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Carrots

Also known as Carrot.

A farmable vegetable. Stats, where to find it and how to use it below. Updated for Build 42.21, November 2026.

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Carrot at a glance

Carrot icon

Vegetable Food & water

A farmable vegetable.

Hunger-8
Thirst-4
Calories25
Fresh for6 days
Rots after8 days
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Where to find it

Kitchens and gardens.

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Carrot compared

How the Carrot stacks up against other vegetable items and similar food & water in our database, sorted by hunger.

ItemHungerCaloriesFresh forRots after
Carrot-8256 days8 days
Berries-10236 days10 days
Bacon-121603 days5 days
Apple-16955 days8 days
Banana-161055 days7 days
Potato-187028 days280 days
Beef Jerky-20410NeverNever
Baguette-235323 days6 days
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Where to look, town by town

The Carrot turns up in kitchens and gardens. These named places from our town guides fit that description; loot is random, so none is guaranteed.

PlaceTownCoordinates
Spiffo’sMuldraugh10612,9644
GigaMartWest Point12023,6858
GigaMart Edge of the suburbsRiverside6136,5368
Farming storeRosewood9076,12190
Grand Ohio MallLouisville13577,1332
Crossroads MallValley Station13936,5832
Nourish Food Mart SupermarketMarch Ridge10142,12786
Farming storeFallas Lake7248,8336

Every town and store type: loot locations and the map.

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In our guides

Where the Carrot comes up in our guides, with the line that mentions it:

  • Every crop: “Garlic, leeks, lettuce, kale, spinach, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, radishes, turnips, sugar beet, rosemary, lemongrass and tobacco can all still go in.”
  • Farming & food: “Carrots, then lettuce, bell pepper or cabbage.”
  • Build 42: everything new: “Carrots are best for rabbits, cheese for mice.”
  • Project Zomboid FAQ: “Garlic, leeks, lettuce, kale, spinach, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, radishes, turnips and sugar beet among others.”
  • Trapping: “Three crate traps in a forest edge, baited with carrots from your garden, is the cheapest meat plan in the game.”
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Where it spawns: the loot tables

Carrots is on 11 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 tableWhere that table is usedShareRolls
Grocery Stand Vegetables 1GigaMart (grocer display); Grocers (grocer display); Grocery (grocer display); and 1 more place20%4
Chinese Kitchen FridgeChinese kitchen (fridge)7.4%4
Produce Storage Loose VegSpecial spawn (vehicles, events or zombies)6.7%4
Produce Storage Rotten VegProduce Warehouse (crate)6.7%4
Bakery Kitchen FridgeBakery (fridge); Bakery kitchen (fridge); Donut kitchen (fridge); and 1 more place2.2%4
Restaurant Kitchen FridgeRestaurant (fridge); Restaurant kitchen fancy (fridge)2.1%4
Sushi Kitchen FridgeSushi kitchen (fridge)2.1%4
Fridge RichAny building (fridge); Living room (fridge)1.1%3

It is on 3 more tables with smaller shares.

Inside bags and cases: Plastic Bag, Garbage Bag.

Town by town: loot locations.

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Quick answers

Where do you find the Carrot in Project Zomboid?

Kitchens and gardens.

What is the Carrot used for?

A farmable vegetable. Good in soups and stews.

Item data from the ProjectZom item database, with stats from the Build 42 game data as published by pzfans.com and pindrop.gg. Item art is from Project Zomboid.