In Project Zomboid Build 42, 9 items carry the base:newspaperread tag. Recipes and actions that ask for "any newspaperread" accept any of them, so you can use whichever one you have.
| Item | Category | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Cooking Recipe Clipping | Recipe Resource | 0.1 |
| Cookware Forging Recipe | Recipe Resource | 0.1 |
| Explosives Diagram | Recipe Resource | 0.1 |
| Hand-drawn Armor Schematic | Recipe Resource | 0.1 |
| Melee Weapon Plan | Recipe Resource | 0.1 |
| Old Newspaper | Literature | 0.5 |
| Sewing Pattern | Recipe Resource | 0.3 |
| Survival Magazine Page | Recipe Resource | 0.1 |
| Tool Forging Plan | Recipe Resource | 0.1 |
9 items: Cooking Recipe Clipping, Cookware Forging Recipe, Explosives Diagram, Hand-drawn Armor Schematic, Melee Weapon Plan, Old Newspaper, Sewing Pattern, Survival Magazine Page, Tool Forging Plan.
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.