Copper Saucepan at a glance

Cooking Weapon Melee weapons
As a weapon it hits for 0.2–0.7 damage with 1.0 reach and a maximum condition of 5. It holds 0.6. It weighs 0.7.
Copper Saucepan is a cooking weapon item in Project Zomboid. As a weapon it hits for 0.2–0.7 damage with 1.0 reach and a maximum condition of 5. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.

Cooking Weapon Melee weapons
As a weapon it hits for 0.2–0.7 damage with 1.0 reach and a maximum condition of 5. It holds 0.6. It weighs 0.7.
Melee weapons use one of the weapon skills. Condition drops as you fight, a broken weapon is useless until repaired, and heavy two-handed weapons drain endurance faster.
More: Melee weapon stats · Weapons and ammo.
Use the item ID in sandbox loot settings, admin tools and mods.
| Item ID | Game category |
|---|---|
Base.SaucepanCopper | Cooking Weapon |
Copper Saucepan is on 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Store Kitchen Pots | Cafeteria kitchen (cupboard); Catfish kitchen (cupboard); Chinese kitchen (cupboard); and 18 more places | 2.0% | 4 |
| Diner Back Room Counter | Diner back room (cupboard) | 1.3% | 4 |
| Kitchen Pots | House kitchen (cupboard); Kitchen (cupboard); Living room (cupboard) | 1.1% | 4 |
| Gigamart Pots | Department storage (shelves); General Store (shelves); GigaMart (shelves); and 2 more places | 0.95% | 4 |
| Bakery Kitchen Trays | Bakery kitchen (cupboard) | 0.76% | 4 |
| Break Room Counter | Break room (cupboard); Detective office (cupboard); Nolan's office (cupboard); and 1 more place | under 0.1% | 4 |
Town by town: loot locations.
| Recipe | Ingredients (used up) | Tools (kept) | Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forge Saucepan Forge | any charcoal; Copper Sheet | a ball-peen hammer; any metalworking pliers or any tongs; any metalworking chisel | Blacksmithing 3. Read: Everyday Smithing - May 1993 or reach Blacksmithing 5 and Cooking 2 |
Used up as an ingredient in 3 recipes: Put Pasta in Saucepan, Put Rice in Saucepan, Scrap Large Copper Item.
It weighs 0.7 in Build 42.
Base.SaucepanCopper.
0.2–0.7 per hit, with 1.0 reach.
Capacity 0.6.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.