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Pack of Beer Cans at a glance
Cooking Tools
It weighs 1.8.
Weight1.8
Pack of Beer Cans
Pack of Beer Cans is a cooking item in Project Zomboid. It weighs 1.8. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
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What it is and how to use it
Tools unlock jobs: carpentry, mechanics, farming, fishing, cooking and more. Many recipes only need the tool to be in your inventory, not equipped.
More: Every tool · Crafting in Build 42.
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Item ID and variants
Use the item ID in sandbox loot settings, admin tools and mods.
| Item ID | Game category |
|---|---|
Base.BeerCanPack | Cooking |
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Where it spawns: the loot tables
Pack of Beer Cans is on 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brewery Cans | Brewery (box, shelves); Brewery storage (box, shelves) | 6.3% | 4 |
| Fridge Hunter | Hunter storage (fridge) | 2.9% | 2 |
| Fridge Garage | Garage storage (fridge) | 1.0% | 2 |
| Liquor Store Beer | Liquor Store (shelves) | 0.82% | 4 |
| Band Practice Fridge | Band kitchen (fridge) | 0.78% | 4 |
| Crate Beer | Liquor Store (box, crate, grocer display) | 0.65% | 4 |
| Safehouse Fridge | Survivor safehouse (early) (fridge) | 0.36% | 4 |
| Safehouse Booze | Survivor safehouse (early) (box, crate); Survivor safehouse (mid game) (box, crate) | 0.28% | 4 |
It is on 8 more tables with smaller shares.
On zombies: zombies in these outfits can carry it: Bandit Late, Bandit Mid, Bandit Early, Bandit, Private Militia.
Inside bags and cases: Cooler.
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: Open Pack of Beer.
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Crafting and loot tables
Used in 1 recipe (as an ingredient or tool):
Where to find it (loot tables with the highest weight first):
- Fridge Hunter (weight 8)
- Brewery Cans (weight 4)
- Fridge Garage (weight 1)
- Liquor Store Beer (weight 1)
- Band Practice Fridge (weight 1)
- Safehouse Fridge (weight 1)
- Safehouse Booze (weight 1)
- Safehouse Food (weight 1)
- Fridge Hoarder (weight 1)
- Crate Beer (weight 0.5)
- Nolans Fridge (weight 0.1)
- Fridge Trailer Park (weight 0.1)
- Fridge Beer (weight 0.1)
- Beer Garden Counter (weight 0.1)
- Fridge Generic (weight 0.05)
Counts as: any hasmetal, any ignorezombiedensity.
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Similar items
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Quick answers
How much does the Pack of Beer Cans weigh in Project Zomboid?
It weighs 1.8 in Build 42.
What is the item ID for Pack of Beer Cans?
Base.BeerCanPack.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.