Knapping in Project Zomboid (Build 42)

XP needed for each level

What you actually earn is scaled first. Starting with no levels in Knapping cuts every gain to ×0.25; a starting +1 is ×1, +2 ×1.33 and +3 or more ×1.66. Fast Learner adds ×1.3, Slow Learner ×0.7. How the multipliers work.

Knapping skill books

Reading a volume multiplies the Knapping XP you earn while your level is inside its range: every tenth of the book read adds a tenth of the multiplier. The game lets you open a volume from one level below its range, and not once you are past it (ISReadABook.lua).

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  Knapping I: "Flint Knapping 101"

  Levels

  1–2

  Pages

  220

  XP up to

  ×3

  Where it spawns →/additem "Base.BookFlintKnapping1"
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  Knapping II: "Guide to Kentucky Geology"

  Levels

  3–4

  Pages

  260

  XP up to

  ×5

  Where it spawns →/additem "Base.BookFlintKnapping2"
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  Knapping III: "Lithic Technology Manual 1993"

  Levels

  5–6

  Pages

  300

  XP up to

  ×8

  Where it spawns →/additem "Base.BookFlintKnapping3"
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  Knapping IV: "Schmidt Rock Hardness Testing Techniques"

  Levels

  7–8

  Pages

  340

  XP up to

  ×12

  Where it spawns →/additem "Base.BookFlintKnapping4"
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  Knapping V: "Technological Morphometrics of Clovis Artifacts"

  Levels

  9–10

  Pages

  380

  XP up to

  ×16

  Where it spawns →/additem "Base.BookFlintKnapping5"

Multipliers from the game's skill-book table (lua/server/XpSystem/XPSystem_SkillBook.lua); “where it spawns” opens the map's item finder on the loot tables.

Start with Knapping

Levels a new character gets in Knapping — and, through them, a faster XP rate (see above):

• Park Rangeroccupation · +1
• Bushcraftertrait · +1

Knapping from TV and VHS

1 VHS tape give 300 XP. Both stop counting once the skill reaches level 3 in the default sandbox settings, and before the multipliers above. Shows and tapes, by name.

Recipes you learn by levelling Knapping

Reaching the level teaches the recipe — no magazine needed.

• Lv 2Knap Stone Awl
• Lv 3Knap Stone Blade
• Lv 4Knap Stone Chisel
• Lv 5Knap Stone Blade Scythe
• Lv 6Knapp Flint Saw
• Lv 7Knap Large Stone Axe Head
• Lv 8Knap Stone Drill
• Lv 8Knap Stone Maul Head
• Lv 9Knap Long Stone Blade

What Knapping unlocks (9)

Crafting and building recipes that need a Knapping level. “Must be learned” recipes also need a magazine, a TV show or an occupation that teaches them.

Level	Recipe	Also needs
1	Knap Stone Blademust be learned	—
1	Knap Stone Chiselmust be learned	—
1	Remake Long Stone Blademust be learned	—
2	Knap Stone Blade Scythemust be learned	—
3	Knapp Flint Sawmust be learned	—
4	Knap Large Stone Axe Headmust be learned	—
5	Knap Stone Drillmust be learned	—
5	Knap Stone Maul Headmust be learned	—
6	Knap Long Stone Blademust be learned	—

Recipes that train Knapping

11 recipes award Knapping XP when made; the most per craft (base XP):

• Knap Long Stone Blade · 70 XP
• Knap Stone Drill · 60 XP
• Knap Stone Maul Head · 60 XP
• Knap Large Stone Axe Head · 50 XP
• Knapp Flint Saw · 40 XP
• Knap Stone Blade Scythe · 30 XP
• Knap Stone Blade · 20 XP
• Knap Stone Chisel · 20 XP
• Remake Long Stone Blade · 20 XP
• Knap Sharp Flint Flake · 10 XP
• Knap Stone Awl · 10 XP