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Box of Water Ration Cans at a glance
Food Food & water
It weighs 4.
Weight4
Box of Water Ration Cans
Box of Water Ration Cans is a food item in Project Zomboid. It weighs 4. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
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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 ID | Game category |
|---|---|
Base.WaterRationCan_Box | Food |
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Where it spawns: the loot tables
Box of Water Ration Cans is on 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Army Surplus Water | Army Surplus Store (shelves) | 100% | 4 |
| Fridge Garage | Garage storage (fridge) | 1.0% | 2 |
| Army Bunker Lockers | Old army (locker) | 0.36% | 4 |
| Army Bunker Storage | Old army (shelves) | 0.19% | 4 |
| Army Bunker Kitchen | Old army (cupboard) | 0.14% | 4 |
| Crate Canned Food | Garage storage (box); House kitchen (box, crate); Kitchen (box, crate) | under 0.1% | 4 |
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: Open Box of Canned Food.
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Crafting and loot tables
Made with:
Used in 1 recipe (as an ingredient or tool):
Where to find it (loot tables with the highest weight first):
- Army Surplus Water (weight 20)
- Army Surplus Water (weight 20)
- Army Surplus Water (weight 10)
- Army Surplus Water (weight 10)
- Fridge Garage (weight 1)
- Army Bunker Storage (weight 0.1)
- Army Bunker Lockers (weight 0.1)
- Crate Canned Food (weight 0.1)
- Army Bunker Kitchen (weight 0.05)
Counts as: any hasmetal, any ignorezombiedensity.
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Similar items
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Quick answers
How much does the Box of Water Ration Cans weigh in Project Zomboid?
It weighs 4 in Build 42.
What is the item ID for Box of Water Ration Cans?
Base.WaterRationCan_Box.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.