Forged Fork
| Forged Fork | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Short Blade |
| Skill | Short Blade |
| Damage | 0.1 |
| Range | 0.2-0.8 |
| Crit | 5% x10 |
| Condition | 3 |
| Weight | 0.25 |
| Hands | One-handed |
| Crafting Skill | Blacksmithing: 1 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.ForkForged
|
| Crafting XP | 25 XP (Blacksmithing) |
The Forged Fork is a rough metal fork hammered out at a forge. It can be used as an improvised one-handed stabbing weapon and trains the Short Blade skill. As a weapon it is about as weak as anything in the game.
It does every job of a store-bought Fork. It mixes food in cooking, eases mealtimes and can be ground into a Shiv or an Improvised Screwdriver. The Forge Forks recipe makes two at a time with Blacksmithing 1, which makes it one of the first things a new smith can produce. Certain kitchens also hold them as loot. The best occupations for short blades are the Burger Flipper, the Chef and the Doctor. Each starts with the same Short Blade skill.
Combat
The Forged Fork stabs quickly at a very short reach of 0.8 tiles. Each hit deals 0.1 damage. The crit chance is only 5 percent, though a crit deals ten times the damage.
The fork hits one zombie per stab, and that short reach puts a zombie within grabbing distance on every attack. It has 3 condition, and nearly every hit takes a point off. It suits only a true emergency. Almost any other weapon is a better choice.
Uses
The Forged Fork serves as a mixing tool for batter, dough, cookies, pancakes, omelettes, pizza, gravy and guacamole. With a whetstone or a File and some tape or binding, it becomes a Shiv or an Improvised Screwdriver at Maintenance 1. Eating with a fork lowers the boredom and unhappiness a meal causes.
How to Craft Forged Fork
Each recipe that makes the Forged Fork is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Forge Forks
The Forge Forks recipe makes the Forged Fork. It needs Blacksmithing level 1. It is made at a Primitive Forge. The recipe has to be learned first.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charcoal | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.Charcoal
|
| Iron Bar Quarter | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.IronBarQuarter
|
| Smithing Hammer | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.SmithingHammer
|
| Metalworking Pliers | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.MetalworkingPliers
|
| Stone Chisel | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.StoneChisel
|
Used in Crafting
These recipes take the Forged Fork as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extract Iron from Smaller Items | Iron Chunk | 
|
Primitive Furnace | None | /additem Base.IronChunk
|
| Extract Steel from Smaller Iron Items | Steel Chunk | 
|
Advanced Furnace | None | /additem Base.SteelChunk
|
| Make Improvised Screwdriver | Improvised Screwdriver | 
|
- | Maintenance: 1 | /additem Base.Screwdriver_Improvised
|
| Make Shiv | Shiv | 
|
- | Maintenance: 1 | /additem Base.KnifeShiv
|
| Smelt Smaller Iron Item | Small Ceramic Crucible with Iron | 
|
Simple Furnace | None | /additem Base.CeramicCrucibleSmall_Iron
|
Any recipe that asks for a fork or mixingutensil accepts it as the tool, such as Make Cake Batter, Prepare Pie Dough and Prepare Bread Dough.
Locations
The Forged Fork turns up in a few special kitchens. There it sits on counters, shelves and in overhead cabinets about a third of the time. Forging a pair is the usual way to get one.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Wild West kitchen | Counter | 30.2% |
| Wild West kitchen | Overhead cupboard | 30.2% |
| Wild West kitchen | Shelves | 30.2% |
Notes
- The forge recipe takes one charcoal and a quarter bar of iron stock at a Primitive Forge or better.
- A smithing hammer, metalworking pliers or tongs and a chisel are kept as tools.
- Each forging makes two forks.
- It works in every recipe that asks for a Fork.
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