Stats
| Stat | Value |
|---|---|
| Category | Literature |
| Weight | 0.5 |

Newspaper is a literature item in Project Zomboid Build 42 in the literature category. It weighs 0.5. It spawns in 12 loot tables.
| Stat | Value |
|---|---|
| Category | Literature |
| Weight | 0.5 |
Used in 2 recipes (as an ingredient or tool):
Where to find it (loot tables with the highest weight first):
Counts as: any newspaper, any fastread, any regional, any newspaper new.
The item ID is Base.Newspaper_New. In debug mode or as an admin you can spawn it by searching that ID in the item list.
Base.Newspaper_New.
It weighs 0.5 in Build 42.
It is most common in these loot tables: Post Office Newspapers, Magazine Rack Newspaper, Post Office Newspapers, Post Office Newspapers, University Desk Business.
It is used in 2 recipes, including Make Newspaper Hat, Make Smoke Bomb.
Figures on this page are read from the Build 42 game files (42.22, November 2026). Chances are relative weights inside each loot table, not exact drop rates. Your game is the final word: if it disagrees with us, tell us and we will fix the page.