Magazine: Tool Use of Early Man 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.PrimitiveToolMag1 | Recipe Resource |
Magazine: Tool Use of Early Man is on 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knapping Books | Knapping workshop (shelves) | 20% | 8 |
| Anthropology Books | Anthropology classroom (shelves) | 8.3% | 4 |
| Anthropology Counter | Anthropology classroom (cupboard) | 4.5% | 4 |
| Anthropology Desk | Special spawn (vehicles, events or zombies) | 4.5% | 4 |
| University Desk Anthropology | Anthropology classroom (desk) | 4.5% | 4 |
| University Library Magazines | University library (shelves) | 1.8% | 4 |
| Bookstore Crafts | Bookstore (shelves) | 0.51% | 4 |
| Safehouse Book Shelf | Survivor safehouse (early) (shelves); Survivor safehouse (late game) (shelves); Survivor safehouse (mid game) (shelves) | 0.16% | 4 |
It is on 3 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: Military Backpack.
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.PrimitiveToolMag1.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.