Surgical Mask is a first aid item in Project Zomboid. It gives 0 bite and 5 scratch defence where it covers you. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
First Aid Medical
It gives 0 bite and 5 scratch defence where it covers you. It weighs 0.2.
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.
Use the item ID in sandbox loot settings, admin tools and mods.
| Item ID | Game category |
|---|---|
Base.Hat_SurgicalMask | First Aid |
Surgical Mask is on 32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital Room Counter | Hospital room (cupboard) | 27% | 4 |
| Medical Clinic Outfit | Special spawn (vehicles, events or zombies) | 21% | 4 |
| Morgue Outfit | Morgue (shelves) | 19% | 4 |
| Medical Storage Outfit | Clinic (shelves, drawer); Dentist storage (shelves); Hospital storage (box, shelves); and 4 more places | 16% | 4 |
| Bin Hospital | Clinic (garbage); Hospital hallway (garbage); Hospital room (garbage); and 3 more places | 14% | 4 |
| Hospital Room Cleaning | Hospital room (cupboard) | 13% | 4 |
| Ambulance Driver Outfit | Special spawn (vehicles, events or zombies) | 12% | 3 |
| Doctor Outfit | Special spawn (vehicles, events or zombies) | 11% | 4 |
It is on 24 more tables with smaller shares.
On zombies: zombies in these outfits can carry it: Pharmacist, Nurse, Ambulance Driver, Doctor, Bandit Late, Bandit Mid, Bandit Early, Bandit and 1 more.
Inside bags and cases: Doctor Bag, Trauma Bag, Medical Satchel.
Town by town: loot locations.
It weighs 0.2 in Build 42.
Base.Hat_SurgicalMask.
Bite defence 0 and scratch defence 5.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.