Brake - Performance is a vehicle maintenance item in Project Zomboid. It weighs 3. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Vehicle Maintenance Tools
It weighs 3.
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.
Use the item ID in sandbox loot settings, admin tools and mods.
| Item ID | Game category |
|---|---|
Base.ModernBrake1 | Vehicle Maintenance |
Base.ModernBrake2 | Vehicle Maintenance |
Base.ModernBrake3 | Vehicle Maintenance |
3 versions share the name Brake - Performance, usually different colours, sizes or states.
Brake - Performance is on 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Car Brakes Modern 1 | Car supply (crate); Garage (box, crate); Mechanic (box, crate) | 100% | 4 |
| Car Brakes Modern 2 | Car supply (crate); Garage (box, crate); Mechanic (box, crate) | 100% | 4 |
| Car Brakes Modern 3 | Car supply (crate); Garage (box, crate); Mechanic (box, crate) | 100% | 4 |
| Mechanic Shelf Brakes | Garage (shelves); Mechanic (shelves) | 7.0% | 4 |
| Mechanic Special | Attic (box, crate); Car supply (crate); Closet (box); and 5 more places | 0.76% | 4 |
Town by town: loot locations.
Used up as an ingredient in 4 recipes: Make Brake Disc Weapon, Make Scrap Metal Weapon, Smelt Large Steel Item, Smelt Steel From Large Steel Item.
It weighs 3 in Build 42.
Base.ModernBrake1, Base.ModernBrake2, Base.ModernBrake3 (variants share the name).
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.