Chewing Tobacco

Chewing Tobacco is a junk item in Project Zomboid. It weighs 0.3. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.

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Chewing Tobacco at a glance

Junk Miscellaneous

It weighs 0.3.

Weight0.3

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What it is and how to use it

Mostly a flavour item. Check the crafting menu: some can be taken apart for materials, and some count as a keepsake or decoration.

More: Item database.

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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.TobaccoChewing`	Junk

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Where it spawns: the loot tables

Chewing Tobacco is on 27 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
Tobacco Store Chew	Tobacco storage (shelves); Tobacco store (shelves)	100%	4
Baseball Lockers	Special spawn (vehicles, events or zombies)	5.5%	4
Janitor Misc	Gas storage (cupboard); Janitor (cupboard, locker); School storage (cupboard); and 1 more place	4.1%	4
School Lockers Bad	Elementary hall (locker); Elementary school (locker); Secondary hall (locker)	2.0%	2
Safehouse Food Mid	Survivor safehouse (mid game) (cupboard)	1.6%	4
Locker Army Bedroom	Army tent (locker)	1.2%	4
Locker Army Bedroom Home	Special spawn (vehicles, events or zombies)	1.0%	4
Security Lockers	Security (locker)	0.62%	4

It is on 19 more tables with smaller shares.

On zombies: zombies in these outfits can carry it: Baseball Player KY, Baseball Player Rangers, Baseball Player Z, Redneck, Trucker, Farmer, Hunter, Fisherman and 33 more.

Inside bags and cases: ALICE Belt and Suspenders, Duffel Bag, Military Backpack, Toolbox and more.

Town by town: loot locations.

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