Tin of Caviar is a food item in Project Zomboid. A whole one changes hunger by -10 and gives 150 calories. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Food Food & water
A whole one changes hunger by -10 and gives 150 calories. It stays fresh for 3 days and rots after 5. It weighs 0.2.
Food in Build 42 has a hunger value, calories and a shelf life. Fresh food goes stale and then rotten, so eat perishables first and keep tins and dry goods for later. Cooking raises the value of many ingredients.
More: Cooking guide · Food list.
Use the item ID in sandbox loot settings, admin tools and mods.
| Item ID | Game category |
|---|---|
Base.Caviar | Food |
Tin of Caviar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fridge VIP Lounge | Smoking room (fridge); Gentleman's club VIP room (fridge); VIP lounge (fridge) | 4.8% | 4 |
| Stove Classy | House kitchen (oven); Kitchen (oven) | 0.62% | 3 |
| Band Practice Fridge | Band kitchen (fridge) | under 0.1% | 4 |
| Fridge Rich | Any building (fridge); Living room (fridge) | under 0.1% | 3 |
| Safehouse Fridge Mid | Survivor safehouse (mid game) (fridge) | under 0.1% | 4 |
| Safehouse Fridge | Survivor safehouse (early) (fridge) | under 0.1% | 4 |
On zombies: zombies in these outfits can carry it: Bandit Late, Bandit Mid, Bandit Early, Bandit, Private Militia.
Town by town: loot locations.
Where to find it (loot tables with the highest weight first):
Counts as: any hasmetal.
It weighs 0.2 in Build 42.
Base.Caviar.
150 calories, and it changes hunger by -10.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.