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Items that count as softcover

In Project Zomboid Build 42, 55 items carry the base:softcover tag. Recipes and actions that ask for "any softcover" accept any of them, so you can use whichever one you have.

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Items with this tag

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PaperbackLiterature0.5
PaperbackLiterature0.5
PaperbackLiterature0.5
PaperbackLiterature0.5
PaperbackLiterature0.5
PaperbackLiterature0.5
PaperbackLiterature0.5
PaperbackLiterature0.5
PaperbackLiterature0.5
PaperbackLiterature0.5
PaperbackLiterature0.5
PaperbackLiterature0.5
PaperbackLiterature0.5
PaperbackLiterature0.5
PaperbackLiterature0.5
PaperbackLiterature0.5
PaperbackLiterature0.5
PaperbackLiterature0.5
PaperbackLiterature0.5
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PaperbackLiterature0.5
PaperbackLiterature0.5
PaperbackLiterature0.5
PaperbackLiterature0.5
PaperbackLiterature0.5
PaperbackLiterature0.5
PaperbackLiterature0.5
PaperbackLiterature0.5
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PaperbackLiterature0.5
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PaperbackLiterature0.5
PaperbackLiterature0.5
PaperbackLiterature0.5
PaperbackLiterature0.5
PaperbackLiterature0.5
PaperbackLiterature0.5
PaperbackLiterature0.5
PaperbackLiterature0.5
PaperbackLiterature0.5
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PaperbackLiterature0.5
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PaperbackLiterature0.5
PaperbackLiterature0.5
PaperbackLiterature0.5
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Quick answers

Which items count as softcover in Project Zomboid?

55 items: Paperback, Paperback, Paperback, Paperback, Paperback, Paperback, Paperback, Paperback, Paperback, Paperback, Paperback, Paperback 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.