Pepper is a food item in Project Zomboid. A whole one changes hunger by -10. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Food Food & water
A whole one changes hunger by -10. It changes thirst by 20. It weighs 0.2.
Food in Build 42 has a hunger value, calories and a shelf life. Fresh food goes stale and then rotten, so eat perishables first and keep tins and dry goods for later. Cooking raises the value of many ingredients.
More: Cooking guide · Food list.
Use the item ID in sandbox loot settings, admin tools and mods.
| Item ID | Game category |
|---|---|
Base.Pepper | Food |
Pepper 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Store Shelf Spices | Special spawn (vehicles, events or zombies) | 22% | 4 |
| Kitchen Dry Food | Survivor cache 1 (cupboard); Survivor cache 2 (cupboard); Survivor cache (big building) (cupboard); and 3 more places | 11% | 2 |
| Gigamart Spices | GigaMart (shelves); Grocers (shelves); Grocery (shelves) | 11% | 4 |
| Spiffos Kitchen Butcher | Spiffo's kitchen (cupboard) | 8.2% | 4 |
| Seafood Kitchen Butcher | Seafood Restaurant (cupboard) | 6.9% | 4 |
| Store Kitchen Sauce | Cafeteria kitchen (cupboard); Diner kitchen (cupboard); Dinner kitchen (cupboard); and 2 more places | 5.4% | 4 |
| Italian Kitchen Butcher | Italian kitchen (cupboard) | 4.6% | 4 |
| Burger Kitchen Butcher | Burger kitchen (cupboard); Restaurant (cupboard) | 4.3% | 4 |
It is on 8 more tables with smaller shares.
Inside bags and cases: Garbage Bag.
Town by town: loot locations.
It weighs 0.2 in Build 42.
Base.Pepper.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.