Short Bat with Sawblade
| Short Bat with Sawblade | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Axe |
| Skill | Axe |
| Damage | 0.7-1.5 |
| Range | 0.61-1.23 |
| Crit | 20% x5 |
| Condition | 13 |
| Weight | 3 |
| Hands | One-handed |
| Crafting Skill | Carpentry: 5 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.ShortBat_Sawblade
|
| Crafting XP | 50 XP (Carpentry) |
The Short Bat with Sawblade is a Short Bat with a circular sawblade bolted to its head. It is a one-handed weapon, and the blade makes it an axe that trains the Axe skill.
It hits harder than any other short bat and its crits are strong. The sawblade also lets it chop trees and cut plants. The cost is weight, since it weighs 3, twice the plain bat. Making it takes Carpentry 5 and a full set of tools. Only survivor safehouses hold one, and only on very rare occasions. The Lumberjack is the best occupation for axes. It starts with the most Axe skill. The Firefighter also starts with some Axe skill.
Combat
The Short Bat with Sawblade swings at base speed and reaches about 1.2 tiles. Each hit deals between 0.7 and 1.5 damage. The crit chance starts at 20 percent, and a crit multiplies the damage five times. A crit often drops a zombie on the spot.
One hand stays free while it is equipped. Its weight makes each swing more tiring than with the lighter short bats. Short fights against one or two zombies suit it best. The Axe skill raises damage, crit chance and swing speed as it levels.
Compared with the Hand Axe, it hits the same and weighs more, but it reaches farther. Compared with the Short Bat with Railspike, it hits a little harder and doubles as a woodcutting tool. The Baseball Bat with Sawblade hits much harder but needs both hands. The sawblade short bat suits an axe user who wants one weapon for both fighting and wood.
Uses
The Short Bat with Sawblade chops trees and cuts plants. It splits a log into six pieces of Firewood. It splits a large branch into four pieces of Firewood. It also works as the axe for building a Log Bench, Log Stool, Log Table and Log Stairs. At a furnace it smelts into one Iron Chunk, or one Steel Chunk at an Advanced Furnace.
How to Craft Short Bat with Sawblade
Each recipe that makes the Short Bat with Sawblade is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Make Sawblade Wooden Bat
The Make Sawblade Wooden Bat recipe makes the Short Bat with Sawblade. It needs Carpentry level 5. The recipe has to be learned first.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wrench | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Wrench
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| Hacksaw | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Saw
|
| Carpentry Chisel | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.CarpentryChisel
|
| Hand Drill | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.HandDrill
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| Wooden Mallet | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.WoodenMallet
|
| Short Bat | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.ShortBat
|
| Nuts and Bolts | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.NutsBolts
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| Circular Sawblade | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.CircularSawblade
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| Leather Strips | 
|
2x | No | /additem Base.LeatherStrips
|
Used in Crafting
Any recipe that asks for a smeltableironsmall or tree-felling axe accepts it as the tool, such as Smelt Iron From Small Item, Smelt Steel From Small Iron Item and Smelt Small Iron Item.
Repair
The Short Bat with Sawblade has 13 condition. Each hit has a 1 in 10 chance of taking a point off. The Axe 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. The blade can also be sharpened with a whetstone, on a Grindstone, or poorly with a file.
Locations
The Short Bat with Sawblade is a very rare find. It turns up only in mid and late game survivor safehouses. There it can sit in cardboard boxes, counters, crates, metal shelves, small boxes or wardrobes, each with a tiny chance. Crafting one is far more reliable than looking for 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 Make Sawblade Wooden Bat recipe needs Carpentry 5 and must be learned first.
- It takes a Short Bat, a Circular Sawblade, one Nuts and Bolts and two Leather Strips.
- The kept tools are a wrench, a saw, a carpentry chisel, a metal drill and a mallet.
- The same recipe fits a sawblade to a Baseball Bat or a Field Hockey Stick instead.
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