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Egg

Also known as Eggs.

Protein that spoils quickly. Stats, where to find it and how to use it below. Updated for Build 42.21, November 2026.

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Eggs at a glance

Eggs icon

Fresh Food & water

Protein that spoils quickly.

Hunger-7
Calories63
Fresh for14 days
Rots after21 days
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Where to find it

Fridges and farms.

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Eggs compared

How the Eggs stacks up against other fresh items and similar food & water in our database, sorted by hunger.

ItemHungerCaloriesFresh forRots after
Eggs-76314 days21 days
Corn-14885 days8 days
Cheese-1511314 days20 days
Grapes-15625 days8 days
Banana-161055 days7 days
Cabbage-241802 days4 days
Fish-252052 days4 days
Bread-305323 days6 days
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Where to look, town by town

The Eggs turns up in fridges and farms. These named places from our town guides fit that description; loot is random, so none is guaranteed.

PlaceTownCoordinates
Spiffo’sMuldraugh10612,9644
GigaMartWest Point12023,6858
GigaMart Edge of the suburbsRiverside6136,5368
Farming storeRosewood9076,12190
Grand Ohio MallLouisville13577,1332
Crossroads MallValley Station13936,5832
Nourish Food Mart SupermarketMarch Ridge10142,12786
Farming storeFallas Lake7248,8336

Every town and store type: loot locations and the map.

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In our guides

Where the Eggs comes up in our guides, with the line that mentions it:

  • Farming & food: “Long term: animals for eggs, milk and meat, a drying rack and preserved food for winter.”
  • Animals: “Nest boxes collect eggs and a hutch protects chickens at night.”
  • The Project Zomboid beginner's guide: “Fresh meat, milk, eggs and vegetables rot in days, faster with no power.”
  • Build 42: everything new: “Sheep, chickens, pigs and cows, with meat, leather, eggs, manure and milk.”
  • Cooking & nutrition: “Eating rotten food carries a high chance of sickness; raw steak, fish and eggs can too.”
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Where it spawns: the loot tables

Egg 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 tableWhere that table is usedShareRolls
Store Kitchen SauceCafeteria kitchen (cupboard); Diner kitchen (cupboard); Dinner kitchen (cupboard); and 2 more places5.4%4
Restaurant Kitchen FridgeRestaurant (fridge); Restaurant kitchen fancy (fridge)4.3%4

Inside bags and cases: Garbage Bag.

Town by town: loot locations.

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Quick answers

Where do you find the Eggs in Project Zomboid?

Fridges and farms.

What is the Eggs used for?

Protein that spoils quickly. Cook them soon after finding them.

Item data from the ProjectZom item database, with stats from the Build 42 game data as published by pzfans.com and pindrop.gg. Item art is from Project Zomboid.