Bat

Bats are a type of blunt melee weapon featured in Dying Light.

They are relatively common weapons, one of the weapons you might receive from the Quartermaster. As a weapon used for breaking skulls open, it is advised to use them against weaker enemies and aim for headshots for effective attacks.

Variants

There are 16 variants of Bat in the base game:

Variants		Image
Classic Baseball Bat	Premium Baseball Bat
Composite Baseball Bat	Ferocious Baseball Bat Green Reaper Harran Strikers Bat Loco Remarkable Composite Baseball Bat Wicked Baseball Bat
Cricket Bat	Bonebreaker Cricket Bat Deadly Baseball Bat Dragon Cricket Bat Harran Gentlemen's Club Skullcracker Cricket Bat Superior Cricket Bat

The Following adds two new Bats:

Variants
Classic Baseball Bat	Fabulous Baseball Bat Legendary Baseball Bat (×2)

Blueprints

Bats are modifiable with the following 18 blueprints:

Blueprint	Requirements	Effects
All-Purpose Toxic Striker	Metal Parts (1) Herb (4) Toxic Lichen (4)	Toxic — Small
Ben Franklin's Key	Metal Parts (1) Plastic (1) Batteries (1)	Electricity — Small
Bolter Poison	Herbs (4) Underwater Algae (4) Bolter Tissue (1)	Toxic — Strong
Fastball Special	Metal Parts (1) Household Supplies (1) Chemicals (1)	Impact — Small
Fire Launcher	Metal Parts (2) Duct Tape (1) Household Supplies (2) Chemicals (2) Aerosol (2) Electronics (1)	Impact — Small Burning — Medium
Glowing Stick	Metal Parts (1) Duct Tape (1) Aerosol (2) Batteries (2) Power Cable (1) Electronics (1)	Burning — Small Electricity — Small
Helluva Homerun (The Following)	Metal Parts (1) String (1) Household Supplies (1) Aerosol (2) Gauze (2)	Burning — Strong
Home Run	Metal Parts (1) Duct Tape (1) Nails (1) Chemicals (2) Power Cable (1)	Impact — Medium
Industrial-Grade Leech	Metal Parts (1) Nails (1) Blade (1)	Bleeding — Small
Portable Charger (The Following)	Metal Parts (1) Plastic (2) Chemicals (1) Power Cable (1)	Electricity — Medium Impact — Small
Nailer (The Following)	String (1) Herb (4) Nails (1) Blade (2) Gauze (1)	Bleeding — Strong
Spiked Collar	String (1) Herb (4) Nails (1) Blade (2) Gauze (1)	Bleeding — Medium
Standard Issue Hellfire	Metal Parts (1) Gauze (1) Aerosol (1)	Burning — Small
Stiff Stick (The Following)	Metal Parts (1) String (1) Fluorescent Shrooms (3)	Freezing — Small
Surprise MFs!!!	Metal Parts (2) String (2) Alcohol (1) Toxic Lichen (4) Batteries (2) Electronics (1)	Electricity — Small Toxic — Small
Thorn Crown	Metal Parts (1) String (1) Nails (2) Blade (1) Batteries (2) Electronics (1)	Bleeding — Small Electricity — Small
Tru-Action Electric Baseball	Metal Parts (1) Nails (2) Plastic (1) Batteries (2) Power Cable (1)	Electricity — Medium
Zazhigalka	Metal Parts (1) String (1) Nails (1) Aerosol (2) Gauze (1)	Burning — Medium

Trivia

In real life, Bats (in both Baseball and Cricket) are equipment used by batsmen/batters to hit the ball thrown by the pitcher in Baseball or the bowler in Cricket.
The Cricket Bat is a possible reference to the Shaun of the Dead (2004) film, where one of the main character's weapon is a Cricket bat.

Many of the bats in the game contain different unique labels and text on them. Below are the following,
- Classic Baseball Bat — A B logo on the bat, along with text saying "Power Play" and underneath it, "Made in China".
- Composite Baseball Bat — text saying "Ripper".
- Cricket Bat — 20/20 number.
- Remarkable Composite Baseball Bat — text saying "War Chief" and having an image of a war chief.
- Ferocious Baseball Bat — ?
- Green Reaper — two texts saying "Reaper".
- Harran Strikers Bat and Harran Gentlemen's Club — S logo.
- Loco — Money dollar signs along with the text "Rich".
- Wicked Baseball Bat and Deadly Baseball Bat — "Fight" text.
- Premium Baseball Bat — 13 number along with a checkered design.
- Superior Cricket Bat — text saying "War Chief" with images of barbed wire and a war chief.
- Bonebreaker Cricket Bat — Image of a skull with a helmet and crossed bones.
- Dragon Cricket Bat — Image of a Chinese dragon.
- Skullcracker Cricket Bat — ?