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Welding Rods at a glance
Material Building & survival
It weighs 1.5.
Weight1.5
Welding Rods
Welding Rods is a material item in Project Zomboid. It weighs 1.5. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
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What it is and how to use it
Crafting materials feed the Build 42 crafting menus. Right-click the item or open the crafting window to see every recipe it goes into.
More: Crafting in Build 42 · Base building.
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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.WeldingRods | Material |
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Where it spawns: the loot tables
Welding Rods is on 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metal Shop Tools | Metal fabrication shop (cupboard, tool cabinet); Metal fabrication storage (tool cabinet); Metal Shop (cupboard, box, tool cabinet) | 15% | 4 |
| Welding Workshop Metal | Welding storage (shelves); Welding workshop (shelves) | 15% | 4 |
| Rail Yard Tools | Catwalk (crate, shelves, box); Railroad repair shop (box, cupboard, crate, …); Railroad storage (crate, box) | 5.4% | 4 |
| Police Storage Mechanics | Police garage (shelves, tool cabinet) | 3.8% | 4 |
| Tool Store Metalwork | Tool storage (box, shelves); Tool Store (box, crate, shelves); Tool store storage (box, shelves) | 3.7% | 4 |
| Garage Metalwork | Garage storage (cupboard, shelves); Shed (cupboard, shelves) | 3.6% | 4 |
| Fire Storage Mechanics | Fire garage (cupboard, tool cabinet); Fire storage (tool cabinet) | 3.5% | 4 |
| Army Hangar Tools | Special spawn (vehicles, events or zombies) | 3.4% | 4 |
It is on 4 more tables with smaller shares.
Inside bags and cases: Protective Case - Military, Protective Case, Tool Roll - Leather, Toolbox, Wooden Toolbox, Garbage Bag.
Town by town: loot locations.
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Recipes: how to make it and what it makes
What it is used for
Used up as an ingredient in 37 recipes: Barrel Oven, Barricade Metal Bar, Barricade Metal Sheet, Big Double Pole Gate, Big Double Wire Gate, Big Wire Fence Gate, Feeding Trough Metal (Double), Metal Big Locker, Metal Big Locker, Metal Big Pole Fence, Metal Big Pole Fence Gate, Metal Big Wire Fence, Metal Counter, Metal Counter and 23 more.
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Crafting and loot tables
Where to find it (loot tables with the highest weight first):
- Welding Workshop Metal (weight 20)
- Metal Shop Tools (weight 20)
- Metal Shop Tools (weight 20)
- Crate Metalwork (weight 10)
- Tool Store Metalwork (weight 10)
- Metal Shop Tools (weight 10)
- Metal Shop Tools (weight 10)
- Army Hangar Tools (weight 8)
- Tool Cabinet Mechanics (weight 8)
- Rail Yard Tools (weight 8)
- Fire Storage Mechanics (weight 8)
- Garage Metalwork (weight 8)
- Police Storage Mechanics (weight 8)
- Construction Worker Tools (weight 4)
- Crate Random Junk (weight 0.8)
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Quick answers
How much does the Welding Rods weigh in Project Zomboid?
It weighs 1.5 in Build 42.
What is the item ID for Welding Rods?
Base.WeldingRods.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.