Box of Jars

Box of Jars is a cooking item in Project Zomboid. It weighs 1.5. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.

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Box of Jars at a glance

Cooking Tools

It weighs 1.5.

Weight1.5

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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.BoxOfJars`	Cooking

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Where it spawns: the loot tables

Box of Jars is on 7 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
Crate Canning	Attic (box, crate); Bedroom (box, crate); Closet (box); and 3 more places	3.2%	4
Farmer Tools	Farmer (box, crate, shelves)	0.39%	3
Garden Store Misc	Garden Store (cupboard, shelves)	0.35%	4
Homesteading	Attic (box, crate); Closet (box); Garage storage (box); and 4 more places	0.15%	4
Kitchen Random	Survivor cache (big building) (cupboard); House kitchen (cupboard); Kitchen (cupboard); and 1 more place	under 0.1%	2
Other Generic	Any building (other)	under 0.1%	1
Random Filler	Lobby (cupboard); Plaza store (box)	under 0.1%	4

Town by town: loot locations.

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Recipes: how to make it and what it makes

How to make it

Recipe	Ingredients (used up)	Tools (kept)	Requirements
Pack 6 Jars in Box In hand	6 × any jar; 6 × Jar Lid	None	No skill needed

What it is used for

Used up as an ingredient in 1 recipe: Open Box of Jars.

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Quick answers

How much does the Box of Jars weigh in Project Zomboid?

It weighs 1.5 in Build 42.

What is the item ID for Box of Jars?

Base.BoxOfJars.