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Magazine: World Cooking at a glance
Recipe Resource Building & survival
It weighs 0.5.
Weight0.5
Magazine: World Cooking
Magazine: World Cooking is a recipe resource item in Project Zomboid. It weighs 0.5. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
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What it is and how to use it
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.
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Item ID and variants
Use the item ID in sandbox loot settings, admin tools and mods.
| Item ID | Game category |
|---|---|
Base.CookingMag5 | Recipe Resource |
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Where it spawns: the loot tables
Magazine: World Cooking is on 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bookstore Cooking | Bookstore (shelves) | 2.0% | 4 |
| Library Magazines | Library (shelves) | 2.0% | 4 |
| University Library Magazines | University library (shelves) | 1.8% | 4 |
| Crate Magazines | Attic (box, crate); Bathroom (box, crate); Bedroom (box, crate); and 6 more places | 0.80% | 4 |
| Chef Outfit | Chef (drawer, cabinet) | 0.76% | 3 |
| Chef Tools | Chef (box, cupboard, crate, …) | 0.74% | 3 |
| Bookstore Misc | Bookstore (shelves) | 0.65% | 4 |
| Safehouse Food Mid | Survivor safehouse (mid game) (cupboard) | 0.40% | 4 |
It is on 17 more tables with smaller shares.
Inside bags and cases: Mail Satchel, Mail Bag, Garbage Bag.
Town by town: loot locations.
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Recipes: how to make it and what it makes
What it is used for
Used up as an ingredient in 2 recipes: Make Magazine Body Armor, Make Magazine Limb Armor.
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Quick answers
How much does the Magazine: World Cooking weigh in Project Zomboid?
It weighs 0.5 in Build 42.
What is the item ID for Magazine: World Cooking?
Base.CookingMag5.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.