Keep losing my thrown spears

[Miss Monique]

A majority of the time when i throw my spear just over a zombies head from a distance, i can't for the life of me find it, even if i look in the exact area and direction where i remember throwing it
Has anyone else had this problem?

Its made me totally resistant of installing any mods in my spears now, in my current day 18 run i have at least lost my crafted spear completely about 4-5 times now

and its really starting to p.iss me off, its like it completely vanishes out of thin air

[Vimes]

I noticed this on my game with the latest experimental.
I have lost one iron type so far after throwing it, and missing, a fast approaching Zombie.
I also lost a stone one.
In either situation I had tracked where the spear could have landed after throwing it, still never found either.

[Sinbad]

I have also lost 3 spears. When 18 was first released I did throw a spear at uneven terrain just to see if I was crazy and it did in fact disappear. After losing a few mods I've given up on spears and stick with the baseball bat.

[John]

Same, I think they despawn after some time. So if you don`t find them fast enough it is gone.

[FreedomTrucker]

It's also possible they are simply passing through the world limit into the void. I have watched vultures I shot out of the air pass right through into the ground and vanish quite regularly.

[Atlar]

Only use stone for throwing.
What annoys me more, is the tiny hitbox on hit, throw and pickup...

[ZomBeGone]

I have lost very few spear, but they can be hard to find at times. I tend to carry 3-4 spears in my tool bar, but the modded one is usually second one, for the kill. The first spear you throw tends to be the hardest to find if you miss, after that, the zed is closing in on you, and the chance of a miss is lower.

Early game it takes about 3 spears to kill an average zed, later only 2. the other spears are for misses or multi zeds.

What annoys me is when you pick up the spears, only one of each type goes back into your toolbar. So if you carry 4 stone spears, only the first one gets replaced. You have to open the inventory to put the others back in the tool bar.

[CellNav]

Two things that can help locate your thrown spears (barring any bugs) :

1. Burning Shaft Mod
2. Pink Dye Mod

When you are within a certain radius of the spear (within say 6 meters), the spear will flash or pulsate and if you colorize it then you can find it faster (i.e. pink being the easier color).

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1904803177

[ZomBeGone]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย CellNav:

Two things that can help locate your thrown spears (barring any bugs) :

1. Burning Shaft Mod
2. Pink Dye Mod

When you are within a certain radius of the spear (within say 6 meters), the spear will flash or pulsate and if you colorize it then you can find it faster (i.e. pink being the easier color).

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1904803177

clever idea.

[Andi]

What is even worse is to loose level 4 scrap turret. Like put it down and visually gone it is. It shoots but you can't pick it back up, cause it's just not there anymore :/

[Damocles]

They sometimes fall through the world. You can check that using the F1 console menu.
No need searching for them then.

[CoinSpin]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย John:

Same, I think they despawn after some time. So if you don`t find them fast enough it is gone.

That seems like a weird decision in planning out the spear functionality, if this is true. A missed arrow sits stuck in the ground for a long while before it despawns, why would they have a much more costly item like the spear despawn quickly? I'm guessing, if this is the case, the spear code is using typical dropped inventory item timers and not the timer that things like arrows and bolts use.

[FreedomTrucker]

I found that the coyote will run away with the spear stuck in him. Although, after chasing it for a ways, he turned back on me and I was able to take it from him. When that first happened to me, I thought, "you little sob, you stole my spear". lol

[John]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Atlar:

Only use stone for throwing.
What annoys me more, is the tiny hitbox on hit, throw and pickup...

This as well, even if you find the spear it is sometimes a pain in the ass to pick it up quickly because the hitbox for the take up option is tiiiiiny.

[RobbEJay]

They definitely either despawn or pass through the world. I lost a lvl 5 iron one that was dyed purple, that I threw by a tree, in the snow. There's no way I simply missed it, that sucker was gone.:P

I saw it land so it has to have despawned while I was dealing with the zombies.

[phoenixdarkful]

i wouldn't mind a spear locator on the compass this way you still have to look but the chance of losing one is basically no longer an issue