Padded Jacket gives 10 bite and 20 scratch defence, with 0.95 insulation. Where to find it and how to use it below. Updated for Build 42.21, November 2026.
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Padded Jacket gives 10 bite and 20 scratch defence, with 0.95 insulation.
Clothing stores, wardrobes and zombies dressed for the job.
Town by town: loot locations.
Protection only counts where the item covers you, so layer it with other pieces.
The Padded Jacket gives 10 bite defence and 20 scratch defence where it covers you. Every point matters: see how protection works.
| Stat | Value |
|---|---|
| Slot | JacketHat_Bulky |
| Bite defence | 10 |
| Scratch defence | 20 |
| Insulation | 0.95 |
| Notes | Wind resistance 0.95, water resistance 0.6, run speed 0.89, combat speed 0.96, weight 3 |
Padded Jacket is on 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clothing Storage Winter | Army Surplus Store (shelves); Attic (box, crate); Bedroom (box, crate); and 11 more places | 12% | 4 |
| Camping Store Clothes | Camping (box, clothing rack, shelves); Camping storage (box, crate); Fishing (clothing rack); and 3 more places | 4.2% | 4 |
| Crate Camping | Survivor safehouse (early) (box, crate); Survivor safehouse (late game) (box, crate); Survivor safehouse (mid game) (box, crate); and 4 more places | 2.2% | 4 |
| Survival Gear | Attic (box, crate); Closet (box); Garage storage (box); and 2 more places | 1.7% | 4 |
| Safehouse Armor | Survivor safehouse (early) (box, crate, drawer, …) | 1.4% | 2 |
| Locker Army Bedroom Home | Special spawn (vehicles, events or zombies) | 1.0% | 4 |
| Safehouse Armor Mid | Survivor safehouse (mid game) (box, crate, drawer, …) | 0.99% | 2 |
| Safehouse Armor Late | Survivor safehouse (late game) (box, crate, drawer, …) | 0.80% | 3 |
It is on 4 more tables with smaller shares.
Inside bags and cases: Plastic Bag, Suitcase, Tote Bag, Garbage Bag.
Town by town: loot locations.
Clothing stores, wardrobes and zombies dressed for the job.
Padded Jacket gives 10 bite and 20 scratch defence, with 0.95 insulation. Protection only counts where the item covers you, so layer it with other pieces.
Bite defence 10 and scratch defence 20, with 0.95 insulation.
Item data from the ProjectZom item database, with stats from the Build 42 game data as published by pzfans.com and pindrop.gg.