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Needle at a glance
Tool Tools
Sewing needle for repairing and patching clothing.
Needle
Sewing needle for repairing and patching clothing. Where to find it and how to use it below. Updated for Build 42.21, November 2026.
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Where to find it
Houses, sewing kits, tailor shops.
Town by town: loot locations.
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How to use it
Patching clothes with thread trains Tailoring.
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How to get it and use it
Sewing needle for repairing and patching clothing.
How to get it
Houses, sewing kits, tailor shops.
Tip
Patching clothes with thread trains Tailoring.
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Where it spawns: the loot tables
Needle is on 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cobbler Tools | Cobbler (cupboard) | 28% | 4 |
| Tailoring Tools | Sewing storage (shelves); Sewing Store (shelves); Tailoring workshop (shelves) | 24% | 4 |
| Sewing Store Tools | Tailoring store (clothing rack, cupboard, shelves) | 11% | 4 |
| Crate Tailoring | Attic (box, crate); Bedroom (box, crate); Closet (box, crate); and 5 more places | 7.1% | 4 |
| Gigamart Bedding | Department storage (shelves); General Store (shelves); GigaMart (shelves); and 2 more places | 3.6% | 4 |
| Kitchen Random | Survivor cache (big building) (cupboard); House kitchen (cupboard); Kitchen (cupboard); and 1 more place | 0.54% | 2 |
| Crate Random Junk | Any building (box); Bedroom (box, crate); Closet (box); and 2 more places | 0.37% | 1 |
Inside bags and cases: Sewing Kit, Small Protective Case, Protective Case, Bulky Military Container, Garbage Bag.
Town by town: loot locations.
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Recipes: how to make it and what it makes
What it is used for
Used up as an ingredient in 1 recipe: Smelt Smaller Steel Item.
Needed as a tool in 123 recipes (it is not used up): Assemble Articulated Metal Shin Armor, Assemble Articulated Metal Thigh Armor, Assemble Forearm Armor, Assemble Framepack, Assemble Full Metal Forearm Armor, Assemble Large Framepack, Assemble Metal Shoulder Armor, Assemble Metal Thigh Armor, Assemble Shin Armor, Assemble Shoulder Armor - Left, Assemble Shoulder Armor - Right, Assemble Simple Framepack, Assemble Simple Tarp Framepack, Divide Shoulder Pads and 109 more.
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Quick answers
Where do you find the Needle in Project Zomboid?
Houses, sewing kits, tailor shops.
What is the Needle used for?
Sewing needle for repairing and patching clothing. Patching clothes with thread trains Tailoring.
How do you get the Needle in Project Zomboid?
Houses, sewing kits, tailor shops.
Item data from the ProjectZom item database, with stats from the Build 42 game data as published by pzfans.com and pindrop.gg.