Fire Bomb is an explosives item in Project Zomboid. As a weapon it hits for 0.0 damage with 10.0 reach and a maximum condition of 1. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Explosives Tools
As a weapon it hits for 0.0 damage with 10.0 reach and a maximum condition of 1. It weighs 1.5.
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.
Use the item ID in sandbox loot settings, admin tools and mods.
| Item ID | Game category |
|---|---|
Base.FlameTrap | Explosives |
Fire Bomb is on 1 loot table 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) | 3.3% | 4 |
Town by town: loot locations.
| Recipe | Ingredients (used up) | Tools (kept) | Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Make Fire Bomb In hand | Rag or Rag (Dirty); Water Bottle or Sports Bottle or Bottle of Hair Dye or 11 more; 1 L of petrol | None | No skill needed. Read: The Cheapskate's John Spiral - Homemade Explosives |
Used up as an ingredient in 5 recipes: Add Long-Range Motion Sensor to Bomb, Add Medium-Range Motion Sensor to Bomb, Add Remote Trigger to Bomb, Add Short-Range Motion Sensor to Bomb, Add Timer to Bomb.
It weighs 1.5 in Build 42.
Base.FlameTrap.
0.0 per hit, with 10.0 reach.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.