WeaponsMelee Weapons
Oriental Machete
The Oriental Machete is a bladed melee weapon in DayZ. It can cut rags, open canned food with 10% to 20% food loss, cut sticks, cut bark, remove restraints, and skin animals or players. It is repaired with a Sharpening Stone.
Quick item summary
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The Oriental Machete is a bladed melee weapon in DayZ. It was first introduced in the 1.13 Experimental patch on 17 June 2021. It functions as a heavy blade with the same broad utility role as other machete variants, making it useful for both survival tasks and close-range combat.
In-game description
“An exotic heavy blade. Effective on wood as on flesh.”
Main Uses
- Cut clothing into rags
- Open canned food with 10% to 20% food loss
- Cut sticks from shrubs and bushes
- Cut bark from trees
- Remove certain restraints from players
- Skin and quarter dead animals or players for meat, pelts, and other resources
- Use as a bladed melee weapon
Important notes
- The Oriental Machete is a bladed melee weapon and tool.
- It was first introduced in the 1.13 Experimental patch on 17 June 2021.
- It can cut clothing into rags.
- It can open canned food with 10% to 20% food loss.
- It can cut sticks from shrubs and bushes.
- It can cut bark from trees.
- It can remove certain restraints from players.
- It can skin and quarter dead animals or players.
- It can be repaired with a Sharpening Stone.
- Its listed related variants are the Machete and Crude Machete.