Gavel
| Gavel | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Improvised Weapon |
| Skill | Short Blunt |
| Damage | 0.1-0.2 |
| Range | 0.61-0.9 |
| Crit | 0% |
| Condition | 1 |
| Weight | 0.5 |
| Hands | One-handed |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Gavel
|
The Gavel is a small wooden hammer of the kind a judge uses. It works as an improvised one-handed blunt weapon and trains the Short Blunt skill. It swings fast, but its damage is tiny, and it breaks very quickly.
The gavel is a rare find. It turns up most often in pawnshop display cases. Its main use outside a fight is as fuel for a fire.
Combat
The Gavel swings faster than base speed and reaches about 0.9 tiles. Each hit deals between 0.1 and 0.2 damage, so a zombie takes a great many blows. A crit is not possible with it. With only 1 condition, it breaks after very few hits.
The gavel is a last resort when nothing else is at hand. Any real hammer, a Rolling Pin or a Frying Pan does far more damage and lasts far longer.
Uses
The Gavel burns as fire fuel. It can go into a campfire, a fireplace or a stove when nothing better is around.
Repair
The Gavel has only 1 condition, and each hit has a 1 in 1 chance of taking a point off. In practice the first damaging hit can break it. A fresh gavel has to be looted to replace it.
Locations
The Gavel is a rare find. Pawnshop display cases give the best odds by far. Attics, closets, halls and living room lockers hold one only rarely. Survivor safehouses, garage storage and storage units hold one even less often.
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 | 0.9% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Attic | Cardboard box | 0.2% |
| Attic | Crate | 0.2% |
| Attic | Other | 0.2% |
| Closet | Locker | 0.2% |
| Hall | Other | 0.2% |
| Living room | Locker | 0.2% |
| Living room | Other | 0.2% |
| Closet | Other | 0.1% |
| Garage storage | Other | 0.1% |
| Living room | Wardrobe | <0.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor safehouse | Cardboard box | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse | Crate | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse | Small box | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Cardboard box | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Crate | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Small box | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Cardboard box | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Crate | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Small box | 0.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Storage unit | Other | <0.1% |
Notes
- Treat the gavel as fire fuel first and a weapon second.
- It breaks almost at once, so keep a real weapon ready.
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