Fork
| 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: 3 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Fork
|
| Crafting XP | 40 XP (Blacksmithing) |
The Fork is an ordinary steel table fork that can be used as an improvised one-handed stabbing weapon. It trains the Short Blade skill. As a weapon it is about as weak as anything in the game.
Its real uses are at the table and the workbench. Eating with a fork makes a meal less boring and less depressing. It mixes food in many cooking recipes, and it can be ground into a Shiv or an Improvised Screwdriver. The Fork is a very common find in home kitchens, diners and restaurant kitchens. A forge can also make a pair at Blacksmithing 3. 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 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 pushes it back only a short way. That short reach puts a zombie within grabbing distance on every attack. The fork has 3 condition, and nearly every hit takes a point off.
It suits only a true emergency, or breaking a window. Almost any other weapon is a better choice.
Uses
A Fork in the inventory is used automatically when eating suitable food. It lowers the boredom and unhappiness a meal causes. For larger dishes it also speeds up eating. In cooking it 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.
How to Craft Fork
Each recipe that makes the Fork is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Forge Fine Forks
The Forge Fine Forks recipe makes the Fork. It needs Blacksmithing level 3. It is made at a Simple Forge. The recipe has to be learned first.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charcoal | 
|
2x | No | /additem Base.Charcoal
|
| Steel Bar Quarter | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.SteelBarQuarter
|
| Ball-peen Hammer | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.BallPeenHammer
|
| Metalworking Pliers | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.MetalworkingPliers
|
| Metalworking Chisel | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.MetalworkingChisel
|
Used in Crafting
These recipes take the Fork as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Make Improvised Screwdriver | Improvised Screwdriver | 
|
- | Maintenance: 1 | /additem Base.Screwdriver_Improvised
|
| Make Shiv | Shiv | 
|
- | Maintenance: 1 | /additem Base.KnifeShiv
|
| Smelt Smaller Steel Item | Small Ceramic Crucible with Steel | 
|
Advanced Furnace | None | /additem Base.CeramicCrucibleSmall_Steel
|
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 Fork is a very common find. Diner counters give the best odds. Home kitchens hold forks in overhead cabinets, on counters and on shelves. Living room counters and cabinets turn them up often too. Every kind of restaurant kitchen keeps them on the counter, from cafeterias and diners to fancy restaurants. Diner back rooms hold them a little less often.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Diner counter | Counter | 36.7% |
| Cafeteria kitchen | Counter | 18.3% |
| Diner kitchen | Counter | 18.3% |
| Donut kitchen | Counter | 18.3% |
| Kitchen crepe | Counter | 18.3% |
| Restaurant kitchen | Counter | 18.3% |
| Fancy restaurant kitchen | Counter | 18.3% |
| Houseware store | Shelves | 16.9% |
| Dinerback room | Counter | 13.2% |
| General store | Shelves | 10.2% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Kitchen | Overhead cupboard | 21.2% |
| Living room | Counter | 21.2% |
| Living room | Overhead cupboard | 21.2% |
| Catfish kitchen | Counter | 18.3% |
| Deepfry kitchen | Counter | 18.3% |
| Fishchips kitchen | Counter | 18.3% |
| Italian kitchen | Counter | 18.3% |
| Western kitchen | Counter | 18.3% |
| Kitchen | Counter | 17% |
| Kitchen | Shelves | 17% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Oldarmy | Counter | 17.5% |
| Department storage | Metal shelves | 10.2% |
Notes
- Carry a fork for meals, since it makes eating more pleasant.
- A fork is one of the cheapest bases for a Shiv.
- The forge recipe makes two forks from a quarter Steel Bar at Blacksmithing 3.
- Keep it out of fights unless nothing else is in reach.
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