Items that count as magazine

In Project Zomboid Build 42, 141 items carry the base:magazine tag. Recipes and actions that ask for "any magazine" accept any of them, so you can use whichever one you have.

01Part

Items with this tag

Item	Category	Weight
Catalog	Literature	0.5
HottieZ	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine	Literature	0.5
Magazine: Alpine Explorers	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: American Bladecraft	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: American Homesteading	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Ancient Tailoring	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Angler USA - June 1993	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Angler USA - May 1993	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Armor in the Iron Age	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Bloody Japanese Wrestling Deathmatch!	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Blooms and Blossoms	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Blunt Forge	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Bottle Making at Home	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Carlow Crystal Guide	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Cowboy Living	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Cropping for Cash	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Crossword	Literature	0.5
Magazine: Cultures of Prehistory	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Delicious Meals - June 1993	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Early Indigenous Armor - An In-Depth Study	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: European Armor in the Late Medieval Era	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Everyday Smithing - April 1993	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Everyday Smithing - June 1993	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Everyday Smithing - May 1993	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: FBI Incident Report: San Fernando Bank Robbery	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Fun in the Woods!	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Get Stuffed	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Good Cooking - June 1993	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Good Cooking - May 1993	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Grandma's Kitchen	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Growing Your Own	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Herbal Remedy Growing	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Home Security Monthly	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Homespun	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: How to Use Generators	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Iron Age Blacksmithing	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Italian Delights	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Kentucky Farmer - June 1993	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Kentucky Farmer - May 1993	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Laines Commercial Auto Manual	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Laines Performance Auto Manual	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Laines Standard Auto Manual	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Leather Crafts	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Legalize It!	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Like Clockwork	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Medieval Armory - June 1993	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Medieval Armory - May 1993	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Medieval Blacksmithing	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Medieval Peasant Clothing	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Modern Blacksmithing at Home	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Murano Glass Manual	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: No Man's Land	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Outdoor Gear, Done Right	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Outfit Apocalypse	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Pioneering Carvers	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Punk Fashion - From Trash to Thrash	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Real Gladiators	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Real Spy Secrets - June 1993	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Real Spy Secrets - May 1993	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Revolting Peasants	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Secrets of the Outback Outlaws	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Small Game Hunting	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Small-Scale Smithing	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Sparky's Lighting Guide	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Strange Histories - Siberian Bear Hunting	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: TV Monthly	Literature	0.3
Magazine: TV Monthly	Literature	0.4
Magazine: The Cheapskate's John Spiral - Chemical Warfare	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: The Cheapskate's John Spiral - Escaping Captivity	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: The Cheapskate's John Spiral - Forging New Identities	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: The Cheapskate's John Spiral - Homemade Explosives	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: The Cheapskate's John Spiral - Prison Defense	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: The Cheapskate's John Spiral - Street Violence	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: The Farmers Guide	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: The First Weapons	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: The Hunter	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: The Louisville Bruiser	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Thyme Time	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Tool Use of Early Man	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Welder Monthly - April 1993	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Welder Monthly - June 1993	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Welder Monthly - March 1993	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Welder Monthly - May 1993	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Wilderness Survival	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Wildlife Preserve	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Woolly Yarns - June 1993	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Woolly Yarns - May 1993	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Wordsearch	Literature	0.5
Magazine: World Cooking	Recipe Resource	0.5
Magazine: Zapper!	Recipe Resource	0.5
Notebook	Literature	0.5

02Part

Recipes that use it

Recipes that accept any item with this tag:

03Part

Quick answers

Which items count as magazine in Project Zomboid?

141 items: Catalog, HottieZ, Magazine, Magazine, Magazine, Magazine, Magazine, Magazine, Magazine, Magazine, Magazine, Magazine and more.

What is the magazine tag used for?

It is used by 2 crafting recipes, including Make Magazine Body Armor, Make Magazine Limb Armor.

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.