Flute

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A flute is a short blunt melee weapon.

Usage

Weapon

The flute can attack up to 2 enemies at a time dealing a maximum of 0.2 damage to enemies (unless a critical hit) from up to 0.9 tiles away at an attack speed of 1.3.

Condition

The flute has a maximum condition of 1. Its rate of degradation is influenced by the short blunt and maintenance skills. The chance of losing durability can be simplified to the following formula: 1 in (1 + maintenanceMod × 2). Where "maintenanceMod" is calculated using the short blunt and maintenance skills.
Below is an example of the chance of losing durability at varying levels of the maintenance and short blunt skills.

*For how this is calculated, see: Condition*
Maintenance skill	Weapon skill	Condition lower chance
0	0	1/1 (100%)
0	4	1/3 (33%)
0	8	1/5 (20%)
4	0	1/5 (20%)
8	0	1/9 (11%)
4	4	1/7 (14%)
4	8	1/9 (11%)
8	8	1/13 (8%)
10	10	1/15 (7%)

Distribution

The loot distributions can be found in the table(s) below.

Flute distribution Show / Hide

Effective chance calculations are based off of default loot settings, and median zombie density. The higher the density of zombies in an area, the higher the effective chance of an item spawning. Chance is also influenced by the lucky and unlucky traits.

Containers
Building/Room	Container	Effective chance
bedroom	crate	0.65%
bedroom	crate	10.78%
bedroom	wardrobe	1.68%
closet	crate	0.65%
closet	crate	10.78%
closet	metal_shelves	10.78%
daycare	wardrobe	1.68%
garagestorage	crate	0.65%
garagestorage	crate	10.78%
musicstore	shelves	6.41%
musicstore	shelves	23.28%
pawnshop	shelves	6.41%
pawnshop	shelves	23.28%
pawnshopstorage	crate	10.78%
pawnshopstorage	metal_shelves	10.78%
storageunit	crate	0.65%
storageunit	crate	10.78%
storageunit	metal_shelves	0.65%
storageunit	metal_shelves	10.78%

Gallery

Item icon
Item model

Code

Code snippet! This section contains source code from Project ZomboidShow / Hide

Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\items_weapons.txt

Retrieved: Build 41.78.16

item Flute
	{
	    DisplayCategory = Instrument,
		MaxRange	=	0.9,
		WeaponSprite	=	Flute,
		MinAngle	=	0.65,
		Type	=	Weapon,
		MinimumSwingTime	=	4,
		KnockBackOnNoDeath	=	FALSE,
		SwingAmountBeforeImpact	=	0.02,
		Categories	=	Improvised;SmallBlunt,
		ConditionLowerChanceOneIn	=	1,
		Weight	=	3,
		SplatNumber	=	1,
		PushBackMod	=	0.3,
		SubCategory	=	Swinging,
		ConditionMax	=	1,
		MaxHitCount	=	2,
		DoorDamage	=	0,
		SwingAnim	=	Bat,
		DisplayName	=	Flute,
		MinRange	=	0.61,
		SwingTime	=	4,
		KnockdownMod	=	2,
		SplatBloodOnNoDeath	=	FALSE,
		Icon	=	Flute,
        BreakSound  =   FluteBreak,
        DoorHitSound = FluteHit,
		HitSound = FluteHit,
		HitFloorSound = FluteHit,
		SwingSound = FluteSwing,
        TreeDamage  =   0,
        CriticalChance	=	0,
        MinDamage	=	0.1,
        MaxDamage	=	0.2,
        BaseSpeed = 1.3,
        AttachmentType = Knife,
	}