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Metal Counter

Metal Counter is something you build in the world in Project Zomboid, not an item you carry. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.

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Metal Counter at a glance

Metal Counter icon

Buildable Furniture

You build it from the building menu. Welding 8. Read: Welder Monthly - May 1993.

TypeBuildable
CategoryFurniture
Skill neededWelding 8
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What it is and how to use it

Metal Counter is built in place, so it never sits in your inventory like a normal item. Gather the materials and tools in the recipe below, stand where you want it, and place it from the building menu.

More: Base building · Carpentry · Recipe database.

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Moving it, placing it and taking it apart

It weighs 10 when you carry it. Taking it apart uses Welding, Propane Torch, Welder Mask. It works as storage and holds 50.

Weight when carried10
Size1 tile
To take it apartWelding, Propane Torch, Welder Mask
To build itWelding 3
StorageHolds 50

See base building for how furniture mode works.

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Item ID

Use the item ID in admin tools and mods.

Item IDType
Base.Metal_Counter_Lvl2Buildable
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Quick answers

How do you build Metal Counter in Project Zomboid?

From the building menu. It uses: 4 × Welding Torch; 4 × Steel Sheet - Small; 2 × Iron Pipe; 2 × Door Hinge; 4 × Welding Rods. Welding 8. Read: Welder Monthly - May 1993.

What is the item ID for Metal Counter?

Base.Metal_Counter_Lvl2.

Names, IDs and recipes from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid. Furniture and tile details from PZwiki (CC BY-SA).