Claw Hammer
| Claw Hammer | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Short Blunt Weapon |
| Skill | Short Blunt |
| Damage | 0.5-1 |
| Range | 0.61-1.1 |
| 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.Hammer/additem Base.HammerForged
|
| Crafting XP | 1 XP (Maintenance) |
The Claw Hammer is the standard carpentry hammer and a solid one-handed weapon. It trains the Short Blunt skill. It hits harder than most small improvised clubs and lasts a long time between repairs. Its reach is short, and it pushes zombies back only a little.
Its real value is as a tool. Most carpentry needs it, along with planks and nails, and it barricades doors and windows. It also serves as the hammer in a long list of blacksmithing recipes. The Claw Hammer is a common find in carpenter workshops, sheds, fire stations and furniture factories. It can also be assembled from a Clawhammer 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 Claw Hammer swings at normal speed. Its reach is just over one tile, so it works best on a zombie that is already close. Each hit deals fair damage for a small weapon. An ordinary zombie usually takes a few swings. The critical chance is 20 percent, and a crit triples the damage.
It holds up well in a fight. At low skill it loses a point of condition on about 1 hit in 30. Higher Short Blunt skill raises speed, damage and critical chance. Compared with the Club Hammer it is lighter, reaches a little further and crits harder. The light weight leaves room in the bag for loot. The short reach and weak push make it risky against a group. It suits a carry-everywhere sidearm that also does the building.
Uses
The Claw Hammer is the main carpentry tool. With planks and nails it builds walls, floors, doors, stairs, crates, shelves, tables, fences and much more. It barricades doors and windows and removes barricades. It makes nail weapons from short pieces of wood. At a forge it works as the hammer for turning metal chunks into bars, blocks, bands and sheets, and for forging blades and tools. It assembles and dismantles tool heads, blades and handles. It can also kill a trapped or caught animal.
How to Craft Claw Hammer
Each recipe that makes the Claw Hammer is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Assemble Medium Implement
The Assemble Medium Implement recipe makes the Claw 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 Claw 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 hammer accepts it as the tool, such as Forge Block From Chunks, Forge Bar Quarter from Chunk and Forge Bar Half.
Repair
The Claw Hammer has 10 condition. At low skill it loses a point on about 1 hit in 30. The Short Blunt skill and the Maintenance skill both lower that chance. Duct tape, adhesive tape and glue repair it with no skill needed. Zip ties need Maintenance 1, wood glue needs Carpentry 2, and epoxy needs Maintenance 3. Epoxy with rags needs Maintenance 4. Each repair restores less condition than the one before. When the handle breaks, dismantling the hammer returns the Clawhammer Head for a new Medium Handle.
Variants
The game holds the Claw 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.Hammer
|
|
0.5-1 | 10 | 1.5 | /additem Base.HammerForged
|
Locations
The Claw Hammer is a common find. The best odds by far are on the bodies of zombies in carpenter workshops. Tool caches, fire station garages and fire station storage rooms hold one often. Mannequin factories, cabinet factories and cabinet shipping rooms are good spots as well. Carpenter workshops keep them in boxes, crates, counters and shelves. Survivor safehouses and caches, closets, sheds, studios and warehouses round out the list.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Carpenter workshop | Body | 87.4% |
| Inside a bag or case | Toolbox | 2.6% |
| Inside a bag or case | Bag skill maintenance duffel bag | 1.9% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Tools cache1 | Tools box | 21.7% |
| Tools cache1 | Counter | 13.4% |
| Survivor safehouse | Cardboard box | 12% |
| Survivor safehouse | Crate | 12% |
| Survivor safehouse | Small box | 12% |
| Survivor cache | Counter | 12% |
| Survivor cache | Counter | 12% |
| Tools cache1 | Bag duffel bag tint | 10.9% |
| Survivor safehouse | Metal shelves | 9.6% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Cardboard box | 9% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Fire station garage | Other | 19% |
| Bedroom | Crate | 12.3% |
| Closet | Other | 12.3% |
| Closet | Crate | 11.3% |
| Shed | Other | 11.3% |
| Garage storage | Locker | 11% |
| Shed | Metal shelves | 11% |
| Shed | Shelves | 11% |
| Bathroom | Metal shelves | 10.2% |
| Attic | Cardboard box | 9.8% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Fire station storage | Metal shelves | 19% |
| Fire station storage | Other | 19% |
| Mannequin factory | Counter | 18.7% |
| Cabinet factory | Other | 18.3% |
| Cabinet shipping | Other | 18.3% |
| Mannequin factory | Other | 15% |
| Drug shack | Counter | 13.3% |
| Carpenter workshop | Cardboard box | 13% |
| Carpenter workshop | Counter | 13% |
| Carpenter workshop | Crate | 13% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Tool store storage | Other | 15.6% |
| Pawn shop | Other | 14.3% |
| Pawnshop storage | Other | 14.3% |
| Carpenter workshop | Small box | 13% |
| Construction site | Small box | 12.3% |
| Warehouse | Small box | 11.3% |
| Gas storage | Counter | 10.2% |
| Zippee storage | Counter | 10.2% |
| Tool store | Other | 9.9% |
| Tool store | Shelves | 9.9% |
Notes
- Keep one Claw Hammer at the base at all times; most building needs it.
- The forged Claw Hammer has the same stats as the factory one.
- A Claw Hammer removes barricades, which helps when looting a boarded house.
- Fighting with the building hammer wears it down, so a spare is worth carrying.
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