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Plastic Knife at a glance
Cooking Tools
It weighs 0.1.
Weight0.1
Plastic Knife
Plastic Knife is a cooking item in Project Zomboid. It weighs 0.1. 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.PlasticKnife | Cooking |
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Where it spawns: the loot tables
Plastic Knife 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 |
Inside bags and cases: Paper Bag.
Town by town: loot locations.
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Recipes: how to make it and what it makes
What it is used for
Needed as a tool in 11 recipes (it is not used up): Carve Pumpkin, Collect Seeds, Drill Plank, Make Jar of Preserved Food, Scutch Fibre, Slice Animal Head, Slice Baloney, Slice Bread, Slice Cake/Pie, Slice Pizza, Slice Tortilla.
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Similar items
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Quick answers
How much does the Plastic Knife weigh in Project Zomboid?
It weighs 0.1 in Build 42.
What is the item ID for Plastic Knife?
Base.PlasticKnife.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.