Explosives Diagram at a glance

Recipe Resource Building & survival
It weighs 0.1.
Explosives Diagram is a recipe resource item in Project Zomboid. It weighs 0.1. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.

Recipe Resource Building & survival
It weighs 0.1.
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.
Use the item ID in sandbox loot settings, admin tools and mods.
| Item ID | Game category |
|---|---|
Base.ExplosiveSchematic | Recipe Resource |
Explosives Diagram is on 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safehouse Traps | Survivor safehouse (early) (box, crate, shelves); Survivor safehouse (late game) (box, crate, shelves); Survivor safehouse (mid game) (box, crate, shelves) | 6.6% | 4 |
| Safehouse Book Shelf | Survivor safehouse (early) (shelves); Survivor safehouse (late game) (shelves); Survivor safehouse (mid game) (shelves) | 3.2% | 4 |
| Drug Shack Misc | Drug shack (cupboard, crate, box) | 1.1% | 4 |
| Drug Shack Weapons | Drug lab (cupboard); Drug shack (crate, box) | 0.98% | 4 |
| Drug Lab Outfit | Drug lab (cupboard, cabinet) | 0.92% | 4 |
| Drug Shack Tools | Drug lab (cupboard); Drug shack (cupboard, crate, box) | 0.83% | 4 |
| Drug Lab Guns | Drug lab (crate, shelves) | 0.71% | 2 |
| Police Evidence | Evidence room (box, shelves); Police archive (shelves); Police gun storage (box, shelves); and 2 more places | 0.66% | 1 |
It is on 3 more tables with smaller shares.
On zombies: zombies in these outfits can carry it: Survivalist, Survivalist 02, Survivalist 02 Late, Survivalist 02 Mid, Survivalist 03, Survivalist 03 Late, Survivalist 03 Mid, Survivalist 04 and 7 more.
Inside bags and cases: Duffel Bag, Military Backpack.
Town by town: loot locations.
It weighs 0.1 in Build 42.
Base.ExplosiveSchematic.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.