Denim Strips

Denim Strips is a material item in Project Zomboid. It weighs 0.2. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.

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Denim Strips at a glance

Material Building & survival

It weighs 0.2.

Weight0.2

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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.DenimStrips`	Material

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Where it spawns: the loot tables

Denim Strips is on 2 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
Crate Tailoring	Attic (box, crate); Bedroom (box, crate); Closet (box, crate); and 5 more places	3.5%	4
Crate Random Junk	Any building (box); Bedroom (box, crate); Closet (box); and 2 more places	0.37%	1

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
Shorten Trousers On any surface	Jeans or Long Shorts - Denim	any scissors	No skill needed

What it is used for

Used up as an ingredient in 43 recipes: Assemble Crude Knife, Assemble Simple Framepack, Assemble Simple Tarp Framepack, Assemble Small Simple Framepack, Can-Reinforce Long Weapon, Can-Reinforce Short Weapon, Can-Reinforce Weapon, Carve Simple Wooden Tongs, Fix With Epoxy And Rags, Forge Scrap Metal Shortsword, Forge Scrap Metal Sword, Make Block Bludgeon, Make Bucket Maul, Make Crude Stone Axe and 29 more.

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Quick answers

How much does the Denim Strips weigh in Project Zomboid?

It weighs 0.2 in Build 42.

What is the item ID for Denim Strips?

Base.DenimStrips.