Items that count as lightwhenattached

In Project Zomboid Build 42, 21 items carry the base:lightwhenattached tag. Recipes and actions that ask for "any lightwhenattached" accept any of them, so you can use whichever one you have.

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Items with this tag

Item	Category	Weight
Canteen	Water Container	0.2
Canteen	Water Container	0.2
Canteen	Water Container	0.2
Canteen	Water Container	0.2
Cheap Sleeping Bag (Packed)	Camping	3
Cheap Sleeping Bag (Packed)	Camping	3
Cheap Sleeping Bag (Packed)	Camping	3
Hide Sleeping Bag (Packed)	Camping	4
High Quality Sleeping Bag (Packed)	Camping	3
Improvised Tent Kit (Packed)	Camping	4
Sleeping Bag (Packed)	Camping	3
Sleeping Bag (Packed)	Camping	3
Sleeping Bag (Packed)	Camping	3
Sleeping Bag (Packed)	Camping	3
Sleeping Bag (Packed)	Camping	3
Spiffo Sleeping Bag (Packed)	Camping	3
Tent (Packed)	Camping	5
Tent (Packed)	Camping	5
Tent (Packed)	Camping	5
Tent (Packed)	Camping	5
Tent Kit (Packed)	Camping	3

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Quick answers

Which items count as lightwhenattached in Project Zomboid?

21 items: Canteen, Canteen, Canteen, Canteen, Cheap Sleeping Bag (Packed), Cheap Sleeping Bag (Packed), Cheap Sleeping Bag (Packed), Hide Sleeping Bag (Packed), High Quality Sleeping Bag (Packed), Improvised Tent Kit (Packed), Sleeping Bag (Packed), Sleeping Bag (Packed) and more.

Figures on this page are read from the Build 42 game files (42.22, November 2026). Chances are relative weights inside each loot table, not exact drop rates. Your game is the final word: if it disagrees with us, tell us and we will fix the page.