Project Zomboid Weapon Database

This is a searchable database of all 129 Project Zomboid weapons — every melee weapon and firearm — built directly from the game's Build 42 scripts. Each weapon shows its base damage range, attack range, swing time, crit chance, door/barricade damage, condition (durability), and for firearms the ammo type and magazine size. Sort by max damage to see the hardest hitters, or filter to just melee or just guns.

One thing the numbers make obvious: damage in Project Zomboid is a base range, and your character's skill does the heavy lifting. A level-0 survivor swinging an axe is nothing like a level-10 Axe Man — the same weapon's effective damage climbs steeply with the matching skill (Axe, Blunt, Long Blade, Aiming for guns) plus moodles like panic and exhaustion. Use these base stats to compare weapons against each other, not as the damage you'll actually deal on day one.

For melee, watch the trade-off between damage and swing time: a fast light weapon can out-DPS a heavy one and tires you less, which matters when a horde is closing. For firearms, note the range and magazine — guns draw zombies from far away, so they're a last resort or a horde tool, not an everyday weapon. Pair this with the character build planner to pick the occupation and traits that boost your weapon of choice.

All values are vanilla Build 42, straight from the game files. Mods change weapons freely, and your server's sandbox settings can tweak conditions and damage — treat this as the vanilla baseline. Running your own world? XGamingServer's Project Zomboid hosting is live in minutes with full sandbox control.