Kettle Maul - Metal Handle
| Kettle Maul - Metal Handle | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Long Blunt Weapon |
| Skill | Long Blunt |
| Damage | 2-3 |
| Range | 0.7-1.35 |
| Crit | 40% x2 |
| Condition | 10 |
| Weight | 6 |
| Hands | Two-handed |
| Crafting Skill | Maintenance: 4 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Crafted only |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.KettleMace_Metal
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| Crafting XP | 40 XP (Maintenance) |
The Kettle Maul - Metal Handle is a two-handed crafted maul made from a Kettle fixed to a shaft. It trains the Long Blunt skill. It is a heavy weapon with a weight of 6.
Its damage starts high for a blunt weapon, and even its weakest hit lands hard. The price is a slower swing and a heavy load to carry. The Kettle Maul never spawns as loot. It comes from the Make Kettle Maul recipe, which needs Maintenance 4. The Construction Worker is the best occupation for long blunt. It starts with the most Long Blunt skill.
Combat
The Kettle Maul - Metal Handle swings at a speed of 0.9, a little slower than base. It reaches 1.35 tiles. Each hit deals between 2 and 3 damage, so even a low roll drops most zombies quickly. The crit chance starts at 40 percent, but a crit only doubles the damage.
The weapon is two-handed. Its weight makes every swing tiring, so endurance runs out fast in a long fight. It suits short, deliberate fights against one or a few zombies.
The Long Blunt skill raises its speed, damage and crit chance and lowers the endurance cost. The metal handle version hits exactly like the wood handle version. The two differ only in how they are repaired and what they break down into. It is a strong choice for a base defender who rarely walks far.
Uses
A worn Kettle Maul - Metal Handle still has value at a furnace. It counts as a small iron item. A Primitive or better Furnace smelts it into an Iron Chunk. An Advanced Furnace turns it into a Steel Chunk. A Simple or better Furnace can also melt it into a crucible of iron.
How to Craft Kettle Maul - Metal Handle
Each recipe that makes the Kettle Maul - Metal Handle is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Make Kettle Maul
The Make Kettle Maul recipe makes the Kettle Maul - Metal Handle. It needs Maintenance level 4. The recipe has to be learned first.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wrench | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.Wrench
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| Hand Drill | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.HandDrill
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| Kettle | 
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1x | No | /additem Base.Kettle
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| Large Handle | 
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1x | No | /additem Base.LongHandle
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| Rag | 
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2x | No | /additem Base.RippedSheets
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| Nuts and Bolts | 
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1x | No | /additem Base.NutsBolts
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| Bucket of Concrete | 
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2x | No | /additem Base.BucketConcreteFull
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| Rope | 
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1x | No | /additem Base.Rope
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Used in Crafting
Any recipe that asks for a smeltableironsmall accepts it as the tool, such as Smelt Iron From Small Item, Smelt Steel From Small Iron Item and Smelt Small Iron Item.
Repair
The Kettle Maul - Metal Handle has 10 condition. Each hit has a 1 in 10 chance of taking a point off, so it wears quickly. The Long Blunt and Maintenance skills both lower that chance. Epoxy repairs it with Maintenance 3, and epoxy with rags needs Maintenance 4. Each repair restores less condition than the one before.
Notes
- The recipe uses a Kettle, a Large Handle or Steel Rod or Iron Pipe, Nuts and Bolts, two concrete items and rope.
- It also needs two Rags, Denim Strips or Leather Strips, plus a wrench and a metal drill that are kept.
- The same recipe can give either the wood handle or the metal handle version.
- Researching it can teach the Make Kettle Maul and Forge Kettle recipes.
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