Instant Popcorn is a food item in Project Zomboid. A whole one changes hunger by -10 and gives 120 calories. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Food Food & water
A whole one changes hunger by -10 and gives 120 calories. It changes thirst by 10. It weighs 0.3.
Food in Build 42 has a hunger value, calories and a shelf life. Fresh food goes stale and then rotten, so eat perishables first and keep tins and dry goods for later. Cooking raises the value of many ingredients.
More: Cooking guide · Food list.
Use the item ID in sandbox loot settings, admin tools and mods.
| Item ID | Game category |
|---|---|
Base.Popcorn | Food |
Instant Popcorn is on 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crate Popcorn | Arena kitchen (cupboard); Movie Theatre (box); Theatre kitchen (shelves); and 1 more place | 100% | 4 |
| Theatre Popcorn | Theatre kitchen (cupboard) | 100% | 4 |
| Gigamart Crisps | General Store (box, crate, shelves); GigaMart (shelves); Grocers (shelves); and 1 more place | 5.9% | 4 |
| Break Room Shelves | Break room (shelves) | 5.2% | 4 |
| Break Room Counter | Break room (cupboard); Detective office (cupboard); Nolan's office (cupboard); and 1 more place | 4.0% | 4 |
| Kitchen Dry Food | Survivor cache 1 (cupboard); Survivor cache 2 (cupboard); Survivor cache (big building) (cupboard); and 3 more places | 3.4% | 2 |
| Grocery Storage Crate 1 | Cafeteria kitchen (box, crate, shelves); Grocers (box, crate, shelves); Grocery (box, crate, shelves); and 1 more place | 1.2% | 4 |
| Safehouse Food | Survivor safehouse (early) (cupboard) | 0.91% | 4 |
It is on 1 more table with smaller shares.
Inside bags and cases: Plastic Bag.
Town by town: loot locations.
Where to find it (loot tables with the highest weight first):
It weighs 0.3 in Build 42.
Base.Popcorn.
120 calories, and it changes hunger by -10.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.