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Door Hinge at a glance
Material Building & survival
It weighs 0.5.
Weight0.5
Door Hinge
Door Hinge is a material item in Project Zomboid. It weighs 0.5. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
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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.Hinge | Material |
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Where it spawns: the loot tables
Door Hinge is on 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mannequin Factory Tools | Mannequin factory (cupboard, crate, shelves) | 3.7% | 4 |
| Cabinet Factory Tools | Cabinet Factory (crate, shelves, tool cabinet); Cabinet shipping (shelves) | 3.7% | 4 |
| Tool Store Carpentry | Tool storage (box, shelves); Tool Store (box, crate, shelves); Tool store storage (box, shelves) | 2.0% | 4 |
| Garage Carpentry | Garage storage (cupboard, shelves); Shed (cupboard, shelves) | 1.7% | 4 |
| Crate Carpentry | Bat Factory (shelves); Closet (box, crate); Logging warehouse (box); and 6 more places | 1.4% | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forge Hinge Advanced forge | 2 × any charcoal; quarter bar stock | a ball-peen hammer; any metalworking pliers; any metalworking punch or any small punch | Blacksmithing 5. Read: Small-Scale Smithing or reach Blacksmithing 6 |
What it is used for
Used up as an ingredient in 20 recipes: Big Double Pole Gate, Big Double Wire Gate, Big Wire Fence Gate, Double Tall Wooden Gate, Metal Big Locker, Metal Big Locker, Metal Big Pole Fence Gate, Metal Counter, Metal Counter, Metal Counter Corner, Metal Counter Corner, Metal Door Lvl 1, Metal Door Lvl 2, Metal Pole Fence Gate and 6 more.
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Similar items
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Quick answers
How much does the Door Hinge weigh in Project Zomboid?
It weighs 0.5 in Build 42.
What is the item ID for Door Hinge?
Base.Hinge.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.