Smashed Bottle is a weapon improvised item in Project Zomboid. As a weapon it hits for 0.2–0.5 damage with 0.8 reach and a maximum condition of 3. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Weapon Improvised Melee weapons
As a weapon it hits for 0.2–0.5 damage with 0.8 reach and a maximum condition of 3. It weighs 1.
Melee weapons use one of the weapon skills. Condition drops as you fight, a broken weapon is useless until repaired, and heavy two-handed weapons drain endurance faster.
More: Melee weapon stats · Weapons and ammo.
Use the item ID in sandbox loot settings, admin tools and mods.
| Item ID | Game category |
|---|---|
Base.SmashedBottle | Weapon Improvised |
Smashed Bottle is on 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Derelict House Party | Derelict (other); Derelict steel factory (other) | 9.2% | 1 |
| Drug Shack Weapons | Drug lab (cupboard); Drug shack (crate, box) | 3.9% | 4 |
| Derelict House Crime | Derelict (other); Derelict steel factory (other) | 3.7% | 1 |
| Bin Bar | Bar (garbage) | 1.1% | 4 |
| Safehouse Food Late | Survivor safehouse (late game) (cupboard) | 1.1% | 4 |
| Derelict House Junk | Derelict (other); Derelict steel factory (other) | 0.78% | 1 |
| Bin Fire Station | Fire garage (garbage); Fire storage (garbage) | 0.71% | 4 |
| Derelict House Squatter | Derelict (other); Derelict steel factory (other) | 0.63% | 1 |
It is on 7 more tables with smaller shares.
Town by town: loot locations.
| Recipe | Ingredients (used up) | Tools (kept) | Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smash Bottle In hand | any glass bottle | None | No skill needed |
Used up as an ingredient in 5 recipes: Bind Spear Head, Bind Spear Head With Duct Tape, Bind Spear Head With Wire, Break Glass, Make Glass Shiv.
It weighs 1 in Build 42.
Base.SmashedBottle.
0.2–0.5 per hit, with 0.8 reach.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.