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Bin Dumpster loot table

Bin Dumpster is a loot table in Project Zomboid Build 42. The game rolls it 4 times when it fills a container, picking from 56 entries plus a junk list rolled 1 times.

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Items and chances

Chance is each entry's weight as a share of the whole list, per roll.

ItemWeightShare of list
Garbage Bag6027.1%
Tin Can3013.6%
Receipt104.5%
Beer Can83.6%
Pop Can83.6%
Pop Can83.6%
Pop Can83.6%
Cockroach83.6%
Wood Splinters83.6%
Straw83.6%
Empty Pallet41.8%
Rag (Dirty)41.8%
Bone Pieces41.8%
Fountain Cup41.8%
Paper Napkins41.8%
Plastic Cup41.8%
Scratch Ticket - Loser41.8%
Beer Bottle Empty20.9%
Animal Bone20.9%
Bandage (Dirty)20.9%
Scrap Electronics20.9%
Scrap Metal20.9%
Dead Mouse20.9%
Sheet Metal Scrap20.9%
Scrap Wood20.9%
Paint Bucket10.5%
Pop Bottle Empty10.5%
Water Bottle Empty10.5%
Broken Baseball Bat10.5%
Copper Scrap10.5%
Broken Garden Tool Handle10.5%
Large Animal Bone10.5%
Broken Large Handle10.5%
Broken Long Stick10.5%
Broken Iron Pipe10.5%
Long Sharp Bone10.5%
Sharp Bone Fragment10.5%
Smashed Bottle10.5%
Brochure10.5%
Dead Rat10.5%
Flier10.5%
Beer Imported Empty0.50.2%
Jar0.50.2%
Rum Empty0.50.2%
Tequila Empty0.50.2%
Vodka Empty0.50.2%
Whiskey Empty0.50.2%
Jar Lid0.50.2%
Rat Droppings0.50.2%
Broken Glass0.40.2%
Brandy Empty0.10.0%
Gin Empty0.10.0%
Pop Bottle Rare Empty0.10.0%
Scotch Empty0.10.0%
Wine 2Open Empty0.10.0%
Wine Open Empty0.10.0%
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Quick answers

What can you find in Bin Dumpster?

The most common entries are Garbage Bag, Tin Can, Receipt, Beer Can, Pop Can.

Figures on this page are read from the Build 42 game files (42.22, November 2026). Chances are relative weights inside each loot table, not exact drop rates. Your game is the final word: if it disagrees with us, tell us and we will fix the page.