Leather Pants gives 20 bite and 40 scratch defence, with 0.65 insulation. Where to find it and how to use it below. Updated for Build 42.21, November 2026.
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Leather Pants gives 20 bite and 40 scratch defence, with 0.65 insulation.
Clothing stores and bikers; a crafted version has the same values.
Town by town: loot locations.
Protection only counts where the item covers you, so layer it with other pieces.
The Leather Pants gives 20 bite defence and 40 scratch defence where it covers you. Every point matters: see how protection works.
| Stat | Value |
|---|---|
| Slot | Pants |
| Bite defence | 20 |
| Scratch defence | 40 |
| Insulation | 0.65 |
Leather Pants 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clothing Stores Pants Leather | Special spawn (vehicles, events or zombies) | 50% | 4 |
| Clothing Storage Legwear | Clothes storage (box, shelves); Clothes store storage (box, shelves); Clothing storage (box, shelves); and 3 more places | 1.8% | 4 |
| Safehouse Armor Mid | Survivor safehouse (mid game) (box, crate, drawer, …) | 0.99% | 2 |
| Safehouse Armor Late | Survivor safehouse (late game) (box, crate, drawer, …) | 0.80% | 3 |
| Band Merch Shelves | Band merch (shelves) | 0.58% | 4 |
| Backstage Clothing Rack | Back stage (clothing rack) | 0.26% | 4 |
| Backstage Dresser | Back stage (drawer) | 0.13% | 4 |
| Backstage Lockers | Back stage (box, locker) | 0.11% | 2 |
It is on 1 more table with smaller shares.
Inside bags and cases: Plastic Bag, Suitcase, Tote Bag, Garbage Bag.
Town by town: loot locations.
Used up as an ingredient in 1 recipe: Cut Up Denim/Leather Clothing.
Clothing stores and bikers; a crafted version has the same values.
Leather Pants gives 20 bite and 40 scratch defence, with 0.65 insulation. Protection only counts where the item covers you, so layer it with other pieces.
Bite defence 20 and scratch defence 40, with 0.65 insulation.
Item data from the ProjectZom item database, with stats from the Build 42 game data as published by pzfans.com and pindrop.gg.