Police Filing Cabinet is a loot table in Project Zomboid Build 42. The game rolls it 4 times when it fills a container, picking from 11 entries. It is used in 10 containers across 10 room types.
Chance is each entry's weight as a share of the whole list, per roll.
| Item | Weight | Share of list |
|---|---|---|
| Paperwork | 370 | 70.3% |
| Sheet of Paper | 100 | 19.0% |
| Note | 30 | 5.7% |
| Clipboard | 10 | 1.9% |
| Notepad | 10 | 1.9% |
| Notebook | 6 | 1.1% |
| Cashbox | 0.1 | 0.0% |
| Cigar Box | 0.1 | 0.0% |
| Comic Book | 0.1 | 0.0% |
| Flask | 0.1 | 0.0% |
| Money Bundle | 0.01 | 0.0% |
| Room | Container |
|---|---|
| Police Archive | Filing Cabinet |
| Police Storage | Filing Cabinet |
| Evidence Room | Filing Cabinet |
| Detective Office | Filing Cabinet |
| Security | Filing Cabinet |
| Police Office | Filing Cabinet |
| Police Swat | Filing Cabinet |
| Interrogation Room | Filing Cabinet |
| Captain Office | Filing Cabinet |
| Police Gun Storage | Filing Cabinet |
The most common entries are Paperwork, Sheet of Paper, Note, Clipboard, Notepad.
In Police Archive (Filing Cabinet), Police Storage (Filing Cabinet), Evidence Room (Filing Cabinet), Detective Office (Filing Cabinet), Security (Filing Cabinet), Police Office (Filing Cabinet) and more.
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.