Carpentry Chisel
| Carpentry Chisel | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Improvised Weapon |
| Skill | Short Blunt |
| Damage | 0.4-0.8 |
| Range | 0.61-1.2 |
| Crit | 30% x2 |
| Condition | 8 |
| Weight | 1 |
| Hands | One-handed |
| Crafting Skill | Blacksmithing: 4 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.CarpentryChisel
|
| Crafting XP | 45 XP (Blacksmithing) |
The Carpentry Chisel is a woodworking tool with a metal blade and a wooden handle. As a weapon it is an improvised one-handed club that trains the Short Blunt skill. Its damage is low, but it has a fair crit chance for a small tool. It is mostly worth carrying for crafting.
It is a key tool for building upgraded bat and cudgel weapons. It is a common find in carpentry workshops, sheds, garages and furniture factories. A blacksmith can also forge one at a forge.
Combat
The Carpentry Chisel swings slightly slower than most small weapons. Its reach is a little over one tile. Each hit deals low damage, so an ordinary zombie takes several swings. The critical chance is 30 percent, and a crit doubles the damage.
It holds up well as a tool weapon. It loses a point on about 1 hit in 15 at low skill. Higher Short Blunt skill raises speed, damage and critical chance. Keep it as a crafting tool and fight with something heavier.
Uses
The Carpentry Chisel is the tool for several weapon upgrades. With Carpentry 4 it fits rake spikes onto a Baseball Bat, a Large Handle or a Short Bat. With Carpentry 5 it fits a sawblade onto a bat or a Field Hockey Stick. With Carpentry 6 it fits a garden fork head or a spade head onto a bat or a cudgel. When worn out it smelts into two Iron Chunks, or two Steel Chunks at an Advanced Furnace. A blacksmith with Blacksmithing 4 can forge a new chisel from half a bar of metal and a Small Handle.
How to Craft Carpentry Chisel
Each recipe that makes the Carpentry Chisel is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Forge Carpentry Chisel
The Forge Carpentry Chisel recipe makes the Carpentry Chisel. It needs Blacksmithing level 4. It is made at a Simple Forge. The recipe has to be learned first.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charcoal | 
|
4x | No | /additem Base.Charcoal
|
| Iron Bar Half | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.IronBarHalf
|
| Small Handle | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.SmallHandle
|
| Smithing Hammer | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.SmithingHammer
|
| Kitchen Tongs | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.KitchenTongs
|
| Whetstone | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Whetstone
|
Used in Crafting
Any recipe that asks for a carpentrychisel or smeltableironmedium accepts it as the tool, such as Smelt Iron From Medium Item, Smelt Steel From Medium Iron Item and Smelt Medium Iron Item.
Repair
The Carpentry Chisel has 8 condition. At low skill it loses a point on about 1 hit in 15. The Short Blunt skill and the Maintenance skill both lower that chance. A worn chisel can be smelted down and forged again.
Locations
The Carpentry Chisel is a common find. The best odds are in mannequin factories, cabinet factories and cabinet shipping rooms. Garage storage, sheds and carpenter workshops hold one often, on counters, shelves and in boxes and crates. Logging factories and logging warehouses are good spots too. Closets, studios, warehouses and woodcraft sets carry it at a slightly lower rate.
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 | 21.7% |
| Tools cache1 | Counter | 13.4% |
| Tools cache1 | Bag duffel bag tint | 10.9% |
| Survivor safehouse | Metal shelves | 4.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Metal shelves | 4.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Metal shelves | 4.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Counter | 0.7% |
| Survivor safehouse | Cardboard box | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse | Crate | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse | Small box | 0.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Mannequin factory | Counter | 18.7% |
| Cabinet factory | Other | 18.3% |
| Cabinet shipping | Other | 18.3% |
| Mannequin factory | Other | 15% |
| Logging factory | Other | 13.1% |
| Logging warehouse | Other | 13.1% |
| Carpenter workshop | Cardboard box | 13% |
| Carpenter workshop | Counter | 13% |
| Carpenter workshop | Crate | 13% |
| Carpenter workshop | Metal shelves | 13% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Tool store storage | Other | 15.6% |
| Carpenter workshop | Small box | 13% |
| Warehouse | Small box | 11.3% |
| Tool store | Other | 6.3% |
| Tool store | Shelves | 6.3% |
| Farmer | Small box | 4.7% |
| General store | Metal shelves | 4.5% |
| Generalstore storage | Other | 4.5% |
| Construction site | Small box | 3.3% |
| General store | Shelves | 2.7% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Garage storage | Counter | 13.7% |
| Garage storage | Metal shelves | 13.7% |
| Shed | Counter | 13.7% |
| Shed | Metal shelves | 13.7% |
| Shed | Shelves | 13.7% |
| Closet | Crate | 11.3% |
| Closet | Other | 11.3% |
| Shed | Other | 11.3% |
| Garage storage | Crate | 3.3% |
| Garage storage | Locker | 2.7% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Inside a bag or case | Farming | 2% |
| Inside a bag or case | Toolbox | 1.3% |
| Inside a bag or case | Bag skill maintenance duffel bag | 1% |
Notes
- Keep a chisel for the bat upgrades that need high Carpentry.
- It is made of metal and can start a fire in a microwave.
- Forging a chisel needs a Smithing Hammer, tongs and a whetstone or file.
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