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Flood Lights

Flood Lights is a piece of furniture in Project Zomboid. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.

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Flood Lights at a glance

Flood Lights icon

Furniture Furniture

There is no recipe for it in the game files, so you find it in the world.

TypeFurniture
CategoryFurniture
Weight0.5
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What it is and how to use it

Flood Lights is a movable object. In furniture mode you can pick it up, carry it and place it somewhere else, as long as your skills and tools allow it for that piece.

More: Base building · Carpentry · Recipe database.

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Moving it, placing it and taking it apart

It weighs 15.0 when you carry it. You can pick it up with no tool.

Weight when carried15.0
Size1 tile
To pick it upNo tool needed

See base building for how furniture mode works.

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Item ID

Use the item ID in admin tools and mods.

Item IDTypeWorld sprite
Base.Mov_LightConstructionFurniturelighting_outdoor_01_49
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Where it spawns: the loot tables

Flood Lights 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 tableWhere that table is usedShareRolls
Tool Store MiscTool storage (box, shelves); Tool Store (box, cupboard, shelves); Tool store storage (box, shelves)1.4%4
Garage MetalworkGarage storage (cupboard, shelves); Shed (cupboard, shelves)under 0.1%4
Garage CarpentryGarage storage (cupboard, shelves); Shed (cupboard, shelves)under 0.1%4
Garage MechanicsRanger garage (shelves); Garage storage (cupboard, shelves)under 0.1%4
Garage ToolsGarage storage (cupboard, locker, shelves); Shed (shelves)under 0.1%4

Town by town: loot locations.

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Quick answers

Can you craft Flood Lights in Project Zomboid?

No recipe for it exists in the Build 42 game files. You find it in the world and move it.

What is the item ID for Flood Lights?

Base.Mov_LightConstruction.

Names, IDs and recipes from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid. Furniture and tile details from PZwiki (CC BY-SA).