Packing and miscellaneous recipes

Opening and packing boxes, and the recipes the game files put in no particular category. This page lists all 131 of them with what they use, what they need and what they make. Read from the Build 42 game files, November 2026.

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How to read this page

Each row is one recipe. Ingredients are used up. Tools stay in your inventory, though some wear a little. Where a cell says "or", any one of the options works. Requirements lists the skill level you need, the XP the craft gives, and how the recipe is learned if you do not know it from the start. Under each name is where you craft it: in hand, on any surface, at a named workstation, or built in the world from the building menu.

Back to the recipe database. For how the crafting system works, see crafting.

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Packing (32)

Recipe	Ingredients (used up)	Tools (kept)	Requirements	Makes
Empty Sack (Destroy Contents) In hand	Sack of Dirt or Sack of Gravel or Sack of Sand	None	No skill needed	Sack
Gather Gunpowder On any surface	any ammo	any pliers or any vise grips	No skill needed	Gunpowder
Open Box (100 Items) In hand	Box of Nails or Box of Screws or Box of Capgun Caps	None	No skill needed	Depends on what you put in
Open Box (20 Rounds) In hand	Box of .44 Magnum Rounds or Box of 7.62x51mm Rounds or Box of 5.56x45mm Rounds or 1 more	None	No skill needed	Depends on what you put in
Open Box (50 Rounds) In hand	Box of 9x19mm Rounds or Box of .45 ACP Rounds or Box of .38 Special Rounds or 1 more	None	No skill needed	Depends on what you put in
Open Box of Canned Food In hand	Box of Mac and Cheese or Box of Canned Beans or Box of Canned Spaghetti Bolognese or 20 more	None	No skill needed	Depends on what you put in
Open Box of Fishing Hooks In hand	Box of Fishing Hooks	None	No skill needed	10 × Fishing Hook
Open Box of Jars In hand	Box of Jars	None	No skill needed	6 × Jar, 6 × Jar Lid
Open Box of Paperclips In hand	Box of Paperclips	None	No skill needed	40 × Paperclip
Open Box of Shotgun Shells In hand	Box of 12g Rounds	None	No skill needed	25 × 12g Round
Open Box of Wine Bottles In hand	Box of White Wine or Box of Red Wine	None	No skill needed	Depends on what you put in
Open Carton (12 Boxes) In hand	Carton of Nails or Carton of Screws or Carton of 9x19mm Rounds or 8 more	None	No skill needed	Depends on what you put in
Open Pack of Beer In hand	Pack of Beer Bottles or Pack of Beer Cans	None	No skill needed	Depends on what you put in
Pack 10 Cigarette Packs in Carton In hand	10 × Cigarette Pack	None	No skill needed	Cigarette Carton
Pack 12 Boxes in Carton In hand	12 × Box of Nails or Box of Screws or Box of .44 Magnum Rounds or 8 more	None	No skill needed	Depends on what you put in
Pack 6 Beer Bottles In hand	6 × Beer Bottle	None	No skill needed	Pack of Beer Bottles
Pack 6 Bottles of Wine Into Box In hand	6 × White Wine or Red Wine	None	No skill needed	Depends on what you put in
Pack 6 Cans of Food in Box In hand	6 × Mac and Cheese or Canned Beans or Canned Spaghetti Bolognese or 20 more	None	No skill needed	Depends on what you put in
Pack 6 Jars in Box In hand	6 × any jar; 6 × Jar Lid	None	No skill needed	Box of Jars
Pack Ammo in Box In hand	20 × .44 Magnum Round or 7.62x51mm Round or 12g Round or 6 more	None	No skill needed	Depends on what you put in
Pack Items in Box In hand	6 × Candle or Cold Pack or Light Bulb or 14 more	None	No skill needed	Depends on what you put in
Pack Set of Books in Box In hand	Aiming I: "Better Aiming" or Animal Care I: "A Tale of St. Francis" or Carpentry I: "A Guide to Nailing" or 21 more; Aiming II: "Drawing and Shooting" or Animal Care II: "Animal Welfare Basics" or Carpentry II: "Carpentry, Woodcraft Style" or 21 more; Aiming III: "Leading Moving Targets" or Animal Care III: "How Animals Think: A Helpful Guide" or Carpentry III: "Hand Crafted Shelving and Storage" or 21 more; Aiming IV: "Long Range Sniping Tactics" or Animal Care IV: "The Wants and Needs of Diverse Fauna" or Carpentry IV: "Making Your Own Cabin From Scratch" or 21 more; Aiming V: "Secrets From the World's Best Snipers" or Animal Care V: "Wilds Tamed: An In-Depth Comparative" or Carpentry V: "Site Joinery and Architectural Carpentry" or 21 more	None	No skill needed	Depends on what you put in
Stack Items In hand	12 × Rag or Rag (Dirty) or Rag (Sterilized) or 10 more	None	No skill needed	Depends on what you put in
Take Clay from Sack In hand	Sack of Clay	None	No skill needed	8 × Clay, Sack
Unbundle Money In hand	Money Bundle	None	No skill needed	100 × Money
Unpack 10 Cigarette Packs from Carton In hand	Cigarette Carton	None	No skill needed	10 × Cigarette Pack
Unpack 20 Tongue Depressors In hand	Box of Tongue Depressors	None	No skill needed	20 × Tongue Depressor
Unpack Box In hand	Box of Adhesive Tape or Box of Antibiotics or Box of Bandages or 4 more	None	No skill needed	Depends on what you put in
Unpack Box of 24 Adhesive Bandages In hand	Box of Adhesive Bandages	None	No skill needed	24 × Bandage - Adhesive
Unpack Box of 6 In hand	Box of Candles or Box of Cold Packs or Box of Light Bulbs	None	No skill needed	Depends on what you put in
Unpack Set of Books In hand	Set of Aiming Books or Set of Animal Care Books or Set of Butchering Books or 21 more	None	No skill needed	Depends on what you put in, Depends on what you put in, Depends on what you put in, Depends on what you put in, Depends on what you put in
Unstack In hand	Rag Bundle or Rag Bundle (Dirty) or Rag Bundle (Sterilized) or 9 more	None	No skill needed	Depends on what you put in

