Detective office is one of the room types the game uses to decide what loot appears. The game fills 4 kinds of container here from 4 loot tables. This page lists what each container can hold. Read from the Build 42 game files, November 2026.
| Item | Best share of a table |
|---|---|
| Paperwork | 70% |
| Camera Film | 45% |
| Sheet of Paper | 19% |
| Paper Napkins | 15% |
| Menu | 6.0% |
| Gum | 6.0% |
| Journal | 6.0% |
| Magazine | 6.0% |
| Notepad | 6.0% |
| Zip Ties | 6.0% |
| Note | 5.7% |
| Bowl | 5.0% |
| Coffee | 5.0% |
| Mug | 5.0% |
| Plastic Fork | 5.0% |
Share is how much of a loot table's weight the item takes, before your sandbox loot settings. Each container rolls its table several times, so a bigger share means you see it more often. 84 different items can turn up here.
Paperwork 50%, Camera Film 45%, Photograph 4.1%, ID Card 0.54%, Stock Certificate 0.54%, Desktop Computer under 0.1%, Briefcase under 0.1%.
Paper Napkins 15%, Bowl 5.0%, Coffee 5.0%, Menu 5.0%, Mug 5.0%, Plastic Fork 5.0%, Plastic Knife 5.0%, Plastic Spoon 5.0%, Sugar Cubes 5.0%, Sugar Packet 5.0%, and 24 more.
Find this kind of building on the interactive map. All rooms: loot tables by room. Town by town: loot locations.
The most likely finds are Paperwork, Camera Film, Sheet of Paper, Paper Napkins, Menu. 84 different items are possible.
Box, Cupboard, Desk, File Cabinet.
Loot tables, weights and room assignments are read from the Build 42 game data, as catalogued by the PZFans craft table. The grouping and wording are ours. Your game is the final word: if it disagrees with us, tell us and we will fix the page.