Scissors

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Scissors are a one-handed, short blade weapon and useful tailoring tool.

Usage

Tailoring

Main article: Tailoring

Scissors are required to use the "rip clothing" command on denim and leather clothing to obtain leather and denim strips.

Weapon

Scissors can be used as an emergency weapon, with the ability to perform execution: jaw stab.

Appearance

Main article: Appearance

Scissors can be used to modify a character's hair or beard.

Condition

Scissors have a maximum condition of 10. Its rate of degradation is influenced by the short blade 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 blade and maintenance skills.
Below is an example of the chance of losing durability at varying levels of the maintenance and short blade 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%)

Crafting

Build 41

Scissors can be attached to a spear using two duct tape. The condition of the scissors will be carried over to the spear.

Product	Ingredients	Tools	Requirements	Workstation	XP
Spear with Scissors	Crafted Spear ×1 Scissors ×1 Duct Tape ×2 unit(s)	none	none	none	none
Scissors	Spear with Scissors ×1	none	none	none	none

Distribution

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

Scissors 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
Bag_DoctorBag	Bag_DoctorBag	6.41%
Bag_MedicalBag	Bag_MedicalBag	12.41%
Bag_Satchel	Bag_Satchel	1.61%
Bag_Schoolbag	Bag_Schoolbag	1.61%
Bag_WorkerBag	Bag_WorkerBag	1.61%
FirstAidKit	FirstAidKit	6.41%
MedicalCache1	MedicalBox	23.28%
Nurse	crate	23.28%
Nurse	crate	41.14%
Nurse	metal_shelves	23.28%
Nurse	metal_shelves	41.14%
SafehouseLoot	counter	23.28%
SafehouseLoot	medicine	23.28%
SewingKit	SewingKit	5.21%
aesthetic	counter	19.27%
all	desk	6.29%
all	filingcabinet	6.29%
all	junk	1.61%
all	officedrawers	6.29%
all	other	1.61%
artstore	counter	6.29%
artstore	shelves	23.28%
artstore	shelves	41.14%
bedroom	crate	0.53%
bedroom	desk	6.29%
bookstore	counter	19.27%
classroom	counter	6.29%
classroom	desk	6.29%
classroom	metal_shelves	6.29%
classroom	shelves	6.29%
closet	crate	0.53%
closet	crate	6.29%
daycare	counter	6.29%
daycare	desk	6.29%
daycare	metal_shelves	6.29%
daycare	shelves	6.29%
dentiststorage	metal_shelves	23.28%
dentiststorage	metal_shelves	41.14%
empty	crate	6.29%
garagestorage	crate	0.53%
garagestorage	crate	6.29%
generalstore	shelves	19.27%
generalstorestorage	shelves	19.27%
gigamart	shelves	19.27%
hall	counter	6.29%
hospitalstorage	metal_shelves	23.28%
hospitalstorage	metal_shelves	41.14%
jewelrystore	counter	6.29%
kennels	counter	23.28%
kennels	counter	41.14%
kennels	metal_shelves	23.28%
kennels	metal_shelves	41.14%
kitchen	counter	6.29%
kitchen	shelves	6.29%
library	counter	6.29%
livingroom	counter	6.29%
livingroom	overhead	6.29%
livingroom	sidetable	6.29%
livingroom	wardrobe	6.29%
lobby	counter	6.29%
medical	counter	23.28%
medical	counter	41.14%
medical	metal_shelves	23.28%
medical	metal_shelves	41.14%
medicalstorage	counter	23.28%
medicalstorage	counter	41.14%
medicalstorage	metal_shelves	23.28%
medicalstorage	metal_shelves	41.14%
morgue	counter	23.28%
office	counter	6.29%
office	crate	6.29%
office	desk	6.29%
office	metal_shelves	6.29%
officestorage	crate	6.29%
officestorage	metal_shelves	6.29%
pharmacy	metal_shelves	23.28%
pharmacy	metal_shelves	41.14%
pharmacystorage	counter	23.28%
pharmacystorage	counter	41.14%
pharmacystorage	metal_shelves	23.28%
pharmacystorage	metal_shelves	41.14%
pharmacystorage	shelves	23.28%
pharmacystorage	shelves	41.14%
plazastore1	counter	6.29%
policestorage	counter	6.29%
post	counter	19.27%
schoolstorage	metal_shelves	6.29%
sewingstorage	crate	19.27%
sewingstorage	metal_shelves	19.27%
sewingstore	clothingrack	19.27%
sewingstore	counter	19.27%
sewingstore	shelves	19.27%
storageunit	crate	0.53%
storageunit	crate	6.29%
storageunit	metal_shelves	0.53%
storageunit	metal_shelves	6.29%

Vehicles
Type	Container	Effective chance
Ambulance	Trunk	23.28%

Zombie
Outfit	Days survived	Chance
All	0	30

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 Scissors
	{
	    DisplayCategory = Household,
		MaxRange	=	0.9,
		WeaponSprite	=	Scissors,
		MinAngle	=	0.65,
		Type	=	Weapon,
		MinimumSwingTime	=	2,
		SwingAmountBeforeImpact	=	0.02,
		Categories	=	SmallBlade,
		Weight	=	0.4,
		ConditionLowerChanceOneIn	=	1,
		PushBackMod	=	0.3,
		SubCategory	=	Stab,
		AimingMod	=	0.8,
		ConditionMax	=	10,
		MaxHitCount	=	1,
		IsAimedHandWeapon	=	TRUE,
		DoorDamage	=	1,
		SwingAnim	=	Stab,
		CriticalChance	=	5,
		DisplayName	=	Scissors,
		MinRange	=	0.61,
		SwingTime	=	2,
		KnockdownMod	=	0,
		Icon	=	Scissors,
		TreeDamage  =   0,
		EnduranceMod = 0.5,
		MetalValue = 8,
		MinDamage	=	0.1,
        MaxDamage	=	0.1,
		WeaponLength = 0.17,
        DamageCategory = Slash,
        DamageMakeHole = TRUE,
        BreakSound	=	ScissorsBreak,
        HitFloorSound	=	ScissorsHit,
        ImpactSound	=	ScissorsHit,
        DoorHitSound = ScissorsHit,
		HitSound	=	ScissorsHit,
		SwingSound = ScissorsSwing,
		AttachmentType = Screwdriver,
		CloseKillMove = Jaw_Stab,
		Tags = Scissors,
     }