Buckle

Buckle is a material item in Project Zomboid. It weighs 0.1. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.

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Buckle at a glance

Material Building & survival

It weighs 0.1.

Weight0.1

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What it is and how to use it

Crafting materials feed the Build 42 crafting menus. Right-click the item or open the crafting window to see every recipe it goes into.

More: Crafting in Build 42 · Base building.

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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.Buckle`	Material

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Where it spawns: the loot tables

Buckle 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
Army Bunker Lockers	Old army (locker)	14%	4
Antiques	Survivor safehouse (early) (box, crate); Survivor safehouse (late game) (box, crate); Survivor safehouse (mid game) (box, crate); and 6 more places	2.3%	4
Junk Hoard	Attic (box, crate); Closet (box); Garage storage (box); and 4 more places	2.2%	4
Safehouse Armor Mid	Survivor safehouse (mid game) (box, crate, drawer, …)	2.0%	2
Safehouse Armor Late	Survivor safehouse (late game) (box, crate, drawer, …)	1.6%	3
Crate Tailoring	Attic (box, crate); Bedroom (box, crate); Closet (box, crate); and 5 more places	1.4%	4
Kitchen Random	Survivor cache (big building) (cupboard); House kitchen (cupboard); Kitchen (cupboard); and 1 more place	0.54%	2

Inside bags and cases: Sewing Kit.

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
Cut Up Belt In hand	any scrapasbelt	any scissors or any sharp knife	No skill needed
Forge Buckle Advanced forge	any charcoal; a metal piece	a ball-peen hammer; any metalworking pliers	Blacksmithing 4. Read: European Armor in the Late Medieval Era, Armor in the Iron Age and 1 more or reach Blacksmithing 6

What it is used for

Used up as an ingredient in 32 recipes: Assemble Articulated Metal Shin Armor, Assemble Articulated Metal Thigh Armor, Assemble Forearm Armor, Assemble Full Metal Forearm Armor, Assemble Metal Shoulder Armor, Assemble Metal Thigh Armor, Assemble Shin Armor, Assemble Shoulder Armor - Left, Assemble Shoulder Armor - Right, Forge Coat of Plates Body Armor, Forge Metal Body Armor, Make Scrap Metal Body Armor, Make Scrap Metal Forearm Armor, Make Scrap Metal Shin Armor and 18 more.

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Quick answers

How much does the Buckle weigh in Project Zomboid?

It weighs 0.1 in Build 42.

What is the item ID for Buckle?

Base.Buckle.