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Miscellaneous (62)

Recipe	Ingredients (used up)	Tools (kept)	Requirements	Makes
Add Cigarette to Pack In hand	Cigarette	Cigarette Pack	No skill needed	Changes the item in place
Attach Filter to Gas Mask In hand	any gas mask filter	any gas mask	No skill needed	Changes the item in place
Attach Filter to Respirator In hand	any respirator filter	any respirator	No skill needed	Changes the item in place
Attach Oxygen Tank In hand	Oxygen Tank	any hazmat suit or any scba	No skill needed	Changes the item in place
Chop Large Branch Into Firewood On any surface	Large Branch	an axe	No skill needed	4 × Firewood, Wood Splinters
Chop Log Into Firewood On any surface	Log	an axe	No skill needed	6 × Firewood, Wood Splinters
Crude Wooden Cross Built in the world	Tree Branch or Wooden Rod; Long Stick or Sapling; Rag or Rag (Dirty) or Twine or 2 more	None	No skill needed. Gives 1 Carpentry XP	Rugged Cross
Draw Random Card In hand	Nothing is used up	Playing Cards	No skill needed	Changes the item in place
Drill Plank On any surface	Plank or Log or Large Branch	any screwdriver or any dull knife or any sharp knife or 2 more	No skill needed. Gives 1 Carving XP	Notched Plank
Extinguish Candle In hand	Lit Candle	None	No skill needed	Candle
Extinguish Hurricane Lantern In hand	Hurricane Lantern (Lit) or Hurricane Lantern - Copper (Lit) or Hurricane Lantern (Lit) or 2 more	None	No skill needed	Depends on what you put in
Fill Pipe In hand	3 × any tobacco; Smoking Pipe or Can Pipe	None	No skill needed	Depends on what you put in
Insert Propane Bottle into Lantern In hand	Propane Lantern; Propane Lantern Bottle	None	No skill needed	Propane Lantern
Light Candle In hand	Candle; a fire starter	None	No skill needed	Lit Candle
Light Hurricane Lantern In hand	Hurricane Lantern or Hurricane Lantern - Copper or Hurricane Lantern or 2 more; a fire starter	None	No skill needed	Depends on what you put in
Make Box Trap In hand	4 × Plank; 7 × Nails	any saw or any small saw or any crude saw; any hammer	Carpentry 1, Trapping 2. Gives 5 Carpentry XP. Read: Wildlife Preserve or reach Trapping 8	Box Trap
Make Cage Trap In hand	5 × Wire	any pliers	Trapping 3. Read: Wildlife Preserve or reach Trapping 5	Cage Trap
Make Can Pipe In hand	Beer Can or Beer Can or Diet Cola or 5 more	any sharp knife or any sewing needle or any awl	No skill needed	Can Pipe
Make Crate Trap In hand	3 × Plank; 5 × Nails	any saw or any small saw or any crude saw; any hammer	No skill needed. Gives 5 Carpentry XP. Read: The Hunter or reach Trapping 4	Crate Trap
Make Firecracker On any surface	Glue; Gunpowder; Sheet of Paper or Graph Paper or Brochure or 6 more; Twine	any scissors	No skill needed. Read: Real Spy Secrets - June 1993	Firecracker - Crafted
Make Gas Mask Filter In hand	any empty can; Sponge; any charcoal; Rag; any glue; any tape	any metal saw or any sheet metal snips or any small saw or 1 more; any pliers; a mortar and pestle	No skill needed. Read: The Cheapskate's John Spiral - Chemical Warfare, No Man's Land	Gas Mask Filter - Crafted
Make Improvised Gas Mask In hand	2 × Duct Tape; Rag; Orange Soda or Bottle or Water Bottle	any scissors or any sharp knife	No skill needed. Gives 5 Tailoring XP. Read: The Cheapskate's John Spiral - Chemical Warfare	Improvised Gas Mask
Make Magnesium Shavings In hand	Magnesium Firestarter	None	No skill needed	Magnesium Shavings
Make Snare Trap In hand	Plank; 2 × Twine	any saw or any small saw or any crude saw	Trapping 1. Gives 5 Carpentry XP. Read: Small Game Hunting or reach Trapping 6	Snare Trap
Make Stick Trap In hand	4 × Wooden Rod; Twine	None	No skill needed. Read: The Hunter or reach Trapping 2	Stick Trap
Make Tent Kit In hand	Tarp; 4 × any tentpeg; 2 × Wooden Rod or Tree Branch; Long Stick or Sapling	None	No skill needed	Improvised Tent Kit
Pack 20 Cigarettes In hand	20 × Cigarette	None	No skill needed	Cigarette Pack
Pack Sleeping Bag In hand	Sleeping Bag or Sleeping Bag or Cheap Sleeping Bag or 8 more	None	No skill needed	Depends on what you put in
Pack Tent In hand	Tent or Tent or Tent or 4 more	None	No skill needed	Depends on what you put in
