Spear with Scissors
| Spear with Scissors | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Improvised Weapon |
| Skill | Spear |
| Damage | 1-1.6 |
| Range | 0.98-1.42 |
| Crit | 20% x5 |
| Condition | 6 |
| Weight | 2.5 |
| Hands | Two-handed |
| Crafting Skill | Maintenance: 0 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Crafted only |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.SpearScissors
|
| Crafting XP | 5 XP (Maintenance) |
The Spear with Scissors is a two-handed improvised spear made by binding a pair of Scissors to a long shaft. It trains the Spear skill. It is a quick spear to make from household items.
Its damage sits in the middle of the spear class. It has the shortest reach of the bound spears, and the scissors wear down fairly fast. It is one of the lighter spears to carry. The Spear with Scissors is never found as loot. It is crafted from Scissors and a Long Stick or a Sapling.
Combat
The Spear with Scissors strikes from a long reach, though a little shorter than the other spears. A zombie can still be hit before it grabs. The crit chance starts at 20 percent, and a crit multiplies the damage five times. Both hands stay on the shaft.
Spears can stab a zombie through a fence, which makes a fence line the safest place to use this one. The weapon suits the early days, before a sturdier head turns up.
The Spear skill raises attack speed, damage and crit chance as it levels. The Spear with Kitchen Knife and the Spear with Small Knife deal the same damage with more reach and better durability. The Spear with Steak Knife is just as light and also matches the damage. Any of those is a better use of the binding materials when one is at hand.
Uses
The spear also works as a fishing spear, for catching fish in shallow water. Taking the spear apart needs no tool. It returns the Scissors and a Long Stick, so neither part is wasted.
How to Craft Spear with Scissors
Each recipe that makes Spear with Scissors is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Bind Spear Head
The Bind Spear Head recipe makes Spear with Scissors. It needs Maintenance level 1. The recipe has to be learned first.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scissors | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.Scissors
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| Long Stick | 
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1x | No | /additem Base.LongStick
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| Zip Ties | 
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2x | No | /additem Base.Zipties
|
Bind Spear Head With Duct Tape
The Bind Spear Head With Duct Tape recipe makes Spear with Scissors. It needs Maintenance level 0.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scissors |
|
1x | No | /additem Base.Scissors
|
| Long Stick |
|
1x | No | /additem Base.LongStick
|
| Duct Tape | 
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2x | No | /additem Base.DuctTape
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Bind Spear Head With Wire
The Bind Spear Head With Wire recipe makes Spear with Scissors. It needs Maintenance level 1. The recipe has to be learned first.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scissors |
|
1x | No | /additem Base.Scissors
|
| Long Stick |
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1x | No | /additem Base.LongStick
|
| Wire | 
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2x | No | /additem Base.Wire
|
| Pliers | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.Pliers
|
Used in Crafting
These recipes take Spear with Scissors as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dismantle Knife/Tool Spear | Scissors |
|
- | None | /additem Base.Scissors
|
Repair
The Spear with Scissors has 6 condition and loses a point on about 1 hit in 3. The Spear and Maintenance skills both lower that chance. The blades can be sharpened with a whetstone, a grindstone or, poorly, with a file. The spear can be repaired with duct tape, adhesive tape, glue, zip ties, wood glue or epoxy. Zip ties need Maintenance 1, wood glue needs Carpentry 2, and epoxy needs Maintenance 3. Each repair restores less condition than the one before it.
Notes
- The spear can be bound with zip ties, leather strips or twine at Maintenance 1, with duct tape at any skill, or with wire and pliers at Maintenance 1.
- Dismantling the spear returns the Scissors with a Long Stick.
- Researching the spear can teach the recipes for binding spears and for forging scissors, sheep shears, small knife and crude blades.
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