Snow Shovel is a tool weapon item in Project Zomboid. As a weapon it hits for 0.8–1.9 damage with 1.6 reach and a maximum condition of 10. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Tool Weapon Melee weapons
As a weapon it hits for 0.8–1.9 damage with 1.6 reach and a maximum condition of 10. It weighs 2.
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.SnowShovel | Tool Weapon |
Snow Shovel is on 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crate Tools | Survivor safehouse (early) (shelves); Survivor safehouse (late game) (shelves); Survivor safehouse (mid game) (shelves); and 16 more places | 1.0% | 4 |
| Tool Store Tools | Tool storage (box, shelves); Tool Store (box, cupboard, crate, …); Tool store storage (box, shelves) | 0.77% | 4 |
| Crate Tools Old | Attic (box, crate); Bedroom (box, crate); Closet (box); and 7 more places | 0.77% | 4 |
| Garage Tools | Garage storage (cupboard, locker, shelves); Shed (shelves) | 0.68% | 4 |
| Gigamart Tools | General Store (shelves); General store storage (shelves); GigaMart (shelves) | 0.56% | 4 |
| Crate Random Junk | Any building (box); Bedroom (box, crate); Closet (box); and 2 more places | under 0.1% | 1 |
Inside bags and cases: Duffel Bag, Garbage Bag.
Town by town: loot locations.
Needed as a tool in 7 recipes (it is not used up): Fix With Adhesive Tape, Fix With Duct Tape, Fix With Epoxy, Fix With Epoxy And Rags, Fix With Glue, Fix With Wood Glue, Fix With Zipties.
It weighs 2 in Build 42.
Base.SnowShovel.
0.8–1.9 per hit, with 1.6 reach.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.