Wooden Spear (Fire Hardened)

Wooden Spear (Fire Hardened)
Class	Improvised Weapon
Skill	Spear
Damage	1-1.5
Range	0.61-1.4
Crit	30% x10
Condition	7
Weight	2
Hands	Two-handed
Crafting Skill	Carving: 0
Crafting	See How to Craft
Location	Crafted only
Spawn ID	/additem Base.SpearCraftedFireHardened
Crafting XP	5 XP (Carving)

The Wooden Spear (Fire Hardened) is a Wooden Spear with its point hardened in fire. It is a two-handed spear that trains the Spear skill. It is the direct upgrade of the plain Wooden Spear.

Hardening makes the spear tougher and much deadlier on a crit. It has more condition, wears more slowly and crits more often. A crit deals ten times the damage, double the plain spear's multiplier. It is made from a Wooden Spear with the Fire Harden Spear recipe.

Combat

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The Wooden Spear (Fire Hardened) reaches 1.4 tiles, so it lands before most short weapons do. Each hit deals between 1 and 1.5 damage. The crit chance starts at 30 percent, and a crit deals ten times the damage.

As a spear, it can make a spear charge. A survivor who sprints for a few seconds begins the charge, and a zombie on the receiving end dies in one blow. The charge suits a lone zombie, since the kill animation leaves the survivor open. Sprinting makes noise, turning is harder, and running into a wall knocks the survivor down.

Both hands stay on the shaft while it is equipped. The Spear skill raises damage and crit chance as it levels, and it slows the wear. Compared with the plain Wooden Spear, it hits slightly harder, crits more often and lasts longer. Spears with a knife or a metal head fitted are the next step up.

Uses

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The fire-hardened spear works as a fishing spear for spear fishing. It attaches to the back slot, which cuts its carried weight and keeps it ready. In a fire it burns as fuel, and a charcoal pile turns it into Wood Charcoal.

How to Craft Wooden Spear (Fire Hardened)

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Each recipe that makes the Wooden Spear (Fire Hardened) is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.

Fire Harden Spear

The Fire Harden Spear recipe makes the Wooden Spear (Fire Hardened). It needs Carving level 0. The recipe has to be learned first.

Name	Image	Amount	Kept	Spawn ID
Wooden Spear		1x	No	/additem Base.SpearCrafted
Large Knife		1x	Yes	/additem Base.LargeKnife

Used in Crafting

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Any recipe that asks for a makewoodcharcoallarge accepts it as the tool, such as Burn Large Wood into Charcoal.

Repair

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The Wooden Spear (Fire Hardened) has 7 condition. Each hit has a 1 in 4 chance of taking a point off. That is half the wear rate of the plain spear. The Spear and Maintenance skills 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.

Notes

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• The Fire Harden Spear recipe must be learned first.
• It takes one Wooden Spear, with a sharp knife or meat cleaver kept as the tool.
• Hardening every new spear is worth the small effort, since the upgrade costs no extra materials.
• Studying the fire-hardened spear can teach the Fire Harden Spear recipe.

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