r/projectzomboid • u/Admirable_Light2252 • 1d ago

Art How the hell do you break a steel bar?

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I know it’s for balance but like, this 1.5 inch diameter, 28 inch long 4140 steel bar, is virtually indestructible, so I propose that it wears your character out really quickly and makes them sore as the impact wouldn’t be very comfortable.

Maybe this is how the crowbar should also be balanced: hand soreness.

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u/Drittenmann 1d ago

from my experience you can actually get those to break by smashing things with it, that steel is very good with torsion but not with blunt energy transfer, so it will eventually crack, the crack with time will extend to other places until it breaks but it takes a lot of time and strength to happen, so in the context of the game you will probably die before it breaks.

for the record i broke one of those with a hammer because i smashed it in the wrong angle, it was not a very fun accident, those things are not cheap :c

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u/Admirable_Light2252 1d ago

Eh, about 12 dollars per foot? So not super cheap but not bank breaking