Spear with Scrap Knife
| Spear with Scrap Knife | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Improvised Weapon |
| Skill | Spear |
| Damage | 1.2-1.7 |
| Range | 0.98-1.48 |
| Crit | 20% x5 |
| Condition | 9 |
| Weight | 3 |
| Hands | Two-handed |
| Crafting Skill | Maintenance: 0 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Crafted only |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.SpearScrapKnife
|
| Crafting XP | 5 XP (Maintenance) |
The Spear with Scrap Knife is a two-handed improvised spear made by binding a Scrap Metal Large Knife to a long shaft. It trains the Spear skill. It belongs to the top group of the knife spears, level with the Spear with Fighting Knife, the Spear with Hunting Knife and the Spear with Large Knife.
The scrap blade gives it strong damage and good reach for a lashed spear. It holds 9 condition and wears slowly. It is one of the heavier spears to carry. The Spear with Scrap Knife is never found as loot. It is crafted from a Scrap Metal Large Knife and a Long Stick or a Sapling.
Combat
The Spear with Scrap Knife strikes from a long reach, a little further than most bound spears. A zombie walking in takes the first hit before it can grab. Its damage is at the top of the improvised spear range. 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, so a fence line becomes a safe place to thin out a group. The spear works best against single zombies or a short line of them.
The Spear skill raises attack speed, damage and crit chance as it levels. It is a good choice for a survivor who can make scrap weapons but has no factory knife. Against the Spear with Metal Head, it hits harder and reaches further, while the forged spear lasts longer and weighs less.
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 Scrap Metal Large Knife and a Long Stick.
How to Craft Spear with Scrap Knife
Each recipe that makes the Spear with Scrap Knife is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Bind Spear Head
The Bind Spear Head recipe makes the Spear with Scrap Knife. It needs Maintenance level 1. The recipe has to be learned first.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scrap Metal Large Knife | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.LargeKnife_Scrap
|
| Long Stick | 
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1x | No | /additem Base.LongStick
|
| Zip Ties | 
|
2x | No | /additem Base.Zipties
|
Bind Spear Head With Duct Tape
The Bind Spear Head With Duct Tape recipe makes the Spear with Scrap Knife. It needs Maintenance level 0.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scrap Metal Large Knife |
|
1x | No | /additem Base.LargeKnife_Scrap
|
| Long Stick |
|
1x | No | /additem Base.LongStick
|
| Duct Tape | 
|
2x | No | /additem Base.DuctTape
|
Bind Spear Head With Wire
The Bind Spear Head With Wire recipe makes the Spear with Scrap Knife. It needs Maintenance level 1. The recipe has to be learned first.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scrap Metal Large Knife |
|
1x | No | /additem Base.LargeKnife_Scrap
|
| Long Stick |
|
1x | No | /additem Base.LongStick
|
| Wire | 
|
2x | No | /additem Base.Wire
|
| Pliers | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Pliers
|
Used in Crafting
These recipes take the Spear with Scrap Knife as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dismantle Knife/Tool Spear | Scrap Metal Large Knife |
|
- | None | /additem Base.LargeKnife_Scrap
|
Repair
The Spear with Scrap Knife has 9 condition and loses a point on about 1 hit in 8. The Spear and Maintenance skills both lower that chance. The blade 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 Scrap Metal Large Knife with a Long Stick.
- Researching the spear can teach the recipes for binding spears and for forging small knife and crude blades.
- It matches the Spear with Large Knife in damage, reach and durability.
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