Twig Broom
| Twig Broom | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Improvised Weapon |
| Skill | Long Blunt |
| Damage | 0.2-0.5 |
| Range | 0.61-1.6 |
| Crit | 5% x1 |
| Condition | 3 |
| Weight | 2 |
| Hands | Two-handed |
| Crafting Skill | None |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Broom_Twig
|
The Twig Broom is a homemade broom of twigs bound to a long stick. It is a household tool first and a two-handed improvised weapon second. As a weapon it trains the Long Blunt skill.
Its long reach and quick swing keep zombies at a distance, and one swing can strike two of them. Its hits are very weak, though, and it falls apart after a few blows. Its real worth is around the base, where it cleans stains, sweeps ash and keeps a chicken hutch clean. The Twig Broom is easy to craft from a Long Stick or a Sapling, a Twigs Bundle and a binding.
Combat
The Twig Broom swings faster than base speed and reaches 1.6 tiles, longer than most weapons. Each hit deals between 0.2 and 0.5 damage, so an ordinary zombie takes many swings to drop. The crit chance is only 5 percent.
Both hands stay on the handle while it is equipped. One swing can hit up to two zombies, which helps against a pair in a doorway. The weapon breaks very quickly, with half of all hits taking a point of condition.
The Long Blunt skill raises damage and swing speed as it levels, but the broom stays weak. The plain Broom shares its damage, reach and swing speed. The Broom with Barbed-Wire, made from the plain Broom, hits harder. The Twig Broom is best kept as a cleaning tool, with a real weapon carried for fights.
Uses
The Twig Broom cleans blood and grime stains from walls and floors. That job needs a container with at least 250 mL of bleach or cleaning liquid. With at least 1250 mL of gasoline, it also removes graffiti from walls. It cleans a chicken hutch with any amount of water, which keeps the chickens alive. It also sweeps up piles of ashes. A sharp knife or meat cleaver carves it into a Wooden Spear. The Get Long Stick recipe takes the Long Stick back out of it.
How to Craft Twig Broom
Each recipe that makes the Twig Broom is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Make Twig Broom
The Make Twig Broom recipe makes the Twig Broom. It needs no skill level.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sapling | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.Sapling
|
| Twigs Bundle | 
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1x | No | /additem Base.TwigsBundle
|
| Rag | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.RippedSheets
|
Used in Crafting
These recipes take the Twig Broom as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carve Spear | Wooden Spear | 
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- | Carving: 0 | /additem Base.SpearCrafted
|
Any recipe that asks for a giveslongstick accepts it as the tool, such as Get Long Stick.
Repair
The Twig Broom has 3 condition. Each hit has a 1 in 2 chance of taking a point off, so it breaks fast in a fight. The Long Blunt and Maintenance skills lower that chance. Duct tape, adhesive tape and glue repair it with no skill needed. Zip ties need Maintenance 1, wood glue needs Carpentry 2, and epoxy needs Maintenance 3. Every repair restores less condition than the one before it.
Locations
The Twig Broom turns up only in the Wild West buildings. In those rooms it is a very common find. Living room shelves and side tables give the best odds. Kitchen counters, overhead cupboards and shelves hold one often. Bedroom dressers, side tables and wardrobes and living room lockers hold one less often. Crafting one is the reliable way to get it.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Wild West living room | Shelves | 81.6% |
| Wild West living room | Side table | 81.6% |
| Wild West kitchen | Counter | 60.4% |
| Wild West kitchen | Overhead cupboard | 60.4% |
| Wild West kitchen | Shelves | 60.4% |
| Wild West bedroom | Dresser | 44.4% |
| Wild West bedroom | Side table | 44.4% |
| Wild West bedroom | Wardrobe | 44.4% |
| Wild West living room | Locker | 44.4% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Wild West general store | Shelves | 37.2% |
Notes
- The Make Twig Broom recipe needs no skill and no tool.
- A Long Stick or a Sapling, a Twigs Bundle and one binding make the broom.
- A clean chicken hutch keeps the flock from dying, so the broom earns its place on a farm.
- The broom also counts as fuel for a fire.
- Carving it into a Wooden Spear turns a weak broom into a real spear.
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