ProceduralDistributions

`MeleeWeapons`

Project Zomboid B42 loot table with 97 items and 4 rolls.

Data taken from the game files: Project Zomboid 42.21.0 · updated on 2026-10-01

ID	Name	Weight
`MeleeWeaponSchematic`	Melee Weapon Plan	50
`Whetstone`	Whetstone	10
`LeadPipe`	Lead Pipe	8
`MetalBar`	Steel Rod	8
`MetalPipe`	Iron Pipe	8
`Plank`	Plank	8
`HuntingKnife`	Hunting Knife	8
`SteakKnife`	Steak Knife	8
`Hammer`	Claw Hammer	8
`KnifeShiv`	Shiv	8
`BreadKnife`	Bread Knife	6
`KitchenKnife`	Kitchen Knife	6
`Plunger`	Plunger	4
`Sapling`	Sapling	4
`Handle`	Medium Handle	4
`LongHandle`	Large Handle	4
`LongStick`	Long Stick	4
`BaseballBat`	Baseball Bat	4
`Golfclub`	Golf Club	4
`KnifeButterfly`	Butterfly Knife	4
`SwitchKnife`	Switchblade	4
`BallPeenHammer`	Ball-peen Hammer	4
`ClubHammer`	Club Hammer	4
`Crowbar`	Crowbar	4
`HandAxe`	Hatchet	4
`PipeWrench`	Pipe Wrench	4
`Shovel`	Spade	4
`Shovel2`	Shovel	4
`WoodenMallet`	Wooden Mallet	4
`Nightstick`	Nightstick	4
`ChairLeg`	Chair Leg	2
`BaseballBat_Metal`	Metal Baseball Bat	2
`ShortBat`	Short Bat	2
`BowlingPin`	Bowling Pin	1
`FireplacePoker`	Fireplace Poker	1
`TableLeg`	Antique Table Leg	1
`CircularSawblade`	Circular Sawblade	1
`FlintNodule`	Flint Nodule	1
`SharpedStone`	Sharp Flint Flake	1
`StoneBlade`	Stone Blade	1
`SharpBoneFragment`	Sharp Bone Fragment	1
`CanoePadel`	Canoe Paddle	1
`CanoePadelX2`	Canoe Paddle - Double-bladed	1
`FieldHockeyStick`	Field Hockey Stick	1
`IceHockeyStick`	Ice Hockey Stick	1
`LaCrosseStick`	Lacrosse Stick	1
`FightingKnife`	Fighting Knife	1
`SmallKnife`	Small Knife	1
`Axe`	Firefighter Axe	1
`BoltCutters`	Bolt Cutters	1
`GardenFork`	Garden Fork	1
`GardenHoe`	Garden Hoe	1
`EntrenchingTool`	Entrenching Tool	1
`BaseballBat_Nails`	Baseball Bat with Nails	1
`WoodenStick_Nails`	Wooden Rod with Nails	1
`BookBlacksmith1`	Blacksmithing I: "Elementary Forge Practice"	1
`BookBlacksmith2`	Blacksmithing II: "General Purpose Blacksmithing"	1
`BookBlacksmith3`	Blacksmithing III: "Old West Smiths and Their Secrets"	1
`BookBlacksmith4`	Blacksmithing IV: "Really Hard Steel Co. Workers Handbook"	1
`BookCarving1`	Carving I: "Beginners Carving"	1
`BookCarving2`	Carving II: "Cool Woodshaping Projects!"	1
`BookCarving3`	Carving III: "Grinling Gibbons: His Life and Works"	1
`BookCarving4`	Carving IV: "Medieval Wood and Bone Carving Techniques"	1
`BookFlintKnapping1`	Knapping I: "Flint Knapping 101"	1
`BookFlintKnapping2`	Knapping II: "Guide to Kentucky Geology"	1
`BookFlintKnapping3`	Knapping III: "Lithic Technology Manual 1993"	1
`BookFlintKnapping4`	Knapping IV: "Schmidt Rock Hardness Testing Techniques"	1
`BookMaintenance1`	Maintenance I: "Basic Repairs"	1
`BookMaintenance2`	Maintenance II: "Better Tools, Made Easy"	1
`BookMaintenance3`	Maintenance III: "Home Guide to Tool Repairs"	1
`BookMaintenance4`	Maintenance IV: "Maintaining High Grade Tools"	1
`WeaponMag1`	Magazine: The First Weapons	1
`WeaponMag2`	Magazine: No Man's Land	1
`WeaponMag3`	Magazine: The Cheapskate's John Spiral - Prison Defense	1
`WeaponMag4`	Magazine: Bloody Japanese Wrestling Deathmatch!	1
`WeaponMag5`	Magazine: The Cheapskate's John Spiral - Street Violence	1
`WeaponMag6`	Magazine: Revolting Peasants	1
`WeaponMag7`	Magazine: The Louisville Bruiser	1
`LargeKnife`	Large Knife	0.5
`BaseballBat_Broken_Nails`	Broken Baseball Bat with Nails	0.5
`Handle_Nails`	Medium Handle with Nails	0.5
`LongHandle_Broken_Nails`	Broken Large Handle with Nails	0.5
`Plank_Broken_Nails`	Broken Plank with Nails	0.5
`WoodenStick_Broken_Nails`	Broken Stick with Nails	0.5
`Bag_GolfBag_Melee`	Golf Bag	0.5
`Machete`	Machete	0.5
`BookBlacksmith5`	Blacksmithing V: "The Complete Encyclopedia of Metallurgy"	0.5
`BookCarving5`	Carving V: "The Art and Process of Natural Material Carving"	0.5
`BookFlintKnapping5`	Knapping V: "Technological Morphometrics of Clovis Artifacts"	0.5
`BookMaintenance5`	Maintenance V: "Understanding Biomechanics of Tool Use"	0.5
`Handiknife`	Handiknife	0.1
`KnifePocket`	Pocket Knife	0.1
`PickAxe`	Pickaxe	0.1
`Sledgehammer`	Sledgehammer	0.1
`Sledgehammer2`	Sledgehammer	0.1
`WoodAxe`	Wood Axe	0.1
`BowlingPin_Nails`	Bowling Pin with Nails	0.1

junk rolls 1

A second roll with filler items.

ID	Name	Weight
`BaseballBat_Broken`	Broken Baseball Bat	4
`LongHandle_Broken`	Broken Large Handle	4
`WoodenStick_Broken`	Broken Stick	4
`BanjoNeck_Broken`	Broken Banjo Neck	2
`FieldHockeyStick_Broken`	Broken Field Hockey Stick	2
`GardenToolHandle_Broken`	Broken Garden Tool Handle	2
`GuitarAcousticNeck_Broken`	Broken Acoustic Guitar Neck	2
`GuitarElectricNeck_Broken`	Broken Electric Guitar Neck	2
`GuitarElectricBassNeck_Broken`	Broken Electric Bass Neck	2
`LongStick_Broken`	Broken Long Stick	2
`Plank_Broken`	Broken Plank	2
`TableLeg_Broken`	Broken Table Leg	2
`CanoePadelX2_Broken`	Broken Canoe Paddle	1

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lua

local dist = ProceduralDistributions.list["MeleeWeapons"]
if dist and dist.items then
    table.insert(dist.items, "MiMod.MiItem")
    table.insert(dist.items, 2)
end

Goes inside a function hooked to Events.OnPostDistributionMerge. Full loot guide (Spanish) → · All lists