Violin

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A violin is a short blunt melee weapon.

Usage

Weapon

The violin can attack up to 2 enemies at a time dealing a maximum of 0.4 damage to enemies (unless a critical hit) from up to 1 tiles away at an attack speed of 1.2.

Breaking doors

It can be used to bash down doors, dealing 5 damage per hit.

Condition

The violin 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 maintenance and short blunt levels.

*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.

Violin 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	0.53%
bedroom	crate	10.78%
closet	crate	0.53%
closet	crate	10.78%
closet	metal_shelves	10.78%
garagestorage	crate	0.53%
garagestorage	crate	10.78%
livingroom	wardrobe	10.78%
musicstore	shelves	5.21%
musicstore	shelves	19.27%
pawnshop	shelves	5.21%
pawnshop	shelves	19.27%
pawnshopstorage	crate	10.78%
pawnshopstorage	metal_shelves	10.78%
storageunit	crate	0.53%
storageunit	crate	10.78%
storageunit	metal_shelves	0.53%
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 Violin
    {
        DisplayCategory = Instrument,
        MaxRange	=	1,
        WeaponSprite	=	Violin,
        MinAngle	=	0.65,
        Type	=	Weapon,
        MinimumSwingTime	=	4,
        KnockBackOnNoDeath	=	FALSE,
        SwingAmountBeforeImpact	=	0.02,
        Categories	=	SmallBlunt,
        ConditionLowerChanceOneIn	=	1,
        Weight	=	0.7,
        SplatNumber	=	1,
        PushBackMod	=	0.3,
        SubCategory	=	Swinging,
        ConditionMax	=	1,
        MaxHitCount	=	2,
        DoorDamage	=	5,
        SwingAnim	=	Bat,
        DisplayName	=	Violin,
        MinRange	=	0.61,
        SwingTime	=	4,
        KnockdownMod	=	2,
        SplatBloodOnNoDeath	=	FALSE,
        Icon	=	Violin,
        BreakSound  =   ViolinBreak,
        DoorHitSound = ViolinHit,
		HitSound = ViolinHit,
		HitFloorSound = ViolinHit,
		SwingSound = ViolinSwing,
        TreeDamage  =   0,
        CriticalChance	=	5,
        MinDamage	=	0.2,
        MaxDamage	=	0.4,
        BaseSpeed = 1.2,
    }