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Awl - Bone

Awl - Bone is a tool item in Project Zomboid. It weighs 0.2. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.

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Awl - Bone at a glance

Awl - Bone icon

Tool Tools

It weighs 0.2.

Weight0.2
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What it is and how to use it

Tools unlock jobs: carpentry, mechanics, farming, fishing, cooking and more. Many recipes only need the tool to be in your inventory, not equipped.

More: Every tool · Crafting in Build 42.

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Item ID and variants

Use the item ID in sandbox loot settings, admin tools and mods.

Item IDGame category
Base.Awl_BoneTool
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Where it spawns: the loot tables

Awl - Bone is on 2 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 tableWhere that table is usedShareRolls
University Storage AnthropologyUniversity storage (shelves)4.7%4
Anthropology Display ToolsAnthropology classroom (display case)3.4%4

Town by town: loot locations.

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Recipes: how to make it and what it makes

How to make it

RecipeIngredients (used up)Tools (kept)Requirements
Carve Bone Awl
On any surface
Sharp Bone Fragmentany whetstone or any file; any saw or any crude saw or any small saw or 1 moreCarving 1. Read: Ancient Tailoring or reach Carving 3

What it is used for

Needed as a tool in 116 recipes (it is not used up): Assemble Articulated Metal Shin Armor, Assemble Articulated Metal Thigh Armor, Assemble Forearm Armor, Assemble Framepack, Assemble Full Metal Forearm Armor, Assemble Large Framepack, Assemble Metal Shoulder Armor, Assemble Metal Thigh Armor, Assemble Shin Armor, Assemble Shoulder Armor - Left, Assemble Shoulder Armor - Right, Assemble Simple Framepack, Forge Coat of Plates Body Armor, Forge Codpiece and 102 more.

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Quick answers

How much does the Awl - Bone weigh in Project Zomboid?

It weighs 0.2 in Build 42.

What is the item ID for Awl - Bone?

Base.Awl_Bone.

Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.