Short Bat
| Short Bat | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Short Blunt Weapon |
| Skill | Short Blunt |
| Damage | 0.5-1 |
| Range | 0.61-1.23 |
| Crit | 25% x2 |
| Condition | 10 |
| Weight | 1.5 |
| Hands | One-handed |
| Crafting Skill | Carpentry: 0 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.ShortBat
|
| Crafting XP | 5 XP (Carpentry) |
The Short Bat is a cut-down wooden bat with a short grip. It is a one-handed blunt weapon that trains the Short Blunt skill. It also counts as a mallet in crafting.
Its damage is modest, but it is light, quick and easy to make in numbers. Its biggest strength is how many better weapons it can become. Nails, spikes, rake heads, a railroad spike, a sawblade or tin cans all turn it into something stronger. It is crafted by sawing down a Baseball Bat or by carving one, and it turns up in prison storage lockers and survivor stashes. The Construction Worker is the best occupation for short blunt. It starts with the most Short Blunt skill. The Blacksmith and the Carpenter also start with some Short Blunt skill.
Combat
The Short Bat swings a little faster than base speed and reaches about 1.2 tiles. Each hit deals between 0.5 and 1.0 damage. An ordinary zombie usually takes a few swings to drop. The crit chance starts at 25 percent, and a crit doubles the damage.
One hand stays free while it is equipped. Its low weight keeps the endurance cost of each swing small. That makes it a steady choice for long fights against one zombie at a time. The Short Blunt skill raises damage, crit chance and swing speed as it levels.
Compared with the full Baseball Bat, it reaches less and hits a little softer, but it leaves a hand free. Compared with the Short Bat with Nails or the Short Bat with Rake Spikes, it hits softer. Upgrading it is almost always worth the materials. The plain Short Bat is best as a starter weapon and as the base for an upgrade.
Uses
The Short Bat counts as a mallet in crafting. It serves as the mallet when scutching flax or hemp at a Scutching Board. It is the handle when assembling a Mace or a Stone Mace from its head. It also burns as fuel in a fire.
How to Craft Short Bat
Each recipe that makes the Short Bat is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Saw Down Baseball Bat
The Saw Down Baseball Bat recipe makes the Short Bat. It needs Carpentry level 0.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseball Bat | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.BaseballBat
|
| Hacksaw | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Saw
|
Carve Short Bat
The Carve Short Bat recipe makes the Short Bat. It needs Carving level 7. The recipe has to be learned first.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Large Knife | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.LargeKnife
|
| Baseball Bat |
|
1x | No | /additem Base.BaseballBat
|
Used in Crafting
These recipes take the Short Bat as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assemble Mace | Mace | 
|
- | Maintenance: 1 | /additem Base.Mace
|
| Assemble Stone Mace | Stone Mace | 
|
- | Maintenance: 1 | /additem Base.Mace_Stone
|
| Can-Reinforce Weapon | Short Bat - Can-Reinforced | 
|
- | Carpentry: 2 | /additem Base.ShortBat_Can
|
| Make Nail-Spiked Small Weapon | Short Bat with Nails | 
|
- | Carpentry: 1 | /additem Base.ShortBat_Nails
|
| Make Railspike Weapon | Short Bat with Railspike | 
|
- | Maintenance: 3 | /additem Base.ShortBat_RailSpike
|
| Make Rake-Head-Spiked Weapon | Short Bat with Rake Spikes | 
|
- | Carpentry: 4 | /additem Base.ShortBat_RakeHead
|
| Make Sawblade Wooden Bat | Short Bat with Sawblade | 
|
- | Carpentry: 5 | /additem Base.ShortBat_Sawblade
|
| Make Spiked Club | Short Bat with Spikes | 
|
Simple Forge | Blacksmithing: 5 | /additem Base.SpikedShortBat
|
Any recipe that asks for a breakfiber or mallet accepts it as the tool, such as Scutch Fibre, Make Garden Fork Head Weapon and Make Spade Head Cudgel.
Repair
The Short Bat has 10 condition. Each hit has a 1 in 15 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, wood glue needs Carpentry 2, and epoxy needs Maintenance 3. Every repair restores less condition than the one before it.
Locations
The Short Bat is most common in prison storage lockers, where the odds are high. Security rooms hold one now and then. Survivor safehouses and survivor caches keep them in boxes, crates, counters and on shelves. Pawnshop display cases and tackle boxes can hold one on rare occasions.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Twiggy's bar counter | Counter | 75.1% |
| Bar | Counter | 18.8% |
| Bar kitchen | Counter | 18.8% |
| Bar storage | Counter | 18.8% |
| Outdoor supply store | Metal shelves | 6.1% |
| Outdoorsupply storage | Metal shelves | 6.1% |
| Outdoor supply store | Other | 2.4% |
| Pawn shop | Display case | 1.8% |
| Tool store | Shelves | 0.6% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Prison storage | Locker | 23.1% |
| Fishing storage | Counter | 6.1% |
| Fishing storage | Metal shelves | 6.1% |
| Fishing storage | Other | 6.1% |
| Fishing storage | Shelves | 6.1% |
| Security | Other | 4.8% |
| Hunting lodge | Counter | 1.2% |
| Hunting lodge | Shelves | 1.2% |
| Prison locker room | Locker | 1% |
| Security | Counter | 0.6% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor safehouse | Cardboard box | 3% |
| Survivor safehouse | Crate | 3% |
| Survivor safehouse | Small box | 3% |
| Survivor cache | Counter | 3% |
| Survivor cache | Counter | 3% |
| Survivor safehouse | Metal shelves | 2.4% |
| Survivor safehouse | Counter | 1.8% |
| Survivor safehouse | Wardrobe | 1.2% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Cardboard box | 1.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Counter | 1.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Inside a bag or case | Tacklebox | 1.7% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Attic | Cardboard box | 0.4% |
| Attic | Crate | 0.4% |
| Attic | Other | 0.4% |
| Closet | Locker | 0.4% |
| Hall | Other | 0.4% |
| Living room | Locker | 0.4% |
| Living room | Other | 0.4% |
| Closet | Other | 0.2% |
| Garage storage | Other | 0.2% |
| Living room | Wardrobe | <0.1% |
Notes
- Sawing down a Baseball Bat, Crafted Baseball Bat or Baseball Bat with Nails gives a Short Bat with any saw and no skill.
- The Carve Short Bat recipe needs Carving 7 and a sharp knife or a cleaver, and it must be learned first.
- Carving works from a Plank, a Tree Branch, a Large Branch or a bat.
- Three Nails and a hammer turn it into a Short Bat with Nails at Carpentry 1.
- Two tin cans, two Screws and rags give the Short Bat - Can-Reinforced at Carpentry 2.
- A forge and Blacksmithing 5 can add iron spikes for the Short Bat with Spikes.
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