Flint Nodule
| Flint Nodule | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Improvised Weapon |
| Skill | - |
| Damage | 0.4-0.7 |
| Range | 0.61-0.8 |
| Crit | 20% x2 |
| Condition | 4 |
| Weight | 1 |
| Hands | One-handed |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.FlintNodule
|
The Flint Nodule is a lump of raw flint used for knapping stone tools. It can also be swung as an improvised one-handed weapon that trains the Short Blunt skill. As a weapon it is weak, short and wears down fast.
Its real value is as a material. Knapping breaks it into a Sharp Flint Flake, the start of many primitive tools. At Knapping 6 it becomes a Long Stone Blade instead. Flint Nodules can be foraged in the wild or broken out of mineral deposits. Survivor safehouses and pawnshops also hold them as loot.
Combat
The Flint Nodule swings a little slower than the base speed and reaches only 0.8 tiles. Each hit deals between 0.4 and 0.7 damage. The crit chance starts at 20 percent, and a crit doubles the damage.
The stone has 4 condition, and each hit has a 1 in 5 chance of taking a point off. It suits only a desperate moment against a single zombie. Any real weapon does the job better, and the flint is worth more as a tool.
Uses
The Knap Sharp Flint Flake recipe turns one nodule into a Sharp Flint Flake. It needs a hammerstone, a mallet or a knapping tool, and no skill. The Knap Long Stone Blade recipe turns it into a Long Stone Blade at Knapping 6. Flint flakes go into the Flint Saw and other early tools. The nodule also serves as a stone for the Make Stone Block from Stone recipe at Masonry 1.
Used in Crafting
These recipes take the Flint Nodule as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knap Long Stone Blade | Long Stone Blade | 
|
- | Knapping: 6 | /additem Base.StoneBladeLong
|
| Knap Sharp Flint Flake | Sharp Flint Flake | 
|
- | Knapping: 0 | /additem Base.SharpedStone
|
Any recipe that asks for a stone accepts it as the tool, such as Make Stone Block from Stone.
Locations
The Flint Nodule is an uncommon find as loot. Pawnshop display cases give the best odds. Late game survivor safehouses come next, in boxes, crates, counters and metal shelves. Mid game and early safehouses and survivor caches hold one less often. Attics, halls, closet lockers and living rooms turn one up now and then.
Foraging is the steady way to get more. Breaking a mineral deposit with a club hammer also yields a few pieces of flint and some sharp flakes.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Pawn shop | Display case | 7.2% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Cardboard box | 3.4% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Counter | 3.4% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Crate | 3.4% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Metal shelves | 3.4% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Small box | 3.4% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Cardboard box | 2.2% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Counter | 2.2% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Crate | 2.2% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Metal shelves | 2.2% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Small box | 2.2% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Attic | Cardboard box | 1.4% |
| Attic | Crate | 1.4% |
| Attic | Other | 1.4% |
| Closet | Locker | 1.4% |
| Hall | Other | 1.4% |
| Living room | Locker | 1.4% |
| Living room | Other | 1.4% |
| Closet | Other | 0.7% |
| Garage storage | Other | 0.7% |
| Living room | Wardrobe | 0.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Storage unit | Other | 0.1% |
Notes
- Keep nodules for knapping rather than fighting.
- A club hammer on a mineral deposit gives several pieces at once.
- Knapping 6 unlocks the Long Stone Blade from a single nodule.
- A Sharp Flint Flake is the key part of the Flint Saw.
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