DayZ field wiki · Gear
Improvised weapons
The shed kit
Short answer
Spears, shanks, a farming tool. The hour before a gun you can feed.
Also: spear · shank
How it works
You can craft and find tools that hit. They are not an M4. They keep you in the story.
What to do
Pick one. Don't carry five sticks.
Don't
Don't invent a spear damage chart.