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Box of Canned Corn

Box of Canned Corn is a food item in Project Zomboid. It weighs 4. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.

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Box of Canned Corn at a glance

Box of Canned Corn icon

Food Food & water

It weighs 4.

Weight4
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What it is and how to use it

Food in Build 42 has a hunger value, calories and a shelf life. Fresh food goes stale and then rotten, so eat perishables first and keep tins and dry goods for later. Cooking raises the value of many ingredients.

More: Cooking guide · Food list.

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Item ID and variants

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

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

Box of Canned Corn 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 tableWhere that table is usedShareRolls
Grocery Storage Crate 2Cafeteria kitchen (box, crate, shelves); Grocers (box, crate, shelves); Grocery (box, crate, shelves); and 1 more place0.20%4
Gigamart Canned FoodGeneral Store (box, crate, shelves); General store storage (box, crate); GigaMart (shelves); and 2 more placesunder 0.1%4
Crate Canned FoodGarage storage (box); House kitchen (box, crate); Kitchen (box, crate)under 0.1%4
Grocery Storage Crate 1Cafeteria kitchen (box, crate, shelves); Grocers (box, crate, shelves); Grocery (box, crate, shelves); and 1 more placeunder 0.1%4

Town by town: loot locations.

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Quick answers

How much does the Box of Canned Corn weigh in Project Zomboid?

It weighs 4 in Build 42.

What is the item ID for Box of Canned Corn?

Base.CannedCorn_Box.

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