Magazine: The Cheapskate's John Spiral - Homemade Explosives 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.EngineerMagazine3 | Recipe Resource |
Magazine: The Cheapskate's John Spiral - Homemade Explosives is on 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drug Lab Outfit | Drug lab (cupboard, cabinet) | 1.8% | 4 |
| Army Surplus Literature | Army Surplus Store (shelves) | 1.8% | 4 |
| Gun Store Magazine Rack | Gun Store (magazine stand); Hunting (magazine stand) | 1.5% | 4 |
| Drug Lab Guns | Drug lab (crate, shelves) | 1.4% | 2 |
| Drug Lab Money | Drug lab (cupboard, crate, shelves) | 0.98% | 4 |
| Crate Magazines | Attic (box, crate); Bathroom (box, crate); Bedroom (box, crate); and 6 more places | 0.80% | 4 |
| Bookstore Misc | Bookstore (shelves) | 0.65% | 4 |
| Drug Shack Misc | Drug shack (cupboard, crate, box) | 0.56% | 4 |
It is on 7 more tables with smaller shares.
Inside bags and cases: Mail Satchel, Mail Bag, Duffel Bag.
Town by town: loot locations.
Used up as an ingredient in 2 recipes: Make Magazine Body Armor, Make Magazine Limb Armor.
Used in 2 recipes (as an ingredient or tool):
Reading it teaches:
Where to find it (loot tables with the highest weight first):
Counts as: any magazine.
It weighs 0.5 in Build 42.
Base.EngineerMagazine3.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.