Wooden Rod
| Wooden Rod | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Improvised Weapon |
| Skill | Short Blunt |
| Damage | 0.4-0.8 |
| Range | 0.61-1.3 |
| Crit | 25% x2 |
| Condition | 5 |
| Weight | 2 |
| Hands | One-handed |
| Crafting Skill | Carpentry: 0 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.WoodenStick2
|
| Crafting XP | 5 XP (Carpentry) |
The Wooden Rod is a straight length of wood that serves as a crafting material and as an improvised weapon. It is swung in one hand and trains the Short Blunt skill. As a club it is weak and wears out fast.
Its real value is in crafting. The rod goes into fishing rods, handles, wooden armour, framepacks, traps, shelters and stick furniture. It also upgrades into nailed and can-reinforced clubs. Rods are a common find on shelves in sheds, garages and warehouses. A saw cuts them from a Long Stick or a Sapling, and a sharp knife carves one from a Plank or a Tree Branch.
Combat
The Wooden Rod swings at base speed and reaches 1.3 tiles, a little farther than the Tree Branch. Each hit deals between 0.4 and 0.8 damage, so an ordinary zombie takes several swings to drop. The crit chance starts at 25 percent, and a crit doubles the damage.
The rod is a stopgap for the first hours or for an emergency. One hand stays free while it is equipped. The Short Blunt skill raises damage, crit chance and swing speed as it levels.
Two crafted versions make it a better weapon. The Wooden Rod with Nails hits harder and crits far harder. The Wooden Rod - Can-Reinforced becomes a two-handed Long Blunt club that lasts much longer. The Tree Branch hits slightly harder over a shorter reach. Any real club outclasses the rod once one turns up.
Uses
The Wooden Rod feeds a long list of recipes. With fishing line and a hook, a paperclip or a nail, it becomes a Makeshift Fishing Rod. A saw or a knife cuts it into Small Handles, and a knife carves it into a Medium Handle, a Stake or a Wooden Trowel. Four rods with leather strips and twine make one piece of Wooden Forearm, Shin, Shoulder or Thigh Armor. Ten rods make Wooden Body Armor. Rods also form the frame of framepacks, the Stick Trap, the Improvised Tent Kit, shelters, a Splint and stick furniture. On a Scutching Board, a rod serves as the tool for scutching flax and hemp.
How to Craft Wooden Rod
Each recipe that makes the Wooden Rod is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Saw Long Stick or Sapling
The Saw Long Stick or Sapling recipe makes the Wooden Rod. It needs Carpentry level 0.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Stick | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.LongStick
|
| Flint Saw | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Saw_Flint
|
Carve Wooden Rod
The Carve Wooden Rod recipe makes the Wooden Rod. It needs Carving level 1.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Large Knife | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.LargeKnife
|
| Plank | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.Plank
|
Used in Crafting
These recipes take the Wooden Rod as an ingredient or a part. Each tab holds one crafting category.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Make Wooden Toolbox | Wooden Toolbox | 
|
- | Carpentry: 1 | /additem Base.Toolbox_Wooden
|
| Saw Wooden Rod Into Small Handles | Small Handle | 
|
- | Carpentry: 0 | /additem Base.SmallHandle
|
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carve 4 Small Handles | Small Handle |
|
- | Carving: 1 | /additem Base.SmallHandle
|
| Carve Bucket | Carved Bucket | 
|
- | Carving: 4 | /additem Base.BucketCarved
|
| Carve Knitting Needles | Knitting Needles - Bone | 
|
- | Carving: 3 | /additem Base.KnittingNeedles_Bone
|
| Carve Medium Handle | Medium Handle | 
|
- | Carving: 2 | /additem Base.Handle
|
| Carve Simple Wooden Tongs | Simple Wooden Tongs | 
|
- | Carving: 0 | /additem Base.CrudeWoodenTongs
|
| Carve Stake | Stake | 
|
- | Carving: 0 | /additem Base.Stake
|
| Carve Trowel | Wooden Trowel | 
|
- | Carving: 0 | /additem Base.MasonsTrowel_Wood
|
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Build Stone Mill | Stone Mill | - | - | Masonry: 1 |
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Make Fishing Rod | Makeshift Fishing Rod | 
|
- | Carving: 0 | /additem Base.CraftedFishingRod
|
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Build Rugged Stool | Rugged Stool | - | - | Carpentry: 1 |
| Build Rugged Table | Rugged Table | - | - | Carpentry: 1 |
| Build Stick Bookcase | Stick Bookcase | - | - | Carpentry: 0 |
