Ammunition Box at a glance

Bag Bags & storage
Wearing it changes run speed to 0.99. It holds 6 with 50% weight reduction. It weighs 1.
Ammunition Box is a bag item in Project Zomboid. Wearing it changes run speed to 0.99. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.

Bag Bags & storage
Wearing it changes run speed to 0.99. It holds 6 with 50% weight reduction. It weighs 1.
Capacity is how much a container holds. Weight reduction is how much lighter the contents feel while you wear or carry it, so a bag with high weight reduction lets you carry more before you are overloaded.
More: Bags and backpacks.
Use the item ID in sandbox loot settings, admin tools and mods.
| Item ID | Game category |
|---|---|
Base.Bag_AmmoBox | Bag |
Base.Bag_AmmoBox_308 | Bag |
Base.Bag_AmmoBox_38 | Bag |
Base.Bag_AmmoBox_44 | Bag |
Base.Bag_AmmoBox_45 | Bag |
Base.Bag_AmmoBox_9mm | Bag |
Base.Bag_AmmoBox_Hunting | Bag |
Base.Bag_AmmoBox_Mixed | Bag |
Base.Bag_AmmoBox_ShotgunShells | Bag |
9 versions share the name Ammunition Box, usually different colours, sizes or states.
Ammunition Box is on 12 loot tables in the game files. Share is how much of a table's total weight this item takes, before your sandbox loot settings. Each container rolls its table several times, so a bigger share and more rolls both mean you see it more often.
| Loot table | Where that table is used | Share | Rolls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Army Surplus Ammo Boxes | Army Surplus Store (shelves, military crate) | 86% | 4 |
| Police Storage Ammunition | Special spawn (vehicles, events or zombies) | 9.4% | 4 |
| SWAT Storage Ammunition | Police SWAT room (shelves) | 7.1% | 4 |
| Army Storage Ammunition | Any building (locker); Army storage (shelves, military crate) | 4.7% | 4 |
| Army Storage Guns | Any building (locker); Army storage (shelves, military crate, locker) | 3.8% | 4 |
| Pawn Shop Guns Special | Pawn shop office (locker) | 3.2% | 4 |
| Firearm Weapons Mid | Survivor safehouse (mid game) (box, cupboard, crate, …) | 2.7% | 3 |
| Garage Firearms | Garage storage (locker) | 2.5% | 4 |
It is on 4 more tables with smaller shares.
Inside bags and cases: Bulky Ammo Container and more.
Town by town: loot locations.
Where to find it (loot tables with the highest weight first):
Counts as: any ammocase.
It weighs 1 in Build 42.
Base.Bag_AmmoBox, Base.Bag_AmmoBox_308, Base.Bag_AmmoBox_38, Base.Bag_AmmoBox_44 (variants share the name).
Capacity 6, weight reduction 50%.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.