Medium Handle
| Medium Handle | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Improvised Weapon |
| Skill | Short Blunt |
| Damage | 0.3-0.5 |
| Range | 0.61-1.1 |
| Crit | 5% x2 |
| Condition | 10 |
| Weight | 1 |
| Hands | One-handed |
| Crafting Skill | Carving: 2 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Handle
|
| Crafting XP | 20 XP (Carving) |
The Medium Handle is a short wooden shaft that doubles as an improvised one-handed blunt weapon. It trains the Short Blunt skill. It weighs 1 and swings faster than base speed.
As a weapon it is very weak. Its real job is as a crafting part. It is the shaft for hammers, hatchets and the Hand Axe, and it goes into forged tools, toolboxes and bellows. The Medium Handle is a common find in factories, sheds and garages. A knife can also carve one from a Large Handle, a branch or a Plank.
Combat
Each hit deals between 0.3 and 0.5 damage, so a zombie takes many blows to drop. The reach is 1.1 tiles. The crit chance starts at 5 percent, and a crit doubles the damage.
The handle is light and quick, so each swing costs little endurance. The Short Blunt skill raises its speed and damage as it levels. Even so, it is a last resort weapon. Three nails turn it into the Medium Handle with Nails. A tin can, screws and a rag turn it into the Medium Handle - Can-Reinforced. Both versions do more in a fight.
Uses
Assemble Medium Implement fits it with a head to make a Ball-peen Hammer, Claw Hammer, Club Hammer, Hatchet, Hand Axe or Smithing Hammer. It is the handle for a forged File, Simple Wood Saw and Small File Set. It goes into the Jawbone Club, the Wooden Toolbox, the Large Bellows and the Stone Quern. Knapping fits it with flint for a Stone-Blade Scythe or a Flint Saw. It serves as the spindle for twisting rope and twine. A knife carves it into a Small Handle, a Stake, a Wooden Trowel or Knitting Needles. It also scutches fibre and burns as fuel.
How to Craft Medium Handle
Each recipe that makes the Medium Handle is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Carve Medium Handle
The Carve Medium Handle recipe makes the Medium Handle. It needs Carving level 2.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Large Knife | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.LargeKnife
|
| Large Handle | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.LongHandle
|
Carve 6 Medium Handles
The Carve 6 Medium Handles recipe makes the Medium Handle. It needs Carving level 2.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Large Knife |
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.LargeKnife
|
| Plank | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.Plank
|
Used in Crafting
These recipes take the Medium Handle as an ingredient or a part. Each tab holds one crafting category.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assemble Medium Implement | Ball-peen Hammer | 
|
- | Maintenance: 1 | /additem Base.BallPeenHammer
|
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Make Large Bellows | Large Bellows | 
|
- | Carpentry: 1 | /additem Base.LargeBellows
|
| Make Wooden Toolbox | Wooden Toolbox | 
|
- | Carpentry: 1 | /additem Base.Toolbox_Wooden
|
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carve Bucket | Carved Bucket | 
|
- | Carving: 4 | /additem Base.BucketCarved
|
| Carve Knitting Needles | Knitting Needles - Bone | 
|
- | Carving: 3 | /additem Base.KnittingNeedles_Bone
|
| Carve Small Handle | Small Handle | 
|
- | Carving: 1 | /additem Base.SmallHandle
|
| Carve Stake | Stake | 
|
- | Carving: 0 | /additem Base.Stake
|
| Carve Trowel | Wooden Trowel | 
|
- | Carving: 0 | /additem Base.MasonsTrowel_Wood
|
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stone Quern | Stone Quern | - | - | Masonry: 1 |
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knap Stone Blade Scythe | Stone-Blade Scythe | 
|
- | Knapping: 2 | /additem Base.PrimitiveScythe
|
| Knapp Flint Saw | Flint Saw | 
|
- | Knapping: 3 | /additem Base.Saw_Flint
|
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craft Twine | Twine | 
|
- | None | /additem Base.Twine
|
| Twist Rope from Dogbane | Rope | 
|
- | None | /additem Base.Rope
|
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forge File | File | 
|
Simple Forge | Blacksmithing: 4 | /additem Base.File
|
| Forge Saw | Simple Wood Saw | 
|
Simple Forge | Blacksmithing: 4 | /additem Base.CrudeSaw
|
| Forge Small Files | Small File Set | 
|
Simple Forge | Blacksmithing: 6 | /additem Base.SmallFileSet
|
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Can-Reinforce Short Weapon | Medium Handle - Can-Reinforced | 
|
- | Carpentry: 1 | /additem Base.Handle_Can
|
| Make Jawbone Club | Jawbone Club | 
|
- | Maintenance: 2 | /additem Base.JawboneBovide_Club
|
| Make Nail-Spiked Small Weapon | Medium Handle with Nails | 
|
- | Carpentry: 1 | /additem Base.Handle_Nails
|
Any recipe that asks for a breakfiber accepts it as the tool, such as Scutch Fibre.
Repair
The Medium Handle has 10 condition. Each hit has a 1 in 5 chance of taking a point off. The Short 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. Hits with the handle give no Maintenance experience.
Locations
The Medium Handle is a very common find. Factory metal shelves hold one most of the time, and factory crates hold one often. Metal shelves in many other buildings hold one about a quarter of the time. Garages, sheds, closets, studios and warehouses hold them at a steady rate. Cabinet factories, mannequin factories and logging yards are good spots too. Survivor safehouses can hold one on their metal shelves.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Factory | Metal shelves | 80% |
| Factory | Crate | 32% |
| Factory | Other | 32% |
| Mannequin factory | Counter | 15% |
| Cabinet factory | Other | 14.7% |
| Cabinet shipping | Other | 14.7% |
| Mannequin factory | Other | 12% |
| Studio | Metal shelves | 11.3% |
| Warehouse | Metal shelves | 11.3% |
| Woodcraft set | Metal shelves | 11.3% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Tool store | Other | 80% |
| Tool store | Shelves | 80% |
| Warehouse | Small box | 11.3% |
| Construction site | Small box | 6.6% |
| Gas storage | Counter | 5.1% |
| Zippee storage | Counter | 5.1% |
| General store | Metal shelves | 2.2% |
| Generalstore storage | Other | 2.2% |
| Barn | Metal shelves | 2% |
| Barn | Other | 2% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Any building | Metal shelves | 27.3% |
| Garage storage | Counter | 13.7% |
| Garage storage | Metal shelves | 13.7% |
| Shed | Counter | 13.7% |
| Shed | Metal shelves | 13.7% |
| Shed | Shelves | 13.7% |
| Closet | Crate | 11.3% |
| Closet | Other | 11.3% |
| Shed | Other | 11.3% |
| Garage storage | Crate | 6.6% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor safehouse | Metal shelves | 8.2% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Metal shelves | 8.2% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Metal shelves | 8.2% |
| Survivor safehouse | Cardboard box | 6% |
| Survivor safehouse | Crate | 6% |
| Survivor safehouse | Small box | 6% |
| Survivor cache | Counter | 6% |
| Survivor cache | Counter | 6% |
| Survivor safehouse | Counter | 3.6% |
| Survivor safehouse | Bin | 3.4% |
Notes
- Carve 6 Medium Handles turns one Plank into six handles at Carving 2.
- A spare handle and a loose hammer or hatchet head make a working tool again.
- Researching it can teach the Can-Reinforce Short Weapon and Carve Medium Handle recipes.
- The handle breaks fast in a fight, so keep spares for crafting instead.
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