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Small Handle at a glance
Material Building & survival
It weighs 0.5.
Weight0.5
Max condition1
Small Handle
Small Handle is a material item in Project Zomboid. It weighs 0.5. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
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What it is and how to use it
Crafting materials feed the Build 42 crafting menus. Right-click the item or open the crafting window to see every recipe it goes into.
More: Crafting in Build 42 · Base building.
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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.SmallHandle | Material |
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Where it spawns: the loot tables
Small Handle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knife Factory Handles | Knife Factory (box, crate, shelves) | 100% | 4 |
| Carving Workshop Materials | Whittler workshop (crate, shelves) | 37% | 4 |
| Tool Store Handles | Tool Store (crate, shelves) | 30% | 6 |
| Tool Factory Handles | Factory (box, crate, shelves) | 30% | 4 |
| Knife Factory Tools | Knife Factory (tool cabinet) | 8.8% | 4 |
| Mannequin Factory Tools | Mannequin factory (cupboard, crate, shelves) | 3.7% | 4 |
| Cabinet Factory Tools | Cabinet Factory (crate, shelves, tool cabinet); Cabinet shipping (shelves) | 3.7% | 4 |
| Garage Carpentry | Garage storage (cupboard, shelves); Shed (cupboard, shelves) | 3.4% | 4 |
It is on 12 more tables with smaller shares.
Inside bags and cases: Duffel Bag, Garbage Bag.
Town by town: loot locations.
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Recipes: how to make it and what it makes
How to make it
| Recipe | Ingredients (used up) | Tools (kept) | Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carve 2 Small Handles In hand | Antlers or Scrap Wood or Broken Baseball Bat or 5 more | any sharp knife or any meat cleaver | Carving 1 |
| Carve 4 Small Handles In hand | Tree Branch or Wooden Rod or Broken Long Stick or 2 more | any sharp knife or any meat cleaver | Carving 1 |
| Carve 8 Small Handles In hand | Long Stick or Sapling | any sharp knife or any meat cleaver | Carving 1 |
| Carve Small Handle In hand | Medium Handle or Broken Banjo Neck or Broken Garden Tool Handle or 3 more | any sharp knife or any meat cleaver | Carving 1 |
| Carve 12 Small Handles On any surface | Plank | any sharp knife or any meat cleaver | Carving 1 |
| Saw Wooden Rod Into Small Handles In hand | Wooden Rod | any crude saw or any saw | No skill needed |
What it is used for
Used up as an ingredient in 17 recipes: Assemble Bladed Item, Assemble Crude Knife, Carve Clay Sculpting Tool, Carve Dice, Carve Pipe, Carve Wooden Fork, Carve Wooden Spoon, Forge Carpentry Chisel, Forge Corkscrew, Forge Drill, Forge Fleshing Tool, Forge Gardening Trowel, Forge Handguard Dagger, Forge Kettle and 3 more.
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Quick answers
How much does the Small Handle weigh in Project Zomboid?
It weighs 0.5 in Build 42.
What is the item ID for Small Handle?
Base.SmallHandle.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.