Athletic Cup is a protective gear item in Project Zomboid. It gives 100 bite and 100 scratch defence where it covers you. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Protective Gear Clothing & armour
It gives 100 bite and 100 scratch defence where it covers you. Wearing it changes run speed to 0.97. It weighs 0.5.
Clothing only protects the body parts it covers. Bite and scratch defence stop wounds, insulation keeps you warm, and wind and water resistance matter in storms. Heavy or bulky pieces can slow your running.
Use the item ID in sandbox loot settings, admin tools and mods.
| Item ID | Game category |
|---|---|
Base.AthleticCup | Protective Gear |
Athletic Cup is on 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport Store Ice Hockey | Sporting Good Store (shelves) | 7.9% | 4 |
| Sport Store Padding | Sporting Good Store (shelves) | 5.4% | 4 |
| Safehouse Armor | Survivor safehouse (early) (box, crate, drawer, …) | 2.8% | 2 |
| Baseball Lockers | Special spawn (vehicles, events or zombies) | 2.8% | 4 |
| Sport Store Football | Sporting Good Store (shelves) | 2.6% | 4 |
| Jockey Lockers | Jockey changing room (locker) | 2.1% | 4 |
| Safehouse Armor Mid | Survivor safehouse (mid game) (box, crate, drawer, …) | 2.0% | 2 |
| Sport Store Baseball | Sporting Good Store (shelves) | 2.0% | 4 |
It is on 6 more tables with smaller shares.
Inside bags and cases: Duffel Bag.
Town by town: loot locations.
Where to find it (loot tables with the highest weight first):
Counts as: any ignorezombiedensity.
It weighs 0.5 in Build 42.
Base.AthleticCup.
Bite defence 100 and scratch defence 100.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.