Spears ? weak ?

[xTRACKERx]

Why are homemade spears so bad ? I stab 2 times with them and they break..what can I do to increase the durability or WILL it EVER be so high that you can use spears as a weapon without carrying 20 pieces ?

[McGarnagle]

it's a chore but you need to keep breaking them and making them
eventually that will level your spear skill which makes them break less but so does the maintenance skill
you can use tape and glue to repair things as well
adhesive tape and school glue are weak, duct tape and wood glue are strong
once your maintenance and spear skill is high they will not break and one shot zombies in the head on a thrust 99% of the time

edit : carry like 4 spears at once, don' bother putting knives on them just yet (you can tho it's cool and does more damage so might as well also knives and string tape ripped cloth etc are all over the place)

[xTRACKERx]

thx :-)

Should i threw the broken Spear away and just make a new one or should i repair them ?
Andi think i can detache the "knife" or"scissor" or whatever after the spear is broken right ?

when i use a spear for fishing, is it important to use one with a attachement? or just the pure Spear?

[Khan Boyzitbig of Mercia]

Spears break fast but are easy to make. And as your character gets better in maintenance and carpentry the spears will get better too.

Pure spears work just fine for spear fishing.

[Ocular]

Keep using them and within a few days of killing you'll be able to get like 10-12 kills per spear. Also carpentry/matinence being level 2+ (not sure on exact levels) gives full durability spears. They're my favourite vanilla weapons hands down. I can clear hundreds of zombies in minutes since they almost always 1 hit kill. Also they're amazing for making office cubicle grinders and they're amazing if you're fully exhausted or overburdened. They can come in clutch more than any other weapon imho (guns can too but without silencer mods it's risky unless you leveled with a shotgun and are using a m36 revolver since they only have a sound range of about 20 iirc.)

[Raw]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4QY51c-V7s

Use a crowbar, it works well.

[Siodog]

Originally posted by xTRACKERx:

thx :-)

Should i threw the broken Spear away and just make a new one or should i repair them ?
Andi think i can detache the "knife" or"scissor" or whatever after the spear is broken right ?

when i use a spear for fishing, is it important to use one with a attachement? or just the pure Spear?

Threw them never repair a spear, NEVER.

Also your maintenance and carpentry skills affect the spear keep that in mind. You can also attach items you would think is not worth it but it increases the damage and if it breaks just remove the attachment and put another. Good use for spare butter knifes, letter openers etc...

As a bonus you can use a gardening fork to level up, works as spear and quite good durability. These you can repair without hesitation

[Ocular]

Ah. Garden fork, the best weapon in the game and nobody can change my mind 😆

[VANGUARD]

Spears are strong but they're quite a hassle.
They're quick to break, so you need to carry a lot of spares.
I've used them a while so here are my findings:

1) carry a lot of spare spears since they break easily, especially at low levels
2) good carpenters make good spears, so get good at carpentry
3) repairing spears isn't worth it
4) when a spear with attachment breaks you can get the spear back but not the attached item
5) weak items like letter openers, forks, etc. boost the damage of spears too little to be worth the duct tape
6) attaching an item at low spearing skill level also seems to result in a damaged spear, even if the item had full durability (so keep machetes for later)
7) as such attaching an item at low levels is only worth it if you need to conserve wood, i.e. when getting branches is difficult

[corisai]

Originally posted by Sceadugengan:

when a spear with attachment breaks you can get the spear back but not the attached item

Suboptimal. Ideally you want to deattach a hunting knife from it before it will break, repair knife & attach to new spear.

And yes, spear with a hunting knife is a best melee weapon in terms of zed killed per minute (aside from rare ones - Katana and Pickaxe for Lumberjack).

Originally posted by Sceadugengan:

6) attaching an item at low spearing skill level also seems to result in a damaged spear, even if the item had full durability (so keep machetes for later)

Not keep machetes. Use them here and now - without spear. Machete-on-spear was nerfed hard (while machete on it's own is awesome).

[VANGUARD]

Might be, I haven't used them all that much.
See the word machete as a placeholder for any worthwhile item that can be attached to spears.
Attaching them at low skill levels just wastes a lot of durability.

[Gena Cider]

you can also download the metal spear mod (there's two actually) that lets you craft a metal spear through metalworking. another way of crafting spears that are more durable and reliable for a horde, and to keep the wooden spears for small clearing sessions

[Eternal]

You need two things for Spear : Carpentry and Maintenance, with both of these you can make Spear able to kills severals Zeds

[Kaldrak]

Well, you can always try this:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2613871263

[skunkmonkey]

I love spears for the long reach. Until you get maintenance up (see the video Raw posted for a guide) your spears will have low durability, so don't bother attaching weapons for a while.

[xTRACKERx]

much thx :)