Plunger with Barbed Wire
| Plunger with Barbed Wire | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Improvised Weapon |
| Skill | Short Blunt |
| Damage | 0.45-0.75 |
| Range | 0.61-1.1 |
| Crit | 5% x3 |
| Condition | 6 |
| Weight | 0.5 |
| Hands | One-handed |
| Crafting Skill | Maintenance: 1 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Crafted only |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Plunger_BarbedWire
|
| Crafting XP | 10 XP (Maintenance) |
The Plunger with Barbed Wire is a Plunger wrapped in barbed wire. It is a one-handed improvised club that trains the Short Blunt skill. The wire raises its damage, doubles its condition and makes it wear down half as often as a plain Plunger.
It stays a light, quick weapon at a weight of 0.5. Even so, its damage is low next to proper clubs such as a hammer or a bat. It is crafted with the Barbed-Wire Wrap Weapon recipe at Maintenance 1, once the recipe is known. It is never found as loot.
Combat
The Plunger with Barbed Wire swings faster than normal and reaches about 1.1 tiles. Each hit deals between 0.45 and 0.75 damage, so an ordinary zombie still takes several swings. The critical chance is only 5 percent, and a crit triples the damage.
The light weight keeps the endurance cost very low. The other hand stays free for a flashlight or a bag. The Short Blunt skill raises damage, attack speed and crit chance with each level, and it lowers wear.
Each hit has a 1 in 4 chance of taking a point of condition off, and the weapon has 6 condition. It lasts a short fight rather than a few swings. The wrap suits the early days, when a Plunger and a coil of barbed wire are the best things at hand. A Broom with Barbed-Wire or an Ice Hockey Stick with Barbed Wire comes from the same recipe.
How to Craft Plunger with Barbed Wire
Each recipe that makes the Plunger with Barbed Wire is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Barbed-Wire Wrap Weapon
The Barbed-Wire Wrap Weapon recipe makes the Plunger with Barbed Wire. It needs Maintenance level 1. The recipe has to be learned first.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pliers | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Pliers
|
| Plunger | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.Plunger
|
| Barbed Wire | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.BarbedWire
|
Repair
The Plunger with Barbed Wire has 6 condition, and each hit has a 1 in 4 chance of taking a point off. The Short Blunt and Maintenance skills lower that chance. Duct Tape, Adhesive Tape and Glue repair it with no skill needed. Zip Ties need Maintenance 1, Wood Glue needs Carpentry 2 and Epoxy needs Maintenance 3. Every repair restores less condition than the one before it.
Notes
- The recipe takes a Plunger and a Barbed Wire, with pliers needed and kept.
- The same recipe wraps a Broom or an Ice Hockey Stick.
- Researching it can teach the Barbed-Wire Wrap Weapon and Barbed Wire recipes.
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