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Bone Pieces at a glance
Animal Part Building & survival
It weighs 0.3.
Weight0.3
Bone Pieces
Bone Pieces is an animal part item in Project Zomboid. It weighs 0.3. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
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What it is and how to use it
Crafting materials feed the Build 42 crafting menus. Right-click the item or open the crafting window to see every recipe it goes into.
More: Crafting in Build 42 · Base building.
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Item ID and variants
Use the item ID in sandbox loot settings, admin tools and mods.
| Item ID | Game category |
|---|---|
Base.SmallAnimalBone | Animal Part |
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Where it spawns: the loot tables
Bone Pieces is on 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dog Food Factory Bones | Dog Food Factory (box) | 47% | 8 |
| Bin Jays | Jay's Chicken dining room (garbage); Jay's Chicken kitchen (garbage) | 6.2% | 4 |
| Bin Dumpster | Special spawn (vehicles, events or zombies) | 1.8% | 4 |
| Safehouse Fireplace Late | Survivor safehouse (late game) (fireplace) | 1.8% | 4 |
| Bin Generic | Special spawn (vehicles, events or zombies) | 1.2% | 4 |
Town by town: loot locations.
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Recipes: how to make it and what it makes
How to make it
| Recipe | Ingredients (used up) | Tools (kept) | Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smash Bone On any surface | Animal Bone or Large Animal Bone | any hammer or any sledgehammer or any club hammer or 1 more | Strength 4 |
| Smash Cow Skull On any surface | Bull Skull or Cow Skull | any hammer or any sledgehammer or any club hammer or 1 more | Strength 3 |
| Smash Herbivore Skull On any surface | Calf Skull or Sheep Skull or Ram Skull or 1 more | any hammer or any sledgehammer or any club hammer or 1 more | Strength 2 |
| Smash Jawbone On any surface | Jawbone | any hammer or any sledgehammer or any club hammer or 1 more | Strength 4 |
| Smash Pig Skull On any surface | Pig Skull | any hammer or any sledgehammer or any club hammer or 1 more | Strength 2 |
| Smash Small Herbivore Skull On any surface | Lamb Skull or Piglet Skull or Fawn Skull | any hammer or any sledgehammer or any club hammer or 1 more | Strength 1 |
1 more recipes also make it. See the recipe database.
What it is used for
Used up as an ingredient in 9 recipes: Carve Dice, Carve Large Bone Bead, Carve Whistle, Make Bone Armored Gloves, Make Bone Forearm Armor, Make Bone Mask, Make Bone Pectoral, Make Bone Shoulder Armor, Sharpen Bone.
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Similar items
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Quick answers
How much does the Bone Pieces weigh in Project Zomboid?
It weighs 0.3 in Build 42.
What is the item ID for Bone Pieces?
Base.SmallAnimalBone.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.