Spoon
| Spoon | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Short Blade |
| Skill | Short Blade |
| Damage | 0.1 |
| Range | 0.2-0.8 |
| Crit | 0% |
| Condition | 3 |
| Weight | 0.25 |
| Hands | One-handed |
| Crafting Skill | Blacksmithing: 2 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Spoon
|
| Crafting XP | 35 XP (Blacksmithing) |
The Spoon is a one-handed piece of cutlery that the game counts as a short blade weapon. It trains the Short Blade skill. As a weapon it is close to useless, with tiny damage and a very short reach.
Its real value lies elsewhere. It mixes food in many cooking recipes, it makes eating more pleasant, and it can be ground down into a shiv or a screwdriver. The Spoon is a common find in kitchens, diners and restaurants, and it can also be forged at a smithing forge. The best occupations for short blades are the Burger Flipper, the Chef and the Doctor. Each starts with the same Short Blade skill.
Combat
The Spoon is an emergency weapon with extremely low damage. Each hit deals only a tiny amount of damage, so killing a zombie takes a very long time. The reach is short, which puts the user right next to a zombie's hands and teeth. Its hits are always plain hits.
The Spoon also wears out almost as fast as it is used. A few swings are enough to break it. It is best used only when nothing else is at hand, and even then a shove or a run is usually the better choice. Almost any other found object makes a better weapon.
Uses
The Spoon is a mixing utensil for cooking. It serves in recipes such as cake batter, pie dough, bread dough, cookies, muffins, pancakes, omelettes and gravy, and it scoops ice cream into a cone. With a Spoon in the inventory, the character uses it to eat suitable foods. Eating with a spoon or a fork lowers the boredom and unhappiness that some meals cause. For filling dishes, the utensil also speeds up the eating animation. With a whetstone or file and some binding, the Spoon can be ground into a Shiv or an Improvised Screwdriver.
How to Craft Spoon
Each recipe that makes the Spoon is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Forge Fine Spoons
The Forge Fine Spoons recipe makes the Spoon. It needs Blacksmithing level 2. It is made at a Simple Forge. The recipe has to be learned first.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charcoal | 
|
2x | No | /additem Base.Charcoal
|
| Steel Bar Quarter | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.SteelBarQuarter
|
| Ball-peen Hammer | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.BallPeenHammer
|
| Metalworking Pliers | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.MetalworkingPliers
|
Used in Crafting
These recipes take the Spoon as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Make Improvised Screwdriver | Improvised Screwdriver | 
|
- | Maintenance: 1 | /additem Base.Screwdriver_Improvised
|
| Make Shiv | Shiv | 
|
- | Maintenance: 1 | /additem Base.KnifeShiv
|
| Smelt Smaller Steel Item | Small Ceramic Crucible with Steel | 
|
Advanced Furnace | None | /additem Base.CeramicCrucibleSmall_Steel
|
Any recipe that asks for a mixingutensil or spoon accepts it as the tool, such as Make Cake Batter, Prepare Pie Dough and Prepare Bread Dough.
Repair
The Spoon has 3 condition and loses a point almost every hit. The Short Blade and Maintenance skills both lower that chance a little. Hits with the Spoon give no Maintenance experience. Once it breaks, a new one is usually easy to find in the nearest kitchen.
Locations
The Spoon is a common find. The best odds are the counters of diners, where more than a third of containers can hold one. Home kitchens hold them on counters, shelves and overhead cupboards. Living rooms keep them on counters and in overhead cupboards too. Restaurant kitchens of every kind keep them on the counters, from diners and cafeterias to Italian, Western and fish and chips places. Spoons also turn up in prison cells, on drug lab counters and desks, and now and then in shelters.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Diner kitchen | Counter | 56.5% |
| Donut dining | Counter | 56.5% |
| Donut kitchen | Counter | 56.5% |
| Kitchen crepe | Counter | 56.5% |
| Cafeteria kitchen | Counter | 54% |
| Restaurant kitchen | Counter | 45.2% |
| Fancy restaurant kitchen | Counter | 45.2% |
| Cafe kitchen | Counter | 38.5% |
| Diner counter | Counter | 36.7% |
| Houseware store | Shelves | 16.9% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Kitchen | Overhead cupboard | 21.2% |
| Living room | Counter | 21.2% |
| Living room | Overhead cupboard | 21.2% |
| Catfish kitchen | Counter | 18.3% |
| Deepfry kitchen | Counter | 18.3% |
| Fishchips kitchen | Counter | 18.3% |
| Italian kitchen | Counter | 18.3% |
| Western kitchen | Counter | 18.3% |
| Kitchen | Counter | 17% |
| Kitchen | Shelves | 17% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Oldarmy | Counter | 17.5% |
| Prison cells | Other | 14% |
| Drug shack | Other | 12.1% |
| Drug lab | Counter | 10.9% |
| Drug lab | Desk | 10.9% |
| Drug lab | Other | 10.9% |
| Drug lab | Overhead cupboard | 10.9% |
| Department storage | Metal shelves | 10.2% |
| Drug shack | Counter | 8.1% |
| Derelict | Other | 0.5% |
Notes
- Forge Fine Spoons makes two Spoons from one Steel Bar Quarter at a simple forge, with Blacksmithing 2, a ball-peen hammer and tongs or pliers.
- A Spoon in the bag is worth keeping for meals alone, since it lowers boredom and unhappiness from eating.
- The Spoon weighs almost nothing, so carrying one costs little.
- Researching the Spoon can teach the recipes for forging spoons and making a shiv.
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