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Box of Cotton Balls at a glance
First Aid Medical
It weighs 1.
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Box of Cotton Balls
Box of Cotton Balls is a first aid item in Project Zomboid. It weighs 1. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
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What it is and how to use it
Medical items treat wounds, pain and illness. The right order matters: clean a wound, treat it, then bandage it, and change dirty bandages.
More: Health and injuries.
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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.CottonBallsBox | First Aid |
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Where it spawns: the loot tables
Box of Cotton Balls is on 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medical Storage Drugs | Clinic (shelves); Dentist (shelves); Dentist storage (shelves); and 4 more places | 2.9% | 4 |
| Morgue Chemicals | Morgue (shelves) | 2.0% | 4 |
| Morgue Tools | Coroner's office (cupboard, cabinet, drawer); Morgue (cupboard) | 1.6% | 4 |
| Medical Clinic Drugs | Clinic (cupboard); Dentist (cupboard); Kennels (cupboard, shelves); and 6 more places | 1.4% | 4 |
| Hospital Room Shelves | Hospital hallway (shelves); Hospital room (shelves) | 1.4% | 4 |
| Safehouse Medical | Survivor safehouse (early) (cupboard, cabinet) | 1.2% | 4 |
| Medical Clinic Tools | Clinic (cupboard); Dentist (cupboard, drawer); Kennels (cupboard, shelves); and 5 more places | 1.0% | 4 |
| Safehouse Medical Mid | Survivor safehouse (late game) (cabinet); Survivor safehouse (mid game) (cupboard, cabinet) | 0.83% | 4 |
It is on 10 more tables with smaller shares.
On zombies: zombies in these outfits can carry it: Bandit Late, Bandit Mid, Bandit Early, Bandit, Private Militia.
Inside bags and cases: First Aid Kit, First Aid Kit - Camping, First Aid Kit - Military.
Town by town: loot locations.
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Recipes: how to make it and what it makes
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Quick answers
How much does the Box of Cotton Balls weigh in Project Zomboid?
It weighs 1 in Build 42.
What is the item ID for Box of Cotton Balls?
Base.CottonBallsBox.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.