Should i use a kitchen knife, frying pan or baseball bat?

[Ferret With A Cat Hat]

I'm a new player, and i usually find these early on. Which one should i use?

[Kaldrak]

Baseball bat is the best of those. If you can spare some nails you can make it into a spiked baseball bat for more damage as well. Keep the knife and frying pan as backups if you're not over encumbered.

[Warr]

I'd avoid weapons like spears and knives until you more familiar with their combat as it locks you in an animation for the one shot kill and if your fighting more then 1 zed, it could mean your death, as for everything else, I always use anything and everything I find just to burn up and destroy to raise maintenance skill. once have maint. lvl of bout 4 or so then I tend to focus on 1-2 weapon types so that they're reliable in combat and usually at that point I have a good stash of weapons to pick from. my weapons of choice are long blunt like bats, shovels and crowbars as reach makes me feel safe and second is short blunt as find them the most common to find. blunt as a personal choice for me as I like to collect certain types of clothing from zeds and blades or slashing weapons ruin clothing

[PIES]

Baseball bat is the most powerful of them all, but it requires bot hands. If you're carrying an extra bag in one hands you won't be able to use it effectively. In such case stick to frying pan. Knives are an easy way to get yourself killed : >

[Lost Latios]

Baseball Bat, hands down. You also have to consider the Frying Pan and Knife have some uses as tools.

[Snake of Eden]

Football in the groin!

err, I mean. Baseball bat is always a good choice.

[Animalman]

Keep them all the frying pan will get in the way a little bit unless you’re actively using it but it’s the only short blunt you have.

[[Censored]]

use rolling pin mallet or hammer

[geras]

Knives are definitely not recommended for new players. They require the most skill to use, and are currently quite weak compared to other weapons.

[Rusty]

Hammer in one hand. Use space bar to shove people to the ground and then whale on them. If you're fighting 2-3 zombies at a time (I would NOT recommend this strat with 4+ unless you're godly at combat) when one of them is knocked down, you can stand on top of them, and keep them from getting up to thin their numbers. Note, it doesn't work on crawlers, they'll bite you.

[Nordil(Hun)]

Originally posted by Rusty:

Hammer in one hand. Use space bar to shove people to the ground and then whale on them. If you're fighting 2-3 zombies at a time (I would NOT recommend this strat with 4+ unless you're godly at combat) when one of them is knocked down, you can stand on top of them, and keep them from getting up to thin their numbers. Note, it doesn't work on crawlers, they'll bite you.

Depends where you stand on the crawlers actually, since you supposedly can stop them from turning.

Also if you have all three, think on utilities not just weapons.
For instance you can only use i think tuna with frying pan(or was it sardines?).
Kitchen knife is good to slice stuff, cut up stuff etc. So if you find the recipe to make bread you can have 3 slices of bread and make sandwiches or burgers.
As a weapon use baseball bat until it lasts, also try to add some nails to it if you can. However keep in mind that it has a high stamina toll.
Kitchen knife has low stamina cost, decent damage but breaks VERY fast. It is a tool and not a weapon.
Frying pan is medium in regards to longevity as a weapon, but damage is slightly better than kitchen knife.
(I would keep all three items if i have the STR for it, or i would place them somewhere i can easily retrieve them. Since you may not find one of the tools for a while. Like me not finding a single frying pan for over 3 weeks now! along with a sack, so time for a long excursion!)

[pgames-food]

yep baseball bat is good, especially if you use it on a small group of zeds, that you lure over a small fence :)

they usually will fall over it and give you a chance to bash them before they get back up,
depending on mods as well a Long Spear is good, but i try to save knives and pans to cook with usually, but you can tie a knife onto a long spear :)

[pgames-food]

(btw i think there is a new player tips page too, but if you are new, try to fill up as many containers as you can, with drinking water before the water goes out :) (but dont leave them outside to also collect rainwater, unless you dont mind boiling the water again)

[♚King Peter the Brave♚]

I would avoid using anything that can be used as a tool unless you got a few since repair material is hard to come by until you know where to look. So go for the bat and keep a knife on you so you can craft spears on the go with branches or planks. a simple wood spear will break easy but they are kinda good. I carry 2-3 and when Im down to my last one I try to get planks or sticks to craft more

[pgames-food]

yeah remember what Rick Grimes always says....

Weapons, Water, and Food..... in That order

[SgtEmissary [Kane's Will]]

Baseball bat for sure.

Only time I use a frying pan is when there's nothing else around. So it's a stop-gap, back-up weapon doubling as a tool (mainly tool) for food.

If you spawn in a house and you get a baseball bat right away just go for it. These things are incredibly strong and if you got a character with high strength etc most zeds go down in one hit.

Pair it with the Baseball Player or Brawler trait and you're gonna have a fun time with these I guarantee it. It's like if you did a axe run. So satisfying to use.

I'm sure once you get going it's gonna be hard to stop and you'll be converted either to the 'Axe Man' or 'Baseball Man' side.

Knives are a great weapon though once you get around to understanding how they worked. I know in Build 40 they were my bread & butter but they worked differently there. In the latest build ya gotta be more careful with em'.

Hammers are another great weapon if you find one right away. It's like a baseball bat with lower damage but faster swing speed.

Screw-drivers (being a cousin to the hammer) eh... honestly are more of a utility than anything. Sure they work but... not as well as a hunting knife or kitchen knife.

Rolling pins are a poor man's hammer... I'd only use one if I were desperate and couldn't find anything else otherwise I just go for a hammer straight away.

Guitars though are surprisingly good weapons when you're first spawning. But they break fast - so consider them highly expendable and "They did their job" until you find a weapon that lasts.

Crowbars are another great weapon that can easily substitute for a baseball bat if you find one. Decent power, swing speed, durable like crazy. I always go for one if I can't find a bat.

My melee build is usually like this: bat (crowbar) and two hand axes (wood axe works but you need loads of stamina for it and high strength for it to be effective but otherwise a great weapon). Fire-axe works too if you can find one. These guys being a fire department tool are strong in their own right. Hell, maybe just go full on axe build, get a fire-axe and two hand axes (sometimes I do that).

Lots of options.