Bowling Pin is a sports weapon item in Project Zomboid. As a weapon it hits for 0.3–0.5 damage with 0.9 reach and a maximum condition of 10. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Sports Weapon Melee weapons
As a weapon it hits for 0.3–0.5 damage with 0.9 reach and a maximum condition of 10. It weighs 1.
Melee weapons use one of the weapon skills. Condition drops as you fight, a broken weapon is useless until repaired, and heavy two-handed weapons drain endurance faster.
More: Melee weapon stats · Weapons and ammo.
Use the item ID in sandbox loot settings, admin tools and mods.
| Item ID | Game category |
|---|---|
Base.BowlingPin | Sports Weapon |
Bowling Pin is on 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowling Alley Pins | Bowling alley (crate) | 100% | 4 |
| Melee Weapons | Survivor safehouse (early) (box, cupboard, crate, …); Survivor cache 1 (cupboard); Survivor cache 2 (cupboard); and 1 more place | 0.38% | 4 |
| Melee Weapons Mid | Survivor safehouse (mid game) (box, cupboard, crate, …) | 0.35% | 4 |
| Melee Weapons Late | Survivor safehouse (late game) (box, cupboard, crate, …) | 0.27% | 4 |
Town by town: loot locations.
Used up as an ingredient in 1 recipe: Make Nail-Spiked Small Weapon.
Needed as a tool in 7 recipes (it is not used up): Fix With Adhesive Tape, Fix With Duct Tape, Fix With Epoxy, Fix With Epoxy And Rags, Fix With Glue, Fix With Wood Glue, Fix With Zipties.
It weighs 1 in Build 42.
Base.BowlingPin.
0.3–0.5 per hit, with 0.9 reach.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.