Spade Head
| Spade Head | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Long Blunt Weapon |
| Skill | Long Blunt |
| Damage | 0.4-0.8 |
| Range | 0.61-1.1 |
| Crit | 15% x2 |
| Condition | 10 |
| Weight | 1 |
| Hands | One-handed |
| Crafting Skill | Blacksmithing: 6 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Crafted only |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.SpadeHead/additem Base.SpadeHead_Forged
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| Crafting XP | 70 XP (Blacksmithing) |
The Spade Head is the metal blade of a Spade without its handle. It can be swung by hand as a one-handed blunt weapon that trains the Long Blunt skill. Its real use is as a part.
As a weapon it is weak and short, though it swings quickly. It fits onto a Long Stick to make a Spade, onto a metal shaft to make a welded axe, or onto a branch to make a cudgel. It is never found as loot. It comes from taking a Spade apart or from forging one at Blacksmithing 6. The Construction Worker is the best occupation for long blunt. It starts with the most Long Blunt skill.
Combat
The Spade Head swings faster than base speed and reaches about 1.1 tiles. Each hit deals between 0.4 and 0.8 damage, so an ordinary zombie takes many swings. The crit chance starts at 15 percent, and a crit doubles the damage.
One hand stays free while it is held. It suits a lone zombie in an emergency. The Long Blunt skill raises damage, crit chance and swing speed as it levels. Fitted to a Long Stick, it becomes a Spade with far more reach and damage. Any of the weapons built from it is a better choice in a fight.
Uses
The Spade Head is a part for several items. Fitted to a Long Stick, it makes a Spade with Maintenance 1. Welded to a Steel Rod or an Iron Pipe, it makes the Spade Head Scrap Metal Weapon at Welding 5. Bolted to a Large Branch with two small Iron Bands, it makes the Cudgel with Spade Head at Carpentry 6. At a furnace it smelts into two Iron Chunks, or two Steel Chunks at an Advanced Furnace.
How to Craft Spade Head
Each recipe that makes the Spade Head is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Forge Spade Head
The Forge Spade Head recipe makes the Spade Head. It needs Blacksmithing level 6. It is made at a Simple Forge. The recipe has to be learned first.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charcoal | 
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5x | No | /additem Base.Charcoal
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| Iron Block | 
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1x | No | /additem Base.IronBlock
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| Ball-peen Hammer | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.BallPeenHammer
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| Tongs | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.Tongs
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| Metalworking Punch | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.MetalworkingPunch
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Used in Crafting
These recipes take the Spade Head as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assemble Very Long Implement | Spade | 
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- | Maintenance: 1 | /additem Base.Shovel
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| Make Scrap Metal Weapon | Spade Head Scrap Metal Weapon | 
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- | Welding: 5 | /additem Base.ScrapWeaponSpade
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| Make Spade Head Cudgel | Cudgel with Spade Head | 
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- | Carpentry: 6 | /additem Base.Cudgel_SpadeHead
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Any recipe that asks for a smeltableironmedium accepts it as the tool, such as Smelt Iron From Medium Item, Smelt Steel From Medium Iron Item and Smelt Medium Iron Item.
Repair
The Spade Head has 10 condition. Each hit has a 1 in 15 chance of taking a point off. The Long Blunt and Maintenance skills both lower that chance. Fitting it to a handle is the best way to put it to use.
Variants
The game holds the Spade Head under more than one item id. Each one is listed here.
| Image | Damage | Condition | Weight | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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0.4-0.8 | 10 | 1 | /additem Base.SpadeHead
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- | - | 1 | /additem Base.SpadeHead_Forged
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Notes
- The Forge Spade Head recipe needs Blacksmithing 6, five pieces of charcoal and a metal block at a Simple or better Forge.
- The forge recipe must be learned first, and it keeps a ball-peen hammer, tongs and a metalworking punch.
- Dismantling a Spade with a hammer returns the head and frees it for another build.
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