Plastic Fork at a glance

Cooking Tools
It weighs 0.1.
Plastic Fork is a cooking item in Project Zomboid. It weighs 0.1. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.

Cooking Tools
It weighs 0.1.
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.
Use the item ID in sandbox loot settings, admin tools and mods.
| Item ID | Game category |
|---|---|
Base.PlasticFork | Cooking |
Plastic Fork is on 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arena Kitchen Cutlery | Special spawn (vehicles, events or zombies) | 7.6% | 4 |
| Break Room Counter | Break room (cupboard); Detective office (cupboard); Nolan's office (cupboard); and 1 more place | 5.0% | 4 |
On zombies: zombies in these outfits can carry it: Bandit Late, Bandit Mid, Bandit Early, Bandit, Private Militia.
Inside bags and cases: Paper Bag.
Town by town: loot locations.
Needed as a tool in 17 recipes (it is not used up): Make Cake Batter, Make Gravy, Make Guacamole, Prepare 2 Breaded Onion Rings, Prepare Baguette, Prepare Biscuits, Prepare Bread Dough, Prepare Chocolate Chip Cookies, Prepare Chocolate Cookies, Prepare Muffins, Prepare Oatmeal Cookies, Prepare Omelette, Prepare Pancakes, Prepare Pie Dough and 3 more.
It weighs 0.1 in Build 42.
Base.PlasticFork.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.