Metal Shelves 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 Shelves 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 7.5 when you carry it. Taking it apart uses Welding, Propane Torch, Welder Mask. It works as storage and holds 30.
| Weight when carried | 7.5 |
| Size | 1 tile |
| To take it apart | Welding, Propane Torch, Welder Mask |
| To build it | Welding 3 and Propane Torch and Welder Mask and Welding Rods |
| Storage | Holds 30 |
See base building for how furniture mode works.
Use the item ID in admin tools and mods.
| Item ID | Type |
|---|---|
Base.Metal_Shelves_Lvl1 | Buildable |
| Recipe | Ingredients (used up) | Tools (kept) | Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metal Shelves Built in the world | 2 × Welding Torch; Steel Sheet - Small; 2 × Iron Pipe; Scrap Metal; 2 × Welding Rods | None | Welding 3. Read: Welder Monthly - May 1993 |
From the building menu. It uses: 2 × Welding Torch; Steel Sheet - Small; 2 × Iron Pipe; Scrap Metal; 2 × Welding Rods. Welding 3. Read: Welder Monthly - May 1993.
Base.Metal_Shelves_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).