunt skill.
Combat
The nailed bat swings a little below base speed and reaches about 1.28 tiles. Each hit deals between 1.0 and 1.5 damage, a clear step up from the plain bat. The crit chance starts at 30 percent, and a crit multiplies the damage by five, so a crit often kills outright.
Both hands stay on the bat while it is equipped. The light weight keeps the endurance cost of each swing low. The long reach lets it hold a small group at a distance. It suits early fights against one or two zombies and holds up well at a doorway.
The Long Blunt skill raises damage, crit chance and swing speed as it levels. Compared with the plain Baseball Bat, the nails add damage and a much harder crit for a small drop in crit chance. The nails also wear the bat down twice as often. The Rake Spikes and Sheet Metal Reinforced bats are the next steps up, both at Carpentry 4.
Uses
A saw cuts the Baseball Bat with Nails down into a Short Bat, a one-handed weapon. The nailed bat can also be burned as fuel once it is no longer useful.
How to Craft Baseball Bat with Nails
Each recipe that makes Baseball Bat with Nails is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Make Nail-Spiked Weapon
The Make Nail-Spiked Weapon recipe makes Baseball Bat with Nails. It needs Carpentry level 1.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claw Hammer | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.Hammer
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| Baseball Bat | 
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1x | No | /additem Base.BaseballBat
|
| Nails | 
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5x | No | /additem Base.Nails
|
Used in Crafting
These recipes take Baseball Bat with Nails as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saw Down Baseball Bat | Short Bat | 
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- | Carpentry: 0 | /additem Base.ShortBat
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Repair
The nailed bat has 15 condition, and each hit has a 1 in 10 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 with Nails is an uncommon find. It turns up in survivor safehouses and survivor caches, the places other survivors have used. Early safehouses give the best odds, in cardboard boxes, crates, small boxes and metal shelves. Survivor cache counters hold one about as often. Mid game and late game safehouses carry only a tiny chance.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor safehouse | Cardboard box | 1.5% |
| Survivor safehouse | Crate | 1.5% |
| Survivor safehouse | Small box | 1.5% |
| Survivor cache | Counter | 1.5% |
| Survivor cache | Counter | 1.5% |
| Survivor safehouse | Metal shelves | 1.2% |
| Survivor safehouse | Counter | 0.9% |
| Survivor safehouse | Wardrobe | 0.6% |
| Survivor cache (large building) | Counter | 0.3% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Cardboard box | 0.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Any building | Shelter | <0.1% |
Notes
- The same nail recipe works on a Plank, a Large Branch, a Large Handle, a Field Hockey Stick and an Antique Table Leg.
- Carpentry 1 is the only skill the recipe asks for.
- The nails double the wear rate, so keep tape or glue on hand.
- A crit with the nailed bat deals five times the damage, against two times for the plain bat.
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