Also known as Wilderness Survival.
A magazine that teaches herbalist (identify medicinal plants), stone blade, fire-hardened spear, whetstone, poultices and spear binding. Where to find it and how to use it below. Updated for Build 42.21, November 2026.
Magazine Books & media
A magazine that teaches herbalist (identify medicinal plants), stone blade, fire-hardened spear, whetstone, poultices and spear binding.
Bookstores, newsstands, houses and zombies.
Town by town: loot locations.
Read it once and the recipes are learned for good.
Herbalist (identify medicinal plants), stone blade, fire-hardened spear, whetstone, poultices and spear binding
All skill books and magazines: skill books and reading.
Magazine: Wilderness Survival is on 34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Outdoor Supply Magazines | Outdoor supply (magazine stand) | 6.0% | 4 |
| 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 |
| Camping Store Books | Camping (cupboard); Camping storage (box); Fishing (cupboard); and 2 more places | 1.6% | 4 |
| Fishing Store Gear | Camping (box, cupboard, shelves); Camping storage (box, crate); Fishing (cupboard, crate, shelves); and 5 more places | 1.5% | 4 |
| Gun Store Magazine Rack | Gun Store (magazine stand); Hunting (magazine stand) | 1.5% | 4 |
| Ranger Desk | Ranger office (desk) | 1.4% | 2 |
It is on 26 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.
Bookstores, newsstands, houses and zombies.
A magazine that teaches herbalist (identify medicinal plants), stone blade, fire-hardened spear, whetstone, poultices and spear binding. Read it once and the recipes are learned for good.
Herbalist (identify medicinal plants), stone blade, fire-hardened spear, whetstone, poultices and spear binding
Item data from the ProjectZom item database, with stats from the Build 42 game data as published by pzfans.com and pindrop.gg.