Cardboard Box is a piece of furniture in Project Zomboid. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Furniture Furniture
There is no recipe for it in the game files, so you find it in the world.
Cardboard Box is a movable object. In furniture mode you can pick it up, carry it and place it somewhere else, as long as your skills and tools allow it for that piece.
More: Base building · Carpentry · Recipe database.
It weighs 2.0 when you carry it.
| Weight when carried | 2.0 |
| Size | 1 tile |
See base building for how furniture mode works.
Use the item ID in admin tools and mods.
| Item ID | Type | World sprite |
|---|---|---|
Base.Mov_CardboardBox | Furniture | trashcontainers_01_24 |
Cardboard Box is on 1 loot table 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Post Office Boxes | Post Office (cupboard, box); Post storage (cupboard, box) | 79% | 4 |
Town by town: loot locations.
Where to find it (loot tables with the highest weight first):
No recipe for it exists in the Build 42 game files. You find it in the world and move it.
Base.Mov_CardboardBox.
Names, IDs and recipes from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid. Furniture and tile details from PZwiki (CC BY-SA).