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Cotton Balls at a glance
First Aid Medical
It weighs 0.1.
Weight0.1
Cotton Balls
Cotton Balls is a first aid item in Project Zomboid. It weighs 0.1. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
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What it is and how to use it
Medical items treat wounds, pain and illness. The right order matters: clean a wound, treat it, then bandage it, and change dirty bandages.
More: Health and injuries.
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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.CottonBalls | First Aid |
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Where it spawns: the loot tables
Cotton Balls is on 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medical Cabinet | Police SWAT room (cabinet); Security (cabinet); Waiting room (cabinet) | 14% | 4 |
| Army Bunker Medical | Old medical (shelves) | 13% | 4 |
| Medical Clinic Drugs | Clinic (cupboard); Dentist (cupboard); Kennels (cupboard, shelves); and 6 more places | 7.2% | 4 |
| Morgue Chemicals | Morgue (shelves) | 5.0% | 4 |
| Testing Lab | Laboratory (box, cupboard, desk, …) | 4.7% | 4 |
| Medical Office Counter | Hospital hallway (cupboard); Office (cupboard) | 4.0% | 4 |
| Morgue Tools | Coroner's office (cupboard, cabinet, drawer); Morgue (cupboard) | 3.9% | 4 |
| Bin Hospital | Clinic (garbage); Hospital hallway (garbage); Hospital room (garbage); and 3 more places | 3.6% | 4 |
It is on 9 more tables with smaller shares.
Inside bags and cases: First Aid Kit - Military, First Aid Kit, Trauma Bag, Medical Satchel, First Aid Kit - Camping and more.
Town by town: loot locations.
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Recipes: how to make it and what it makes
What it is used for
Used up as an ingredient in 5 recipes: Douse Cotton in Alcohol, Make Stag Head Trophy, Pack Items in Box, Sew Bear, Sew Pillow.
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Crafting and loot tables
Made with:
Used in 5 recipes (as an ingredient or tool):
Where to find it (loot tables with the highest weight first):
- Spa Cabinet (weight 50)
- Spa Counter (weight 20)
- Spa Cabinet (weight 20)
- Safehouse Medical (weight 20)
- Medical Storage Drugs (weight 10)
- School Lab (weight 10)
- Medical Cabinet (weight 10)
- Medical Clinic Drugs (weight 10)
- Testing Lab (weight 10)
- Science Misc (weight 10)
- Safehouse Medical Mid (weight 10)
- Hospital Room Shelves (weight 10)
- Morgue Tools (weight 10)
- Morgue Chemicals (weight 10)
- Bin Hospital (weight 8)
Counts as: any isfirefuel, any isfiretinder.
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Similar items
Box of Tongue DepressorsFirst AidCaffeine PillsFirst AidCeramic Mortar and PestleFirst AidCold PackFirst AidComfrey (Dried)First AidCommon Mallow (Dried)First AidCotton Balls Doused in AlcoholFirst AidForcepsFirst AidMedical ShearsFirst AidPlantain (Dried)First AidRag (Sterilized)First AidSleeping PillsFirst Aid
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Quick answers
How much does the Cotton Balls weigh in Project Zomboid?
It weighs 0.1 in Build 42.
What is the item ID for Cotton Balls?
Base.CottonBalls.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.