Cheese Cloth

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

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Cheese Cloth 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.CheeseCloth`	Material

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Where it spawns: the loot tables

Cheese Cloth is on 4 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
Homesteading	Attic (box, crate); Closet (box); Garage storage (box); and 4 more places	4.6%	4
Barn Tools	Barn (box, crate, shelves)	3.2%	4
Crate Farming	Barn (box, crate, shelves); Closet (box, crate); Farm storage (crate, shelves); and 5 more places	2.2%	4
Kitchen Random	Survivor cache (big building) (cupboard); House kitchen (cupboard); Kitchen (cupboard); and 1 more place	2.1%	2

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
Weave Cheesecloth	20 × Thread	None	No skill needed

What it is used for

Needed as a tool in 1 recipe (it is not used up): Press Oil.

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Quick answers

How much does the Cheese Cloth weigh in Project Zomboid?

It weighs 0.1 in Build 42.

What is the item ID for Cheese Cloth?

Base.CheeseCloth.