Weapons like axes, hatchets and blades

[Tigerhaswood 1]

Axes, blades, hatchets, shovels, sledgehammers and the lot are damaging or dulling way to quickly.  I cut a couple trees down, open a few cans and my axe goes from Pristine to Ruined in a matter of minutes?

I mean I know the melee weapons got to wear out eventually but it seems a little to quick or is it just me?

[Mookie (original) 799]

I don't disagree, but sharpening stones have been re-introduced. I'm guessing they would restore a bladed item from damaged to worn, as was the intention a few patches back, but haven't had a chance to try that myself.

[ZomboWTF 527]

4 hours ago, Mookie (original) said:

I don't disagree, but sharpening stones have been re-introduced. I'm guessing they would restore a bladed item from damaged to worn, as was the intention a few patches back, but haven't had a chance to try that myself.

Good luck finding one though, they spawn on nature trails afaik and are way to rare to reliably find

[HaseDesTodes 315]

1 hour ago, ZomboWTF said:

Good luck finding one though, they spawn on nature trails afaik and are way to rare to reliably find

 

you mean small stones.

sharpening stones are farm loot, maybe industrial.

[ZomboWTF 527]

40 minutes ago, HaseDesTodes said:

 

you mean small stones.

sharpening stones are farm loot, maybe industrial.

then i have never even seen one

[Mookie (original) 799]

3 minutes ago, ZomboWTF said:

then i have never even seen one

I've seen a few. And yes, industrial loot IIRC.

[pilgrim* 3514]

2 hours ago, ZomboWTF said:

Good luck finding one though, they spawn on nature trails afaik and are way to rare to reliably find

This is true - they spawn on ANY footpath as long as it is not a road or wide track.. follow the path for 5 or 10 mins max and you will find one or two. Around the coasts and outside towns or between villages and farms the paths are sometimes not blindingly easy to see when they are on open ground and  not through trees. You might not notice them, especially if you stick to the roads.  The paths are supposed to be marked, but it's generally easier and quicker to find the path than find the marker, IMO

Edited November 30, 2018 by pilgrim*

[Mookie (original) 799]

8 minutes ago, pilgrim* said:

This is true - they spawn on ANY footpath as long as it is not a road or wide track.. follow the path for 5 or 10 mins max and you will find one or two. Around the coasts and outside towns or between villages and farms the paths are sometimes not blindingly easy to see when they are on open ground and  not through trees. You might not notice them, especially if you stick to the roads.  The paths are supposed to be marked, but it's generally easier and quicker to find the path than find the marker, IMO

I'm talking about something different - the sharpening stones that (now) occupy four inventory spaces... Perhaps I've got the name wrong, in which case sorry for the confusion. 

[ZomboWTF 527]

2 minutes ago, Mookie (original) said:

I'm talking about something different - the sharpening stones that (now) occupy four inventory spaces... Perhaps I've got the name wrong, in which case sorry for the confusion. 

i didn't even know these existed before you mentioned them, giving i have not played very long sessions of 0.63 in the last patches, i only knew that you used to be able to re-sharpen bladed weapons with the normal small stones originally found at the shore, which are now found on nature trails

now i have something new to search for and see how it works ^^

[gizzlembos 2]

You can still use duct-tape.

[HaseDesTodes 315]

a sharpening stone on the ground of a green barn

a sharpening stone (tent, bottom right side) in a tent (that was lost)

[pilgrim* 3514]

5 hours ago, Mookie (original) said:

I'm talking about something different - the sharpening stones that (now) occupy four inventory spaces... Perhaps I've got the name wrong, in which case sorry for the confusion. 

break them off a rock with a pick-axe ?    (sorry, dunno..  ) are those the same stones you can/could build fireplaces with .. are/were/will be ?

OK .. seems not anymore ? .. but I used to sharpen axes, and ain't Never seen a 'sharpening stone'

Edited November 30, 2018 by pilgrim*

[Rammit (DayZ) 153]

37 minutes ago, pilgrim* said:

break them off a rock with a pick-axe ?    (sorry, dunno..  ) are those the same stones you can/could build fireplaces with .. are/were/will be ?

OK .. seems not anymore ? .. but I used to sharpen axes, and ain't Never seen a 'sharpening stone'

stones you find on paths and sharpening stones are two different things. Sometimes, I see quite a few sharpening stones. Others, I don't find them. I haven't seen one in a couple of days on my current run. 

(Duct tape still works for repairing axes and the like)

[Mookie (original) 799]

18 minutes ago, Rammit (DayZ) said:

stones you find on paths and sharpening stones are two different things. Sometimes, I see quite a few sharpening stones. Others, I don't find them. I haven't seen one in a couple of days on my current run. 

(Duct tape still works for repairing axes and the like)

Wait, you can repair axes with duct tape? Now, this is why it's good to have a community!

[Rammit (DayZ) 153]

Just now, Mookie (original) said:

Wait, you can repair axes with duct tape? Now, this is why it's good to have a community!

Indeed (not sure if they intend to keep it that way, now that they've introduced sharpening stones). I have done it for sure on the previous stable patch. I don't remember if I've tried it on the current stable patch, or not.

[cirkular 178]

Also, look for the sharpening stones in the barn with double stairs.

[green_mtn_grandbob 594]

Also called a wet stone the man made ones have two grits  on each side, the ones made from sandstone just have one grit size  depending on the deposit it comes from.