Medium Handle with Nails
| Medium Handle with Nails | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Improvised Weapon |
| Skill | Short Blunt |
| Damage | 0.4-0.7 |
| Range | 0.61-1.13 |
| Crit | 5% x5 |
| Condition | 10 |
| Weight | 1 |
| Hands | One-handed |
| Crafting Skill | Carpentry: 1 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Handle_Nails
|
| Crafting XP | 10 XP (Carpentry) |
The Medium Handle with Nails is a short wooden handle with nails hammered through its head. It is a crafted one-handed blunt weapon that trains the Short Blunt skill. It weighs 1 and swings faster than base speed.
The nails make the plain Medium Handle hit harder and crit much harder. They also wear it out very quickly. It is a cheap early weapon. It is crafted with the Make Nail-Spiked Small Weapon recipe at Carpentry 1.
Combat
Each hit deals between 0.4 and 0.7 damage, more than the bare handle. The reach is 1.13 tiles. The crit chance starts at 5 percent, and a crit multiplies the damage by five.
The handle is light and quick, so each swing costs little endurance. The Short Blunt skill raises its speed, damage and crit chance as it levels. It suits a survivor who needs something better than bare hands in the first days.
Compared with the Medium Handle - Can-Reinforced, the nailed version hits harder but breaks far sooner.
How to Craft Medium Handle with Nails
Each recipe that makes Medium Handle with Nails is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Make Nail-Spiked Small Weapon
The Make Nail-Spiked Small Weapon recipe makes Medium Handle with Nails. It needs Carpentry level 1.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claw Hammer | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Hammer
|
| Medium Handle | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.Handle
|
| Nails | 
|
3x | No | /additem Base.Nails
|
Repair
The Medium Handle with Nails has 10 condition. Each hit has a 1 in 3 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. Every repair restores less condition than the one before it.
Locations
The Medium Handle with Nails is a rare piece of loot. It turns up in survivor safehouses, in boxes, crates, counters, shelves and wardrobes. Survivor caches can hold one on their counters. The odds are low everywhere, so crafting is the reliable way to get one.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor safehouse | Cardboard box | 0.8% |
| Survivor safehouse | Crate | 0.8% |
| Survivor safehouse | Small box | 0.8% |
| Survivor cache | Counter | 0.8% |
| Survivor cache | Counter | 0.8% |
| Survivor safehouse | Metal shelves | 0.6% |
| Survivor safehouse | Counter | 0.5% |
| Survivor safehouse | Wardrobe | 0.3% |
| Survivor cache (large building) | Counter | 0.2% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Cardboard box | 0.1% |
Notes
- Make Nail-Spiked Small Weapon takes the handle and three Nails, with a hammer kept as the tool.
- The same recipe spikes many other short wooden items.
- Researching it can teach the Forge Nails and Forge Heading Tool recipes.
- It burns as fuel once it is worn out.
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