Jerky factory: what spawns here

Jerky factory is one of the room types the game uses to decide what loot appears. The game fills 2 kinds of container here from 3 loot tables. This page lists what each container can hold. Read from the Build 42 game files, November 2026.

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Most likely finds

Item	Best share of a table
Beef Jerky	100%
Salt	39%
Brown Sugar	39%
Cutting Board	12%
Dish Towel	12%
Fleshing Tool	12%
Kitchen Knife	12%
Whetstone	12%
Hot Sauce	11%
Soy Sauce	11%
Fillet Knife	9.6%
Meat Cleaver	9.6%
Butchering I: "Butchering Basics"	4.8%
Chainmail Glove - Left	4.8%
Hatchet	4.8%

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. 18 different items can turn up here.

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Box

Jerky Factory Crate · 4 rolls

Beef Jerky 100%.

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Shelves

Jerky Factory Spices · 4 rolls

Salt 39%, Brown Sugar 39%, Hot Sauce 11%, Soy Sauce 11%.

Jerky Factory Tools · 4 rolls

Cutting Board 12%, Dish Towel 12%, Fleshing Tool 12%, Kitchen Knife 12%, Whetstone 12%, Fillet Knife 9.6%, Meat Cleaver 9.6%, Butchering I: "Butchering Basics" 4.8%, Chainmail Glove - Left 4.8%, Hatchet 4.8%, and 3 more.

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Quick answers

What spawns in a jerky factory in Project Zomboid?

The most likely finds are Beef Jerky, Salt, Brown Sugar, Cutting Board, Dish Towel. 18 different items are possible.

Which containers are in a jerky factory?

Box, Shelves.

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.