Small Stone
The Small Stone is a one-slot, 500 g resource found on trails, unpaved roads, coastlines, and train tracks. It can also be harvested from rocks or made by splitting a Large Stone, and is mainly used to craft a Stone Knife.
Quick item summary
Quick answer
The Small Stone is an early survival resource used primarily for crafting the Stone Knife. Survivors can find stones naturally along travel routes, harvest them from environmental rocks with several tools, or produce 3 Small Stones by splitting a Large Stone.
In-game description
“Smooth fragment of rock, commonly used for constructing a fireplace or throwing into a window.”
Main Uses
- Craft a Stone Knife with 2 Small Stones
- Craft a Stone Knife with 1 Small Stone and a suitable environmental rock
- Use as an early source of a cutting tool
- Carry as a compact stone resource
- Throw at windows or objects
- Collect after splitting a Large Stone
How to use this item
Find Small Stones naturally
Search trails, unpaved roads, coastlines, and railway tracks for naturally spawned Small Stones.
- Travel along a trail, dirt road, coastline, or train track.
- Scan the ground for a Small Stone.
- Pick it up when found.
- Continue searching if you need a second stone for a Stone Knife.
Harvest a Small Stone from the environment
Use a supported hand tool on a suitable environmental rock to obtain a Small Stone.
- Find a suitable environmental rock or boulder.
- Equip a Crowbar, Pipe Wrench, Meat Tenderizer, Screwdriver, or Wrench.
- Use the stone-harvesting action.
- Collect the Small Stone.
Split a Large Stone
Break a Large Stone into 3 Small Stones with a supported heavy tool.
- Obtain a Large Stone.
- Equip a Pickaxe, Sledgehammer, Hammer, or Mace.
- Use the split-stone action.
- Collect the 3 Small Stones.
Craft a Stone Knife
Combine 2 Small Stones to craft a Stone Knife. One Small Stone remains after crafting.
- Collect 2 Small Stones.
- Combine the stones.
- Select the Stone Knife crafting action.
- Collect the Stone Knife and remaining Small Stone.
Craft a Stone Knife using the environment
Use 1 Small Stone against a suitable large environmental rock to craft a Stone Knife.
- Find 1 Small Stone.
- Approach a suitable large environmental rock.
- Use the Small Stone on the rock.
- Select the Stone Knife crafting action.
How to get Small Stone
- Search trails and unpaved roads.
- Search coastlines and railway tracks.
- Harvest from suitable environmental rocks with a Crowbar, Pipe Wrench, Meat Tenderizer, Screwdriver, or Wrench.
- Split a Large Stone into 3 Small Stones with a supported heavy tool.
- Loot survivors carrying early crafting materials.
Spawn info
- • Small Stones can spawn naturally on trails, unpaved roads, coastlines, and train tracks.
- • They can be harvested directly from suitable environmental rocks.
- • One Large Stone produces 3 Small Stones when split.
- • A Small Stone takes 1 inventory slot and weighs 500 g.
- • Its main crafting use is the Stone Knife.
Crafting and item conversions
How to craft Small Stone
Small Stone
Result: Small Stone
Craft Small Stone using Rock and Pickaxe.
View crafting guideUsed in recipes
Stone Knife
Result: Stone Knife
Craft Stone Knife using Small Stone and Small Stone.
View crafting guideImportant notes
- Small Stones naturally appear along trails, unpaved roads, coastlines, and train tracks.
- Crowbars, Pipe Wrenches, Meat Tenderizers, Screwdrivers, and Wrenches can harvest Small Stones from supported environmental rocks.
- A Pickaxe, Sledgehammer, Hammer, or Mace can split a Large Stone into 3 Small Stones.
- Two Small Stones can be combined to craft a Stone Knife.
- One Small Stone remains after the two-stone Stone Knife recipe is completed.
- One Small Stone can also be used against a suitable large environmental rock to craft a Stone Knife.
- A Small Stone takes 1 inventory slot and weighs 500 g.
- Small Stones cannot be repaired.