Stake

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A stake is a craftable, short blade melee weapon also used for camping.

Usage

Weapon

Pros	Cons
Capable of dealing a one shot kill on zombies with the jaw stab animation. Lightweight, fast attack rate. Easy to craft. A bag can be held in the other hand as it is a one-handed weapon.	Short attack range, low damage. Can only hit 1 target at a time. Can get stuck inside a zombie after a jaw stab. Very low jaw stab chance. Very low durability.

Breaking doors

It is very ineffective at bashing down doors, dealing only 1 damage per hit. For comparison, an axe deals 35 damage to that structure type.

Condition

The Stake has a maximum condition of 5 and the chance to lose condition is influenced by the Maintenance and Short Blade skills. With level 0 Maintenance and Short Blade skill the there is a 100% chance to lose condition each hit, and it will break after 5 hits.

Repairing

A stake cannot be repaired.

Crafting

The stake is a craftable weapon that can be used as an alternative to tent pegs to make a tent kit.

Product	Ingredients	Tools	Requirements	Workstation	XP
Stake	One of: Stone Knife ×1 Hunting Knife ×1 Kitchen Knife ×1 Meat Cleaver ×1 Machete ×1 Each of: Tree Branch ×1	none	none	none	1.25 Carpentry
Tent Kit	Tarp ×1 Stake ×4 Sturdy Stick ×2	none	none	none	none

Distribution

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

Stake 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.

Zombie
Outfit	Days survived	Chance
All	0	30

Trivia

The stake was added to the game in build 41.
The stake being embedded in a zombie might be a reference to how vampires are killed, which obviously didn't help in the zombie apocalypse.

Gallery

Stake held by a player

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 Stake
	{
	    DisplayCategory = WeaponCrafted,
		MaxRange	=	0.85,
		WeaponSprite	=	Stake,
		MinAngle	=	0.65,
		Type	=	Weapon,
		MinimumSwingTime	=	2,
		KnockBackOnNoDeath	=	FALSE,
		SwingAmountBeforeImpact	=	0.02,
		Categories	=	SmallBlade,
		ConditionLowerChanceOneIn	=	1,
		Weight	=	0.3,
		SplatNumber	=	2,
		PushBackMod	=	0.3,
		SubCategory	=	Stab,
		AimingMod	=	0.8,
		CloseKillMove = Jaw_Stab,
		ConditionMax	=	5,
		MaxHitCount	=	1,
		IsAimedHandWeapon	=	TRUE,
		DoorDamage	=	1,
		SwingAnim	=	Stab,
		DisplayName	=	Stake,
		MinRange	=	0.61,
		SwingTime	=	2,
		KnockdownMod	=	0,
		SplatBloodOnNoDeath	=	FALSE,
		Icon	=	Stake,
		RunAnim	=	Run_Weapon2,
        IdleAnim	=	Idle_Weapon2,
        BreakSound  =   StakeBreak,
        TreeDamage  =   0,
        EnduranceMod = 0.5,
        CriticalChance	=	10,
        CritDmgMultiplier = 10,
        MinDamage	=	0.25,
        MaxDamage	=	0.53,
		WeaponLength = 0.18,
		HitFloorSound	=	StakeHit,
        ImpactSound	=	StakeHit,
        DoorHitSound = StakeHit,
		HitSound	=	StakeHit,
		SwingSound = StakeSwing,
		AttachmentType = Screwdriver,
 	}