Spear with Simple Metal Head
| Spear with Simple Metal Head | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Spear |
| Skill | Spear |
| Damage | 1-1.6 |
| Range | 0.98-1.45 |
| Crit | 20% x5 |
| Condition | 4 |
| Weight | 2.5 |
| Hands | Two-handed |
| Crafting Skill | Maintenance: 0 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Crafted only |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.SpearCrude
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| Crafting XP | 5 XP (Maintenance) |
The Spear with Simple Metal Head is a two-handed crafted spear tipped with a small, crudely forged metal blade. It trains the Spear skill. It is an early step for a survivor who has started working metal at a forge.
Its damage sits in the middle of the spear class. The rough blade wears out quickly, and it holds only 4 condition, less than any other metal spear. It is fairly light to carry. The Spear with Simple Metal Head is never found as loot. It is crafted from a Simple Metal Blade or a Simple Metal Knife and a Long Stick or a Sapling.
Combat
The Spear with Simple Metal Head strikes from a long reach, so a zombie can 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. With such a short life, the spear is best used from behind a fence line. It suits a stopgap role until a proper spearhead can be forged.
The Spear skill raises attack speed, damage and crit chance as it levels. The Spear with Metal Head deals the same damage with more than twice the condition. The Spear with Stone Head also matches the damage, lasts a little longer and weighs a little less. The Spear with Long Simple Metal Head hits harder and reaches further from the same kind of crude blade.
Uses
The spear also works as a fishing spear, for catching fish in shallow water. Taking it apart with a hammer returns the Simple Metal Blade and a broken shaft.
How to Craft Spear with Simple Metal Head
Each recipe that makes the Spear with Simple Metal Head is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Bind Spear Head
The Bind Spear Head recipe makes the Spear with Simple Metal Head. It needs Maintenance level 1. The recipe has to be learned first.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple Metal Blade | 
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1x | No | /additem Base.CrudeBlade
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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
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Bind Spear Head With Duct Tape
The Bind Spear Head With Duct Tape recipe makes the Spear with Simple Metal Head. It needs Maintenance level 0.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple Metal Blade |
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1x | No | /additem Base.CrudeBlade
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| Long Stick |
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1x | No | /additem Base.LongStick
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| 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 the Spear with Simple Metal Head. It needs Maintenance level 1. The recipe has to be learned first.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple Metal Blade |
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1x | No | /additem Base.CrudeBlade
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| Long Stick |
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1x | No | /additem Base.LongStick
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| Wire | 
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2x | No | /additem Base.Wire
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| Pliers | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.Pliers
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Used in Crafting
These recipes take the Spear with Simple Metal Head as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dismantle Long Implement | Simple Metal Blade |
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- | None | /additem Base.CrudeBlade
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Repair
The Spear with Simple Metal Head has 4 condition and loses a point on about 1 hit in 7. 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.
- Either a Simple Metal Blade or a Simple Metal Knife makes the same spear.
- Researching the spear can teach the recipes for binding spears and for forging crude and long crude blades.
- A Long Stick or a Sapling serves as the shaft.
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All Spears
| Name | Image | Damage | Range | Crit Chance | Condition | Weight | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spear with Bone Head | 
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0.9-1.5 | 1.45 | 20 | 6 | 2.4 | /additem Base.Spear_Bone
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| Spear with Glass Head | 
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1-1.6 | 1.45 | 20 | 2 | 2.4 | /additem Base.SpearGlass
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| Spear with Long Bone Head | 
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1.1-1.6 | 1.48 | 20 | 6 | 2.7 | /additem Base.Spear_BoneLong
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| Spear with Long Metal Head | 
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1.2-1.7 | 1.48 | 20 | 10 | 2.7 | /additem Base.SpearLong
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| Spear with Long Simple Metal Head | 
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1.2-1.7 | 1.48 | 20 | 5 | 3 | /additem Base.SpearCrudeLong
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| Spear with Long Stone Head | 
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1.2-1.7 | 1.48 | 20 | 6 | 2.7 | /additem Base.SpearStoneLong
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| Spear with Metal Head | 
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1-1.6 | 1.45 | 20 | 10 | 2.4 | /additem Base.SpearShort
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| Spear with Simple Metal Head | 
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1-1.6 | 1.45 | 20 | 4 | 2.5 | /additem Base.SpearCrude
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| Spear with Stone Head | 
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1-1.6 | 1.45 | 20 | 6 | 2.4 | /additem Base.SpearStone
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