Bottle Opener

Bottle Opener is a cooking item in Project Zomboid. It weighs 0.2. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.

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Bottle Opener at a glance

Cooking 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 ID	Game category
`Base.BottleOpener`	Cooking

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Where it spawns: the loot tables

Bottle Opener is on 11 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
Gift Store Fancy	Gift storage (box, crate, shelves); Gift Store (box, crate, shelves); Toy Store (box, cupboard, shelves); and 1 more place	3.7%	4
Beer Garden Counter	Arena kitchen (cupboard); Beer Garden (cupboard)	1.9%	4
Kitchen Random	Survivor cache (big building) (cupboard); House kitchen (cupboard); Kitchen (cupboard); and 1 more place	1.1%	2
Office Desk Home	Bedroom (desk)	0.63%	4
Food Gourmet	Any building (cabinet)	0.48%	4
Locker Classy	Special spawn (vehicles, events or zombies)	0.41%	4
Office Desk Home Classy	Bedroom (desk)	0.41%	4
Random Filler	Lobby (cupboard); Plaza store (box)	0.40%	4

It is on 3 more tables with smaller shares.

Inside bags and cases: Fishing Satchel, Tacklebox, Toolbox, 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

Needed as a tool in 1 recipe (it is not used up): Open Bottle of Beer.

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Quick answers

How much does the Bottle Opener weigh in Project Zomboid?

It weighs 0.2 in Build 42.

What is the item ID for Bottle Opener?

Base.BottleOpener.