Butchering I: "Butchering Basics" is a skill book item in Project Zomboid. It trains Butchering for levels 1–2 and has 220 pages. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Skill Book Books & media
It trains Butchering for levels 1–2 and has 220 pages. It weighs 1.
Skill books multiply the experience you earn in one skill for a band of levels, so read the volume that matches your level before training. Other literature eases boredom and unhappiness, and magazines and schematics teach recipes.
More: Skill books and reading · Every skill.
Use the item ID in sandbox loot settings, admin tools and mods.
| Item ID | Game category |
|---|---|
Base.BookButchering1 | Skill Book |
Butchering I: "Butchering Basics" is on 38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butcher Literature | Butcher (shelves); Butchery (shelves); Knox butcher (shelves) | 11% | 4 |
| Bookstore Cooking | Bookstore (shelves) | 9.8% | 4 |
| Jerky Factory Tools | Jerky factory (shelves) | 4.8% | 4 |
| Farmer Outfit | Farmer (drawer, cabinet) | 3.8% | 3 |
| Gigamart Farming | General Store (shelves); General store storage (shelves); GigaMart (shelves) | 2.6% | 4 |
| Library Books | Library (shelves) | 2.5% | 4 |
| Farmer Tools | Farmer (box, crate, shelves) | 2.3% | 3 |
| Bookstore Books | Bookstore (crate, box); Pawnshop (box, shelves) | 2.0% | 4 |
It is on 30 more tables with smaller shares.
On zombies: zombies in these outfits can carry it: Survivalist, Survivalist 02, Survivalist 02 Late, Survivalist 02 Mid, Survivalist 03, Survivalist 03 Late, Survivalist 03 Mid, Survivalist 04 and 7 more.
Inside bags and cases: Military Backpack, Garbage Bag.
Town by town: loot locations.
Used up as an ingredient in 1 recipe: Pack Set of Books in Box.
It weighs 1 in Build 42.
Base.BookButchering1.
It trains Butchering for levels 1–2.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.