Kettle Maul - Wood Handle
| Kettle Maul - Wood 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_Wood
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| Crafting XP | 40 XP (Maintenance) |
The Kettle Maul - Wood Handle is a two-handed crafted maul made from a Kettle fixed to a wooden 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 - Wood 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 wood handle version hits exactly like the metal handle version. The difference is in repair: the wood handle takes tape and glue, while the metal handle takes only epoxy. It is a strong choice for a base defender who rarely walks far.
How to Craft Kettle Maul - Wood Handle
Each recipe that makes the Kettle Maul - Wood Handle is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Make Kettle Maul
The Make Kettle Maul recipe makes the Kettle Maul - Wood 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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Repair
The Kettle Maul - Wood 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. Duct tape, adhesive tape and glue repair it with no skill needed. Zip ties need Maintenance 1, and wood glue needs Carpentry 2. Epoxy needs 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.
- The wood handle version is easier to keep in shape, since common tape and glue both fix it.
- Researching it can teach the Make Kettle Maul and Forge Kettle recipes.
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