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Weighing Scale

Weighing Scale is a piece of furniture in Project Zomboid. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.

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Weighing Scale at a glance

Weighing Scale icon

Furniture Furniture

There is no recipe for it in the game files, so you find it in the world.

TypeFurniture
CategoryFurniture
Weight0.5
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What it is and how to use it

Weighing Scale is a movable object. In furniture mode you can pick it up, carry it and place it somewhere else, as long as your skills and tools allow it for that piece.

More: Base building · Carpentry · Recipe database.

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Moving it, placing it and taking it apart

It weighs 5.0 when you carry it. You can pick it up with no tool. Taking it apart uses Welding, Welding Torch, Welder Mask.

Weight when carried5.0
Size1 tile
To pick it upNo tool needed
To take it apartWelding, Welding Torch, Welder Mask

See base building for how furniture mode works.

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Item ID

Use the item ID in admin tools and mods.

Item IDTypeWorld sprite
Base.Mov_ScaleMedicalFurniturelocation_community_medical_01_9
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Quick answers

Can you craft Weighing Scale in Project Zomboid?

No recipe for it exists in the Build 42 game files. You find it in the world and move it.

What is the item ID for Weighing Scale?

Base.Mov_ScaleMedical.

Names, IDs and recipes from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid. Furniture and tile details from PZwiki (CC BY-SA).