Trapping V: "The Encyclopedia of Applied Animal Psychology" is a skill book item in Project Zomboid. It trains Trapping for levels 9–10 and has 380 pages. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Skill Book Books & media
It trains Trapping for levels 9–10 and has 380 pages. It weighs 1.
Skill books multiply the experience you earn in one skill for a band of levels, so read the volume that matches your level before training. Other literature eases boredom and unhappiness, and magazines and schematics teach recipes.
More: Skill books and reading · Every skill.
Use the item ID in sandbox loot settings, admin tools and mods.
| Item ID | Game category |
|---|---|
Base.BookTrapping5 | Skill Book |
Trapping V: "The Encyclopedia of Applied Animal Psychology" is on 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camping Store Books | Camping (cupboard); Camping storage (box); Fishing (cupboard); and 2 more places | 1.6% | 4 |
| Bookstore Outdoors | Bookstore (shelves) | 1.1% | 4 |
| Ranger Books | Ranger hall (shelves) | 1.1% | 4 |
| University Library Books | University library (shelves); University storage (shelves) | 0.71% | 4 |
| Gun Store Literature | Gun Store (shelves) | 0.54% | 4 |
| Trapper | Attic (box, crate); Closet (box); Garage storage (box); and 2 more places | 0.45% | 4 |
| Bookstore Books | Bookstore (crate, box); Pawnshop (box, shelves) | 0.41% | 4 |
| Ranger Tools | Special spawn (vehicles, events or zombies) | 0.33% | 3 |
It is on 9 more tables with smaller shares.
On zombies: zombies in these outfits can carry it: Survivalist, Survivalist 02, Survivalist 02 Late, Survivalist 02 Mid, Survivalist 03, Survivalist 03 Late, Survivalist 03 Mid, Survivalist 04 and 7 more.
Inside bags and cases: Military Backpack.
Town by town: loot locations.
Used up as an ingredient in 1 recipe: Pack Set of Books in Box.
Made with:
Used in 1 recipe (as an ingredient or tool):
Where to find it (loot tables with the highest weight first):
It weighs 1 in Build 42.
Base.BookTrapping5.
It trains Trapping for levels 9–10.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.