University library is one of the room types the game uses to decide what loot appears. The game fills 2 kinds of container here from 18 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 |
|---|---|
| Book | 100% |
| Book | 100% |
| Book | 100% |
| Book | 100% |
| Book | 100% |
| Book | 100% |
| Book | 100% |
| Book | 100% |
| Book | 91% |
| Book | 91% |
| Book | 91% |
| Book | 91% |
| Book | 81% |
| Book | 68% |
| Book | 68% |
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. 149 different items can turn up here.
Paperback 52%, Index Card 22%, Book 15%, Magazine 7.4%, Calculator 3.0%, First Aid Kit 0.37%.
Book 81%, Pottery III: "Glazing Ceramics at Home" 11%, Pottery IV: "Ming Chinese Masterworks: A Guide" 5.4%, Pottery V: "Pyrometamorphic Process of Ceramic Materials" 2.7%.
Book 100%.
Blacksmithing III: "Old West Smiths and Their Secrets" 2.9%, Butchering III: "Hunter's Guide to Butchering" 2.9%, Carpentry III: "Hand Crafted Shelving and Storage" 2.9%, Carving III: "Grinling Gibbons: His Life and Works" 2.9%, Cooking III: "Flavorful Cuisine - 1993 Edition" 2.9%, Electrical III: "Practical Wiring Guide" 2.9%, Agriculture III: "Liam Keating's Subsistence Farming" 2.9%, First Aid III: "Emergency Paramedics Manual" 2.9%, Fishing III: "Fresh and Saltwater Fishing" 2.9%, Foraging III: "Finding The Treasure in the Trash" 2.9%, and 50 more.
Book 100%.
Book 100%.
Book 100%.
11 more loot tables can also fill this container.
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 Book, Book, Book, Book, Book. 149 different items are possible.
Cupboard, 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.