Magazine: Home Security Monthly is a recipe resource item in Project Zomboid. It weighs 0.5. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Recipe Resource Building & survival
It weighs 0.5.
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.ElectronicsMag3 | Recipe Resource |
Magazine: Home Security Monthly is on 33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic Store Magazines | Electronics Store (cupboard, shelves); Electronics store (second list) (cupboard, shelves) | 5.7% | 4 |
| Library Magazines | Library (shelves) | 2.0% | 4 |
| University Library Magazines | University library (shelves) | 1.8% | 4 |
| Electrician Outfit | Special spawn (vehicles, events or zombies) | 1.2% | 3 |
| Bookstore Blue Collar | Bookstore (shelves) | 0.90% | 4 |
| Electrician Tools | Special spawn (vehicles, events or zombies) | 0.85% | 3 |
| Crate Magazines | Attic (box, crate); Bathroom (box, crate); Bedroom (box, crate); and 6 more places | 0.80% | 4 |
| Tool Store Books | Garage storage (shelves); Tool Store (cupboard, shelves) | 0.78% | 4 |
It is on 25 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: Mail Satchel, Mail Bag, Military Backpack, Garbage Bag.
Town by town: loot locations.
Used up as an ingredient in 2 recipes: Make Magazine Body Armor, Make Magazine Limb Armor.
It weighs 0.5 in Build 42.
Base.ElectronicsMag3.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.