Purify Water In hand	Water Purification Tablets		No skill needed	Changes the item in place
Put Rag in Improvised Gas Mask In hand	Rag	any improvised gas mask	No skill needed	Changes the item in place
Recharge Filters In hand	any gas mask filter or any respirator filter; Sponge; any charcoal; Rag; any glue; any tape	a mortar and pestle	No skill needed. Read: The Cheapskate's John Spiral - Chemical Warfare, No Man's Land	Depends on what you put in
Refill Hurricane Lantern In hand	Hurricane Lantern or Hurricane Lantern - Copper or Hurricane Lantern or 2 more; 0.1 L of petrol	None	No skill needed	Depends on what you put in
Remove Gas Mask Filter In hand	Nothing is used up	any gas mask	No skill needed	Changes the item in place
Remove Oxygen Tank In hand	Nothing is used up	any hazmat suit or any scba	No skill needed	Changes the item in place
Remove Propane Bottle In hand	Nothing is used up	Propane Lantern	No skill needed	Propane Lantern Bottle
Remove Rag from Improvised Gas Mask In hand	Nothing is used up	any improvised gas mask	No skill needed	Changes the item in place
Remove Respirator Filters In hand	Nothing is used up	any respirator	No skill needed	Changes the item in place
Roll Cigarette In hand	any tobacco; any rolling paper	None	No skill needed	Rolled Cigarette
Roll One Dice In hand	Nothing is used up	any dice	No skill needed	Changes the item in place
Skull Pole Antlers Built in the world	Long Stick or Sapling; Sheet Rope; Stag Skull	None	No skill needed	Skull Pole Antlers
Skull Pole Bull Built in the world	Long Stick or Sapling; Sheet Rope; Bull Skull	None	No skill needed	Skull Pole Bull
Skull Pole Cow Built in the world	Long Stick or Sapling; Sheet Rope; Cow Skull	None	No skill needed	Skull Pole Cow
Skull Pole Deer Built in the world	Long Stick or Sapling; Sheet Rope; Stag Skull	None	No skill needed	Skull Pole Deer
Skull Pole Deer Doe Built in the world	Long Stick or Sapling; Sheet Rope; Deer Skull	None	No skill needed	Skull Pole Deer Doe
Skull Pole Pig Built in the world	Long Stick or Sapling; Sheet Rope; Pig Skull	None	No skill needed	Skull Pole Pig
Skull Pole Sheep Built in the world	Long Stick or Sapling; Sheet Rope; Sheep Skull	None	No skill needed	Skull Pole Sheep
Smash Bone On any surface	Animal Bone or Large Animal Bone	any hammer or any sledgehammer or any club hammer or 1 more	Strength 4	2 × Bone Pieces
Smash Cow Skull On any surface	Bull Skull or Cow Skull	any hammer or any sledgehammer or any club hammer or 1 more	Strength 3	2 × Bone Pieces, 2 × Jawbone, 2 × Animal Teeth
Smash Herbivore Skull On any surface	Calf Skull or Sheep Skull or Ram Skull or 1 more	any hammer or any sledgehammer or any club hammer or 1 more	Strength 2	2 × Bone Pieces, 2 × Animal Teeth
Smash Jawbone On any surface	Jawbone	any hammer or any sledgehammer or any club hammer or 1 more	Strength 4	2 × Bone Pieces, Animal Teeth
Smash Pig Skull On any surface	Pig Skull	any hammer or any sledgehammer or any club hammer or 1 more	Strength 2	2 × Bone Pieces, 2 × Animal Teeth, 2 × Pig Tusk
Smash Small Herbivore Skull On any surface	Lamb Skull or Piglet Skull or Fawn Skull	any hammer or any sledgehammer or any club hammer or 1 more	Strength 1	Bone Pieces, Animal Teeth
Smash Stag Skull On any surface	Stag Skull	any hammer or any sledgehammer or any club hammer or 1 more	Strength 2	2 × Bone Pieces, 2 × Animal Teeth, Antlers
Stone Cairn Built in the world	6 × Stone	None	No skill needed	Stone Cairn
Take Cigarette In hand	Cigarette Pack	None	No skill needed	Cigarette
Unpack Cigarettes In hand	Cigarette Pack	None	No skill needed	20 × Cigarette
Unpack Sleeping Bag In hand	Sleeping Bag (Packed) or Sleeping Bag (Packed) or Cheap Sleeping Bag (Packed) or 8 more	None	No skill needed	Depends on what you put in
Unpack Tent In hand	Tent (Packed) or Tent (Packed) or Tent (Packed) or 4 more	None	No skill needed	Depends on what you put in
Wooden Cross Built in the world	2 × Plank; 2 × Nails	any hammer	No skill needed. Gives 6 Carpentry XP	Wood Cross
Wooden Marker Built in the world	Plank; Sheet Rope	None	No skill needed. Gives 6 Carpentry XP	Wood Picket
Wooden Sign Built in the world	3 × Plank; 3 × Nails	any hammer	Carpentry 1. Gives 10 Carpentry XP	Wood Sign

