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Medical Shears at a glance
First Aid Medical
It weighs 0.3.
Weight0.3
Max condition10
Medical Shears
Medical Shears is a first aid item in Project Zomboid. It weighs 0.3. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
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What it is and how to use it
Medical items treat wounds, pain and illness. The right order matters: clean a wound, treat it, then bandage it, and change dirty bandages.
More: Health and injuries.
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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.ScissorsBluntMedical | First Aid |
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Where it spawns: the loot tables
Medical Shears is on 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medical Storage Tools | Clinic (shelves); Dentist (shelves); Dentist storage (shelves); and 4 more places | 15% | 4 |
| Medical Clinic Tools | Clinic (cupboard); Dentist (cupboard, drawer); Kennels (cupboard, shelves); and 5 more places | 10% | 4 |
| Medical Cabinet | Police SWAT room (cabinet); Security (cabinet); Waiting room (cabinet) | 5.7% | 4 |
| Nurse Tools | Nurse (box, cupboard, crate, …) | 3.9% | 4 |
| Ambulance Driver Tools | Special spawn (vehicles, events or zombies) | 3.9% | 3 |
| Hospital Room Shelves | Hospital hallway (shelves); Hospital room (shelves) | 3.6% | 4 |
| Doctor Tools | Special spawn (vehicles, events or zombies) | 3.2% | 4 |
| Army Bunker Medical | Old medical (shelves) | 3.2% | 4 |
It is on 9 more tables with smaller shares.
On zombies: zombies in these outfits can carry it: Bandit Late, Bandit Mid, Bandit Early, Bandit, Private Militia, Survivalist, Survivalist 02, Survivalist 02 Late and 12 more.
Inside bags and cases: First Aid Kit, First Aid Kit - Military, Doctor Bag, Trauma Bag, Medical Satchel and more.
Town by town: loot locations.
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Recipes: how to make it and what it makes
What it is used for
Needed as a tool in 137 recipes (it is not used up): Assemble Framepack, Assemble Large Framepack, Assemble Simple Framepack, Assemble Simple Tarp Framepack, Craft Twine, Cut Head Sack, Cut Leather in Half, Cut Tarp, Cut Up Belt, Cut Up Denim/Leather Clothing, Cut Up Large Leather, Cut Up Medium Leather, Cut Up Small Leather, Divide Shoulder Pads and 123 more.
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Crafting and loot tables
Used in 136 recipes (as an ingredient or tool):
- Cut Up Large Leather
- Cut Up Medium Leather
- Cut Up Small Leather
- Cut Leather in Half
- Forge Codpiece
- Forge Metal Neck Guard
- Forge Fingerless Metal Gloves
- Twist Rope from Dogbane
- Craft Twine
- Cut Up Denim/Leather Clothing
- Cut Tarp
- Cut Up Belt
- Make Stag Head Trophy
- Shred Tobacco
- Fix With Epoxy
- Make Improvised Gas Mask
- Make Scrap Metal Mask
- Make Scrap Metal Forearm Armor
- Make Scrap Metal Shin Armor
- Make Scrap Metal Shoulder Armor
- Make Scrap Metal Thigh Armor
- Make Scrap Metal Body Armor
- Turn into Fingerless Gloves
- Make Sheet
- Sew Cloth Satchel
- Sew Knee-Length Dress
- Sew Long Dress
- Sew Head Sack
- Sew Long Johns
- Sew Long Johns Bottom
And 106 more.
Where to find it (loot tables with the highest weight first):
- Medical Storage Tools (weight 20)
- Safehouse Medical (weight 20)
- Nurse Tools (weight 10)
- Ambulance Driver Tools (weight 10)
- Medical Storage Tools (weight 10)
- Doctor Tools (weight 10)
- Medical Clinic Tools (weight 10)
- Safehouse Medical Mid (weight 10)
- Hospital Room Shelves (weight 10)
- Science Misc (weight 8)
- Morgue Tools (weight 8)
- University Storage Science (weight 6)
- Medical Cabinet (weight 4)
- Safehouse Medical Late (weight 4)
- Safehouse Bin Late (weight 4)
Counts as: any scissors, any showcondition, any sharpenable, any lightmetalsnips.
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Quick answers
How much does the Medical Shears weigh in Project Zomboid?
It weighs 0.3 in Build 42.
What is the item ID for Medical Shears?
Base.ScissorsBluntMedical.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.