Crowbar
| Crowbar | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Long Blunt Weapon |
| Skill | Long Blunt |
| Damage | 0.6-1.15 |
| Range | 0.61-1.25 |
| Crit | 20% x2.5 |
| Condition | 15 |
| Weight | 2 |
| Hands | Two-handed |
| Crafting Skill | Blacksmithing: 9 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Crowbar/additem Base.CrowbarForged
|
| Crafting XP | 100 XP (Blacksmithing) |
The Crowbar is a steel pry bar that works as both a tool and a two-handed weapon. It trains the Long Blunt skill. Its damage and reach are average for its class. Its strength is toughness, since it is the most durable melee weapon in the game.
As a tool it pries barricades off doors and windows and picks up floor tiles and windows. It is a common find in tool caches, fire stations, carpenter workshops and sheds. A master blacksmith can also forge one from a Steel Bar. The Construction Worker is the best occupation for long blunt. It starts with the most Long Blunt skill.
Combat
The Crowbar swings at normal speed and reaches about one and a quarter tiles. Each hit deals moderate damage, so an ordinary zombie takes a few swings. The critical chance is 20 percent, and a crit multiplies the damage two and a half times. With multi-hit enabled, one swing can strike up to three zombies.
It is a two-handed weapon. It can also be held in one hand, at the cost of a weaker impact. At low skill it loses a point of condition on only about 1 hit in 70. Higher Long Blunt skill raises speed, damage and critical chance. Compared with the Baseball Bat it crits less often but lasts many times longer. It suits a long-term main weapon for a survivor who would rather not repair. It attaches to the back slot for quick access and a lower carried weight.
Uses
The Crowbar pries planks off barricaded doors and windows, which opens boarded houses for looting. It picks up floor tiles when it sits in the main inventory. It also picks up windows from buildings in Pick-Up mode. It can break down a door, though an axe or a Sledgehammer does it much faster. It can kill a trapped or caught animal. A worn-out Crowbar smelts into four Steel Chunks at an Advanced Furnace.
How to Craft Crowbar
Each recipe that makes the Crowbar is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Forge Crowbar
The Forge Crowbar recipe makes the Crowbar. It needs Blacksmithing level 9. It is made at an Advanced Forge. The recipe has to be learned first.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charcoal | 
|
5x | No | /additem Base.Charcoal
|
| Steel Bar | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.SteelBar
|
| Ball-peen Hammer | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.BallPeenHammer
|
| Tongs | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Tongs
|
| Metalworking Chisel | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.MetalworkingChisel
|
Used in Crafting
Any recipe that asks for a smeltablesteellarge accepts it as the tool, such as Smelt Steel From Large Steel Item and Smelt Large Steel Item.
Repair
The Crowbar has 15 condition. At low skill it loses a point on about 1 hit in 70, and the Long Blunt and Maintenance skills lower that chance further. Each point it loses is permanent, so its long life is all the life it has. When it finally wears out, it goes to the furnace. A blacksmith with Blacksmithing 9 can forge a new one at an Advanced Forge from a Steel Bar.
Variants
The game holds the Crowbar under more than one item id. Each one is listed here.
| Image | Damage | Condition | Weight | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
0.6-1.15 | 15 | 2 | /additem Base.Crowbar
|
|
0.6-1.15 | 15 | 2 | /additem Base.CrowbarForged
|
Locations
The Crowbar is a common find. The best odds are in tool boxes in tool caches. Fire station garages and storage rooms hold one often. Mannequin factories, cabinet factories and cabinet shipping rooms are good spots as well. Carpenter workshops, survivor safehouses and survivor caches keep them in boxes, crates and counters. Garage lockers, shed shelves, electronics store lockers and technical rooms round out the list. A Crowbar can even be found stuck in a zombie.
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 | 10.9% |
| Tools cache1 | Counter | 6.7% |
| Survivor safehouse | Cardboard box | 6% |
| Survivor safehouse | Crate | 6% |
| Survivor safehouse | Small box | 6% |
| Survivor cache | Counter | 6% |
| Survivor cache | Counter | 6% |
| Tools cache1 | Bag duffel bag tint | 5.4% |
| Survivor safehouse | Metal shelves | 4.8% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Cardboard box | 4.5% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Fire station garage | Other | 9.5% |
| Bedroom | Crate | 6.2% |
| Closet | Other | 6.2% |
| Garage storage | Locker | 5.5% |
| Shed | Metal shelves | 5.5% |
| Shed | Shelves | 5.5% |
| Bathroom | Metal shelves | 5.1% |
| Attic | Cardboard box | 4.9% |
| Attic | Crate | 4.9% |
| Hall | Other | 4.9% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Fire station storage | Metal shelves | 9.5% |
| Fire station storage | Other | 9.5% |
| Mannequin factory | Counter | 7.5% |
| Cabinet factory | Other | 7.3% |
| Cabinet shipping | Other | 7.3% |
| Drug shack | Counter | 6.7% |
| Carpenter workshop | Cardboard box | 6.5% |
| Carpenter workshop | Counter | 6.5% |
| Carpenter workshop | Crate | 6.5% |
| Carpenter workshop | Metal shelves | 6.5% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Carpenter workshop | Small box | 6.5% |
| Construction site | Small box | 6.2% |
| Electronics store | Locker | 5.3% |
| Gas storage | Counter | 5.1% |
| Zippee storage | Counter | 5.1% |
| Tool store | Other | 4.9% |
| Tool store | Shelves | 4.9% |
| Tool store storage | Other | 4.9% |
| General store | Metal shelves | 4.5% |
| Generalstore storage | Other | 4.5% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Inside a bag or case | Toolbox | 1.3% |
| Inside a bag or case | Bag skill maintenance duffel bag | 1% |
Notes
- The forged Crowbar has the same stats as the factory one.
- Keep the Crowbar in the main inventory to pick up floor tiles.
- It is the safest weapon for a long trip with no repair kit.
- Pry boarded windows open with it rather than smashing them.
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