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Whiskey at a glance
Drink Food & water
Strong alcohol.
No published stats for this item yet.
Bottle of Whiskey
Also known as Whiskey.
Strong alcohol. Where to find it and how to use it below. Updated for Build 42.21, November 2026.
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Where to find it
Bars, stores and kitchens.
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How to use it
Also works as a disinfectant in a pinch.
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Where to look, town by town
The Whiskey turns up in bars, stores and kitchens. These named places from our town guides fit that description; loot is random, so none is guaranteed.
| Place | Town | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| Spiffo’s | Muldraugh | 10612,9644 |
| GigaMart | West Point | 12023,6858 |
| GigaMart Edge of the suburbs | Riverside | 6136,5368 |
| GigaMart North end | Rosewood | 8003,11255 |
| Grand Ohio Mall | Louisville | 13577,1332 |
| Crossroads Mall | Valley Station | 13936,5832 |
| Nourish Food Mart Supermarket | March Ridge | 10142,12786 |
| GigaMart Shopping plaza | Brandenburg | 1869,6362 |
Every town and store type: loot locations and the map.
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In our guides
Where the Whiskey comes up in our guides, with the line that mentions it:
- The Project Zomboid beginner's guide: “Sterilised dressing: a bandage or ripped sheet plus a little rubbing alcohol, vodka or whiskey.”
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Nutrition and shelf life
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Where it spawns: the loot tables
Bottle of Whiskey is on 41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liquor Store Whiskey | Liquor Store (shelves) | 100% | 4 |
| Whiskey Bottling Full | Distillery (box, shelves) | 100% | 4 |
| Police Captain Cabinet | Captain office (cabinet) | 13% | 4 |
| Dish Cabinet Generic | Any building (cabinet) | 10% | 4 |
| Crate Liquor | Liquor Store (box, crate) | 9.1% | 4 |
| Dish Cabinet Liquor | Any building (cabinet) | 7.8% | 4 |
| Bar Counter Liquor | Bar (cupboard); Twiggy's bar counter (cupboard); Dining (cupboard); and 2 more places | 3.9% | 4 |
| Kitchen Bottles | House kitchen (cupboard, shelves); Kitchen (cupboard, shelves); Living room (cupboard) | 3.1% | 2 |
It is on 33 more tables with smaller shares.
On zombies: zombies in these outfits can carry it: Punk, Varsity, Bandit Late, Raider, Bandit Mid, Redneck, Bandit Early, Teacher and 2 more.
Inside bags and cases: Parcel - Small, Gift - Small, Book, Garbage Bag.
Town by town: loot locations.
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Recipes: how to make it and what it makes
What it is used for
Used up as an ingredient in 3 recipes: Break Glass, Make Molotov Cocktail, Smash Bottle.
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Crafting and loot tables
Used in 3 recipes (as an ingredient or tool):
Where to find it (loot tables with the highest weight first):
- Whiskey Bottling Full (weight 50)
- Liquor Store Whiskey (weight 20)
- Liquor Store Whiskey (weight 20)
- Whiskey Bottling Full (weight 20)
- Whiskey Bottling Full (weight 20)
- Liquor Store Whiskey (weight 10)
- Liquor Store Whiskey (weight 10)
- Whiskey Bottling Full (weight 10)
- Whiskey Bottling Full (weight 10)
- Safehouse Booze (weight 10)
- Safehouse Medical Late (weight 10)
- Food Gourmet (weight 10)
- Crate Liquor (weight 10)
- Police Captain Cabinet (weight 8)
- Drug Shack Drugs (weight 8)
Counts as: any glass, any glassbottle, any cookable.
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Related items
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Quick answers
Where do you find the Whiskey in Project Zomboid?
Bars, stores and kitchens.
What is the Whiskey used for?
Strong alcohol. Also works as a disinfectant in a pinch.
Item data from the ProjectZom item database, with stats from the Build 42 game data as published by pzfans.com and pindrop.gg. Item art is from Project Zomboid.