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Box of Tongue Depressors at a glance
First Aid Medical
It weighs 1.
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Box of Tongue Depressors
Box of Tongue Depressors 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.TongueDepressorBox | First Aid |
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Where it spawns: the loot tables
Box of Tongue Depressors is on 14 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 Clinic Tools | Clinic (cupboard); Dentist (cupboard, drawer); Kennels (cupboard, shelves); and 5 more places | 4.0% | 4 |
| Medical Clinic Drugs | Clinic (cupboard); Dentist (cupboard); Kennels (cupboard, shelves); and 6 more places | 2.9% | 4 |
| Medical Storage Drugs | Clinic (shelves); Dentist (shelves); Dentist storage (shelves); and 4 more places | 2.9% | 4 |
| Medical Storage Tools | Clinic (shelves); Dentist (shelves); Dentist storage (shelves); and 4 more places | 2.0% | 4 |
| Hospital Room Shelves | Hospital hallway (shelves); Hospital room (shelves) | 1.4% | 4 |
| Safehouse Medical | Survivor safehouse (early) (cupboard, cabinet) | 1.2% | 4 |
| Army Storage Medical | Army storage (shelves, military crate) | 1.1% | 4 |
| Safehouse Medical Mid | Survivor safehouse (late game) (cabinet); Survivor safehouse (mid game) (cupboard, cabinet) | 0.83% | 4 |
It is on 6 more tables with smaller shares.
Inside bags and cases: First Aid Kit.
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: Unpack 20 Tongue Depressors.
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Similar items
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Quick answers
How much does the Box of Tongue Depressors weigh in Project Zomboid?
It weighs 1 in Build 42.
What is the item ID for Box of Tongue Depressors?
Base.TongueDepressorBox.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.