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Box of Garbage Bags at a glance
Container Bags & storage
It weighs 1.
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Box of Garbage Bags
Box of Garbage Bags is a container 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
Capacity is how much a container holds. Weight reduction is how much lighter the contents feel while you wear or carry it, so a bag with high weight reduction lets you carry more before you are overloaded.
More: Bags and backpacks.
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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.Garbagebag_box | Container |
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Where it spawns: the loot tables
Box of Garbage Bags is on 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gigamart Cleaning | Fossoil gas station (shelves); Gas-2-Go (shelves); Gas Station (shelves); and 6 more places | 13% | 4 |
| Ranger Storage Traps | Ranger storage (desk) | 6.3% | 4 |
| Janitor Cleaning | Bathroom (shelves); Gas storage (cupboard); Janitor (cupboard, shelves); and 2 more places | 4.6% | 4 |
| Janitor Tools | Bathroom (shelves); Gas storage (cupboard); Janitor (cupboard, locker, shelves); and 2 more places | 2.6% | 4 |
| Laundry Cleaning | Laundromat (second list) (box, cupboard, crate, …); Laundromat (box, cupboard, crate, …); Laundry (box, cupboard, crate, …) | 1.9% | 4 |
| Janitor Misc | Gas storage (cupboard); Janitor (cupboard, locker); School storage (cupboard); and 1 more place | 1.6% | 4 |
| Safehouse Medical Late | Survivor safehouse (late game) (cupboard) | 0.83% | 4 |
| Kitchen Random | Survivor cache (big building) (cupboard); House kitchen (cupboard); Kitchen (cupboard); and 1 more place | 0.54% | 2 |
It is on 5 more tables with smaller shares.
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 1 recipe: Take Garbage Bag.
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Similar items
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Quick answers
How much does the Box of Garbage Bags weigh in Project Zomboid?
It weighs 1 in Build 42.
What is the item ID for Box of Garbage Bags?
Base.Garbagebag_box.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.