Medical Coat is a clothing item in Project Zomboid. It gives 0 bite and 20 scratch defence where it covers you, with 0.35 insulation. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Clothing Clothing & armour
It gives 0 bite and 20 scratch defence where it covers you, with 0.35 insulation. Wearing it changes run speed to 0.93. It weighs 2.
Clothing only protects the body parts it covers. Bite and scratch defence stop wounds, insulation keeps you warm, and wind and water resistance matter in storms. Heavy or bulky pieces can slow your running.
Use the item ID in sandbox loot settings, admin tools and mods.
| Item ID | Game category |
|---|---|
Base.JacketLong_Doctor | Clothing |
Medical Coat is on 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laboratory Lockers | Special spawn (vehicles, events or zombies) | 6.6% | 4 |
| Hospital Lockers | Bathroom (locker); Break room (locker); Change room (locker); and 4 more places | 6.2% | 4 |
| Chemistry | Attic (box, crate); Closet (box); Garage storage (box); and 3 more places | 3.4% | 4 |
| Crate Costume | Attic (box, crate); Closet (box); Garage storage (box); and 2 more places | 2.7% | 4 |
| Morgue Outfit | Morgue (shelves) | 2.5% | 4 |
| Testing Lab | Laboratory (box, cupboard, desk, …) | 1.9% | 4 |
| University Storage Science | University storage (shelves) | 0.60% | 4 |
| Medical Storage Outfit | Clinic (shelves, drawer); Dentist storage (shelves); Hospital storage (box, shelves); and 4 more places | 0.27% | 4 |
It is on 5 more tables with smaller shares.
Town by town: loot locations.
Used in 1 recipe (as an ingredient or tool):
Where to find it (loot tables with the highest weight first):
Counts as: any ripclothingcotton.
It weighs 2 in Build 42.
Base.JacketLong_Doctor.
Bite defence 0 and scratch defence 20.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.