Wooden Mallet
| Wooden Mallet | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Short Blunt Weapon |
| Skill | Short Blunt |
| Damage | 0.4-0.9 |
| Range | 0.61-1 |
| Crit | 17% x3 |
| Condition | 8 |
| Weight | 1.5 |
| Hands | One-handed |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.WoodenMallet
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The Wooden Mallet is a carpenter's mallet with a heavy wooden head. It is a one-handed blunt weapon that trains the Short Blunt skill, and it doubles as a crafting tool.
As a weapon it sits in the middle of its class. It swings a little faster than base speed, lasts well for a wooden club and has a strong crit multiplier. Its damage is modest, so it works best as a reliable sidearm. As a tool it serves in stone knapping and in fitting heads and blades onto weapons. The Wooden Mallet is found in tool caches, carpentry workshops and some factories. The Construction Worker is the best occupation for short blunt. It starts with the most Short Blunt skill. The Blacksmith and the Carpenter also start with some Short Blunt skill.
Combat
The Wooden Mallet swings a little faster than base speed and reaches 1 tile. Each hit deals between 0.4 and 0.9 damage, so an ordinary zombie takes a few swings to drop. The crit chance starts at 17 percent, and a crit triples the damage.
One hand stays free while it is equipped. It weighs 1.5, light enough for long fights. The mallet has a decent chance to knock a zombie down. The Short Blunt skill raises damage, crit chance and swing speed as it levels.
Compared with the Wrench, the mallet hits a little softer but lasts a little longer. It also accepts tape and glue repairs, which keeps it in service for a long time. It is best kept as a steady secondary weapon.
Uses
The Wooden Mallet counts as a mallet in crafting recipes. It strikes flint and stone in knapping recipes such as the Stone-Blade Scythe and the Flint Saw. It is also the kept tool when fitting a Garden Fork Head, rake spikes, a sawblade or a Spade Head onto a bat or a cudgel. Those weapon recipes need Carpentry 4 to 6, depending on the head. In a fire, a spare mallet burns as fuel.
Used in Crafting
Any recipe that asks for a mallet accepts it as the tool, such as Make Garden Fork Head Weapon, Make Rake-Head-Spiked Weapon and Make Sawblade Wooden Bat.
Repair
The Wooden Mallet has 8 condition. Each hit has a 1 in 20 chance of taking a point off, so it lasts well. The Short Blunt and Maintenance skills both lower that chance further. 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. Epoxy with rags needs Maintenance 4. Every repair restores less condition than the one before it.
Locations
The Wooden Mallet is an uncommon find tied to woodworking. Tool caches give the best odds, in their tool boxes, counters and duffel bags. Mannequin factories and cabinet factories hold one fairly often, and so do cabinet shipping rooms. Carpenter workshops can hold one in boxes, counters, crates and metal shelves. Survivor safehouses and survivor caches hold one now and then. Closets, sheds, studios, warehouses and woodcraft rooms turn one up at a lower rate.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese kitchen | Counter | 22.7% |
| Butcher | Counter | 21.5% |
| Butcher | Metal shelves | 21.5% |
| Butcher | Other | 21.5% |
| Jayschicken kitchen | Counter | 16.6% |
| Tool store storage | Other | 7.8% |
| Cafeteria kitchen | Counter | 6.9% |
| Gigamart kitchen | Counter | 6.9% |
| Restaurant kitchen | Counter | 6.9% |
| Fancy restaurant kitchen | Counter | 6.9% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Tools cache1 | Tools box | 16.3% |
| Tools cache1 | Counter | 10.1% |
| Tools cache1 | Bag duffel bag tint | 8.2% |
| Survivor safehouse | Cardboard box | 6% |
| Survivor safehouse | Crate | 6% |
| Survivor safehouse | Small box | 6% |
| Survivor cache | Counter | 6% |
| Survivor cache | Counter | 6% |
| Survivor safehouse | Metal shelves | 4.8% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Cardboard box | 4.5% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Mannequin factory | Counter | 15% |
| Cabinet factory | Other | 14.7% |
| Cabinet shipping | Other | 14.7% |
| Mannequin factory | Other | 12% |
| Cabinet factory | Metal shelves | 8.8% |
| Carpenter workshop | Cardboard box | 6.5% |
| Carpenter workshop | Counter | 6.5% |
| Carpenter workshop | Crate | 6.5% |
| Carpenter workshop | Metal shelves | 6.5% |
| Construction site | Other | 6.2% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Deepfry kitchen | Counter | 13.3% |
| Italian kitchen | Counter | 9.1% |
| Bedroom | Crate | 6.2% |
| Closet | Other | 6.2% |
| Closet | Crate | 5.7% |
| Shed | Other | 5.7% |
| Garage storage | Locker | 5.5% |
| Shed | Metal shelves | 5.5% |
| Shed | Shelves | 5.5% |
| Attic | Cardboard box | 4.9% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Inside a bag or case | Toolbox | 1.3% |
| Inside a bag or case | Bag skill maintenance duffel bag | 1% |
Notes
- The mallet is a kept tool, so it lasts through many crafting jobs.
- Its triple crit damage makes a lucky hit hurt far more than its base damage suggests.
- Mannequin and cabinet factories are the best places to look outside tool caches.
- A spare mallet burns as fuel when it is no longer needed.
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