Metal Crate is something you build in the world in Project Zomboid, not an item you carry. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Buildable Furniture
You build it from the building menu. Welding 3. Read: Welder Monthly - May 1993.
Metal Crate 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.
It weighs 8.0 when you carry it. Picking it up needs Carpentry. Taking it apart uses Welding, Welding Torch, Welder Mask. It works as storage and holds 60.
| Weight when carried | 8.0 |
| Size | 1 tile |
| To pick it up | Carpentry |
| To place it | Hammer |
| To take it apart | Welding, Welding Torch, Welder Mask |
| To build it | Welding 3 |
| Storage | Holds 60 |
See base building for how furniture mode works.
Use the item ID in admin tools and mods.
| Item ID | Type |
|---|---|
Base.Metal_Crate_Lvl1 | Buildable |
| Recipe | Ingredients (used up) | Tools (kept) | Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metal Crate Built in the world | 4 × Welding Torch; 2 × Steel Sheet - Small; 2 × Steel Sheet; Scrap Metal; 4 × Welding Rods | None | Welding 3. Read: Welder Monthly - May 1993 |
From the building menu. It uses: 4 × Welding Torch; 2 × Steel Sheet - Small; 2 × Steel Sheet; Scrap Metal; 4 × Welding Rods. Welding 3. Read: Welder Monthly - May 1993.
Base.Metal_Crate_Lvl1.
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).