Scrap Metal Chopper
| Scrap Metal Chopper | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Long Blade |
| Skill | Long Blade |
| Damage | 1-2 |
| Range | 0.61-1.23 |
| Crit | 10% x3 |
| Condition | 10 |
| Weight | 2 |
| Hands | One-handed |
| Crafting Skill | Welding: 5 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Machete_Crude
|
| Crafting XP | 50 XP (Welding) |
The Scrap Metal Chopper is a crude machete cut from steel sheet and welded to a metal handle. It is a one-handed long blade that trains the Long Blade skill. It hits hard for its weight and doubles as a sharp knife for crafting.
It is a weapon for a survivor with a welding setup. The Make Scrap Metal Chopper recipe builds it at Welding 5. As loot it turns up only in mid-game and late-game survivor safehouses, and only on very rare occasions.
Combat
The Scrap Metal Chopper swings at normal speed and reaches about 1.2 tiles. Each hit deals between 1 and 2 damage, enough to drop an ordinary zombie in one or two swings. The critical chance starts at 10 percent, and a crit triples the damage.
The chopper is one-handed and weighs 2. The free hand can hold a flashlight or a bag. Each swing costs less endurance than a heavy two-handed weapon. The Long Blade skill raises damage, attack speed and crit chance with each level, and it lowers wear.
Its damage is high for a one-handed weapon. That makes it a strong main weapon for a survivor who trains Long Blade. It suits clearing houses and fighting a few zombies at a time.
Uses
The Scrap Metal Chopper counts as a sharp knife in crafting. It cuts plants and butchers animals. It cuts leather into strips or halves, twists rope and makes twine. It opens canned food and serves as the tool in many carving recipes. It also assembles long and medium implements from a head and a handle. A worn-out chopper can be smelted into four Iron Chunks at a furnace, or four Steel Chunks at an Advanced Furnace.
How to Craft Scrap Metal Chopper
Each recipe that makes the Scrap Metal Chopper is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Make Scrap Metal Chopper
The Make Scrap Metal Chopper recipe makes the Scrap Metal Chopper. It needs Welding level 5.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steel Rod | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.MetalBar
|
| Welding Torch | 
|
8x | No | /additem Base.BlowTorch
|
| Welder Mask | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.WeldingMask
|
| File | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.File
|
| Steel Sheet | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.SheetMetal
|
| Rag | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.RippedSheets
|
| Nuts and Bolts | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.NutsBolts
|
| Wrench | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Wrench
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| Hand Drill | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.HandDrill
|
| Sheet Metal Snips | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.SheetMetalSnips
|
Used in Crafting
Any recipe that asks for a sharp knife or smeltableironlarge accepts it as the tool, such as Cut Up Large Leather, Cut Up Medium Leather and Cut Up Small Leather.
Repair
The Scrap Metal Chopper has 10 condition. Each hit has a 1 in 5 chance of taking a point off. The Long Blade and Maintenance skills lower that chance. A dull blade can be sharpened with a whetstone, at a Grindstone, or poorly with a file.
Locations
The Scrap Metal Chopper is an extremely rare piece of loot. It can appear only in mid-game and late-game survivor safehouses, in boxes, crates, counters, shelves and wardrobes. Welding one is the only practical way to get it.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Cardboard box | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Counter | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Crate | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Metal shelves | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Small box | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Cardboard box | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Counter | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Crate | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Metal shelves | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Small box | 0.1% |
Notes
- The recipe takes eight units of Welding Torch fuel, a Steel Sheet, Nuts and Bolts and a Rag, Denim Strips or Leather Strips.
- The handle can be a Steel Rod, an Iron Pipe, a Broken Iron Pipe or a Steel Rod Half.
- A welding mask, a file, a wrench, a metal drill and sheet metal snips or a metal saw are kept.
- Researching it can teach the Make Scrap Metal Chopper recipe and several forging recipes.
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