Magazine: The Farmers Guide 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.FarmingMag4 | Recipe Resource |
Magazine: The Farmers Guide is on 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gardener Outfit | Special spawn (vehicles, events or zombies) | 2.1% | 3 |
| Library Magazines | Library (shelves) | 2.0% | 4 |
| University Library Magazines | University library (shelves) | 1.8% | 4 |
| Gun Store Magazine Rack | Gun Store (magazine stand); Hunting (magazine stand) | 1.5% | 4 |
| Farmer Outfit | Farmer (drawer, cabinet) | 1.3% | 3 |
| Outdoor Supply Magazines | Outdoor supply (magazine stand) | 1.2% | 4 |
| Bookstore Farming | Bookstore (shelves) | 1.0% | 4 |
| Gardener Tools | Special spawn (vehicles, events or zombies) | 0.97% | 3 |
It is on 21 more tables with smaller shares.
On zombies: zombies in these outfits can carry it: Farmer.
Inside bags and cases: Mail Satchel, Mail Bag, Garden Basket, Toolbox, 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.FarmingMag4.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.