| Build Stick Small Bookcase | Stick Small Bookcase | - | - | Carpentry: 0 |
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Build Simple Cooking Pit | Simple Cooking Pit | - | - | Masonry: 1 |
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Make Splint | Splint | 
|
- | None | /additem Base.Splint
|
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude Wooden Cross | Rugged Cross | - | - | Carpentry: 0 | - |
| Make Stick Trap | Stick Trap | 
|
- | None | /additem Base.TrapStick
|
| Make Tent Kit | Improvised Tent Kit | 
|
- | None | /additem Base.ImprovisedTentKit
|
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craft Twine | Twine | 
|
- | None | /additem Base.Twine
|
| Twist Rope from Dogbane | Rope | 
|
- | None | /additem Base.Rope
|
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Build Lean-To Shelter | Lean-To Shelter | - | - | None |
| Build Leather Shelter | Leather Shelter | - | - | None |
| Build Tarp Shelter | Tarp Shelter | - | - | None |
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assemble Simple Framepack | Simple Framepack | 
|
- | Tailoring: 5 | /additem Base.Bag_CraftedFramepack_Large
|
| Assemble Simple Tarp Framepack | Simple Framepack |
|
- | Tailoring: 5 | /additem Base.Bag_CraftedFramepack_Large
|
| Assemble Small Simple Framepack | Small Simple Framepack | 
|
- | Tailoring: 5 | /additem Base.Bag_CraftedFramepack_Small
|
| Make Wooden Body Armor | Wooden Body Armor | 
|
- | Tailoring: 5, Carving: 5 | /additem Base.Cuirass_Wood
|
| Make Wooden Forearm Armor | Wooden Forearm Armor | 
|
- | Tailoring: 1, Carving: 2 | /additem Base.VambraceWood_Right
|
| Make Wooden Shin Armor | Wooden Shin Armor | 
|
- | Tailoring: 1, Carving: 2 | /additem Base.GreaveWood_Right
|
| Make Wooden Shoulder Armor | Wooden Shoulder Armor | 
|
- | Tailoring: 4, Carving: 3 | /additem Base.Shoulderpad_Wood_L
|
| Make Wooden Thigh Armor | Wooden Thigh Armor | 
|
- | Tailoring: 1, Carving: 3 | /additem Base.ThighWood_R
|
Any recipe that asks for a breakfiber accepts it as the tool, such as Scutch Fibre.
Repair
The Wooden Rod has 5 condition. Each hit has a 1 in 5 chance of taking a point off, so it wears out quickly. The Short 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. A fresh rod is often easier to make than a repair.
Locations
The Wooden Rod is a common find. Sheds and garage storage rooms give the best odds, on their counters and metal shelves. Metal shelves in any building can hold one at a good rate. Closets, studios, warehouses and woodcraft rooms hold one fairly often. Logging factories and logging warehouses carry them too. Attics, halls and living room lockers turn one up less often. Survivor safehouses can hold one on their metal shelves.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Tool store | Other | 41.7% |
| Tool store | Shelves | 41.7% |
| Warehouse | Small box | 11.3% |
| Construction site | Small box | 6.6% |
| Gas storage | Counter | 5.1% |
| Zippee storage | Counter | 5.1% |
| General store | Metal shelves | 2.2% |
| Generalstore storage | Other | 2.2% |
| Barn | Metal shelves | 2% |
| Barn | Other | 2% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Any building | Metal shelves | 13.7% |
| Garage storage | Counter | 13.7% |
| Garage storage | Metal shelves | 13.7% |
| Shed | Counter | 13.7% |
| Shed | Metal shelves | 13.7% |
| Shed | Shelves | 13.7% |
| Closet | Crate | 11.3% |
| Closet | Other | 11.3% |
| Shed | Other | 11.3% |
| Attic | Cardboard box | 8.4% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Studio | Metal shelves | 11.3% |
| Warehouse | Metal shelves | 11.3% |
| Woodcraft set | Metal shelves | 11.3% |
| Logging factory | Other | 10.5% |
| Logging warehouse | Other | 10.5% |
| Catwalk | Other | 8.2% |
| Storage room | Other | 8.2% |
| Cabinet factory | Other | 7.3% |
| Cabinet shipping | Other | 7.3% |
| Construction site | Other | 6.6% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor safehouse | Metal shelves | 8.2% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Metal shelves | 8.2% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Metal shelves | 8.2% |
Notes
- A saw turns one Long Stick or Sapling into rod-sized pieces.
- Ten rods build a full Wooden Body Armor, so a stock of rods pays off.
- The Makeshift Fishing Rod starts from a single Wooden Rod.
- Crafting turns a rod into the Wooden Rod with Nails or the Wooden Rod - Can-Reinforced.
- A spare rod burns as fuel in a fire.
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