Paper Bag is a container item in Project Zomboid. It holds 2 with 50% weight reduction. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Container Bags & storage
It holds 2 with 50% weight reduction. It weighs 0.1.
Capacity is how much a container holds. Weight reduction is how much lighter the contents feel while you wear or carry it, so a bag with high weight reduction lets you carry more before you are overloaded.
More: Bags and backpacks.
Use the item ID in sandbox loot settings, admin tools and mods.
| Item ID | Game category |
|---|---|
Base.PaperBag | Container |
Base.Paperbag_Jays | Container |
Base.Paperbag_Spiffos | Container |
3 versions share the name Paper Bag, usually different colours, sizes or states.
Paper Bag is on 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Store Counter Bags Paper | Liquor Store (cupboard) | 100% | 4 |
| Crate Paper Bag Jays | Special spawn (vehicles, events or zombies) | 100% | 4 |
| Crate Paper Bag Spiffos | Spiffo's dining room (box) | 100% | 4 |
| Jays Kitchen Bags | Jay's Chicken kitchen (cupboard) | 65% | 4 |
| Liquor Store Bags | Liquor Store (cupboard) | 64% | 4 |
| Store Kitchen Bags | Mexican Restaurant (cupboard); Pizza Restaurant (cupboard); Seafood Restaurant (cupboard); and 1 more place | 63% | 4 |
| Spiffos Kitchen Bags | Spiffo's service counter (cupboard); Spiffo's kitchen (cupboard) | 57% | 4 |
| Store Counter Bags | Barbecue Store (cupboard); Barbecue store (second list) (cupboard); Butcher (cupboard); and 31 more places | 33% | 4 |
It is on 12 more tables with smaller shares.
Town by town: loot locations.
Where to find it (loot tables with the highest weight first):
Counts as: any isfirefuel, any isfiretinder.
It weighs 0.1 in Build 42.
Base.PaperBag, Base.Paperbag_Jays, Base.Paperbag_Spiffos (variants share the name).
Capacity 2, weight reduction 50%.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.