Carving I: "Beginners Carving" is a skill book item in Project Zomboid. It trains Carving for levels 1–2 and has 220 pages. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Skill Book Books & media
It trains Carving 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.BookCarving1 | Skill Book |
Carving I: "Beginners Carving" is on 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bookstore Crafts | Bookstore (shelves) | 10% | 4 |
| Anthropology Books | Anthropology classroom (shelves) | 8.3% | 4 |
| Anthropology Counter | Anthropology classroom (cupboard) | 4.5% | 4 |
| Anthropology Desk | Special spawn (vehicles, events or zombies) | 4.5% | 4 |
| University Desk Anthropology | Anthropology classroom (desk) | 4.5% | 4 |
| Bookstore Books | Bookstore (crate, box); Pawnshop (box, shelves) | 2.0% | 4 |
| Crate Books | Attic (box, crate); Bathroom (box, crate); Bedroom (box, crate); and 5 more places | 1.5% | 4 |
| Post Office Books | Post Office (box); Post storage (box) | 1.1% | 4 |
It is on 14 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.
Town by town: loot locations.
Used up as an ingredient in 1 recipe: Pack Set of Books in Box.
Made with:
Used in 1 recipe (as an ingredient or tool):
Where to find it (loot tables with the highest weight first):
It weighs 1 in Build 42.
Base.BookCarving1.
It trains Carving 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.