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Crate Trap

Crate Trap is a trapping item in Project Zomboid. It weighs 5. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.

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Crate Trap at a glance

Crate Trap icon

Trapping Tools

It weighs 5.

Weight5
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What it is and how to use it

Tools unlock jobs: carpentry, mechanics, farming, fishing, cooking and more. Many recipes only need the tool to be in your inventory, not equipped.

More: Every tool · Crafting in Build 42.

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Item ID and variants

Use the item ID in sandbox loot settings, admin tools and mods.

Item IDGame category
Base.TrapCrateTrapping
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Where it spawns: the loot tables

Crate Trap is on 3 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 tableWhere that table is usedShareRolls
Ranger Storage TrapsRanger storage (desk)9.4%4
Ranger ToolsSpecial spawn (vehicles, events or zombies)2.7%3
TrapperAttic (box, crate); Closet (box); Garage storage (box); and 2 more places2.2%4

Town by town: loot locations.

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Recipes: how to make it and what it makes

How to make it

RecipeIngredients (used up)Tools (kept)Requirements
Make Crate Trap
In hand
3 × Plank; 5 × Nailsany saw or any small saw or any crude saw; any hammerNo skill needed. Read: The Hunter or reach Trapping 4

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Quick answers

How much does the Crate Trap weigh in Project Zomboid?

It weighs 5 in Build 42.

What is the item ID for Crate Trap?

Base.TrapCrate.

Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.