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Surgical Cap at a glance
First Aid Medical
It weighs 0.2.
Weight0.2
Surgical Cap
Surgical Cap is a first aid item in Project Zomboid. It weighs 0.2. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
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What it is and how to use it
Medical items treat wounds, pain and illness. The right order matters: clean a wound, treat it, then bandage it, and change dirty bandages.
More: Health and injuries.
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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.Hat_SurgicalCap | First Aid |
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Where it spawns: the loot tables
Surgical Cap is on 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medical Storage Outfit | Clinic (shelves, drawer); Dentist storage (shelves); Hospital storage (box, shelves); and 4 more places | 16% | 4 |
| Nurse Outfit | Nurse (drawer) | 8.7% | 4 |
| Army Storage Medical | Army storage (shelves, military crate) | 5.6% | 4 |
| Nurse Tools | Nurse (box, cupboard, crate, …) | 3.9% | 4 |
| Bin Hospital | Clinic (garbage); Hospital hallway (garbage); Hospital room (garbage); and 3 more places | 3.6% | 4 |
| Hospital Room Shelves | Hospital hallway (shelves); Hospital room (shelves) | 3.6% | 4 |
| Army Bunker Medical | Old medical (shelves) | 3.2% | 4 |
Town by town: loot locations.
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Crafting and loot tables
Where to find it (loot tables with the highest weight first):
- Medical Storage Outfit (weight 20)
- Nurse Tools (weight 10)
- Nurse Outfit (weight 10)
- Army Storage Medical (weight 10)
- Medical Storage Outfit (weight 10)
- Hospital Room Shelves (weight 10)
- Bin Hospital (weight 8)
- Army Bunker Medical (weight 1)
Counts as: any isfirefuel, any isfiretinder.
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Similar items
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Quick answers
How much does the Surgical Cap weigh in Project Zomboid?
It weighs 0.2 in Build 42.
What is the item ID for Surgical Cap?
Base.Hat_SurgicalCap.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.