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Uncategorised (37)

Recipe	Ingredients (used up)	Tools (kept)	Requirements	Makes
Break Glass In hand	any glass	None	No skill needed	Broken Glass
Burn Large Wood into Charcoal	9 × any makewoodcharcoallarge	None	No skill needed	12 × Wood Charcoal
Burn Medium Wood into Charcoal	12 × any makewoodcharcoalmedium	None	No skill needed	12 × Wood Charcoal
Burn Small Wood into Charcoal	18 × any makewoodcharcoalsmall	None	No skill needed	12 × Wood Charcoal
Burn Wood into Charcoal	2 × Log or Large Branch or Plank	None	No skill needed	12 × Wood Charcoal
Close Umbrella In hand	Umbrella or Umbrella or Umbrella or 2 more	None	No skill needed	Depends on what you put in
Copy Building Key On any surface	Blank Key	any smallfiles; any building key	No skill needed. Read: The Cheapskate's John Spiral - Escaping Captivity	Key
Craft Twine On any surface	Hemp Dogbane or Hemp (Scutched) or Flax Tow or 1 more	Wooden Rod or Tree Branch or Medium Handle; any sharp knife or any scissors	No skill needed	Twine
Cut Leather in Half On any surface	Large Hide (Crude) or Medium Hide (Crude) or Large Leather (Crude) or 11 more	any sharp knife or any scissors	No skill needed	Depends on what you put in
Cut Tarp In hand	Tarp	any scissors or any sharp knife	No skill needed	6 × Tarp Piece
Cut Up Belt In hand	any scrapasbelt	any scissors or any sharp knife	No skill needed	Buckle, Leather Strips
Cut Up Circular Sawblade With Bandsaw Metal bandsaw	Circular Sawblade	None	No skill needed	2 × Circular Sawblade Half
Cut Up Denim/Leather Clothing In hand	any ripclothingdenim or any ripclothingleather	any scissors or any sharp knife	No skill needed	Depends on what you put in
Cut Up Iron Band With Bandsaw Metal bandsaw	Iron Band	None	No skill needed	4 × Iron Band - Small
Cut Up Tire On any surface	any whole tire	any metal saw or any bolt cutters	Strength 4	4 × Tire Piece, Scrap Metal
Cut Up Tire With Bandsaw Metal bandsaw	any whole tire	None	No skill needed	4 × Tire Piece, Scrap Metal
Fire 2 Limestone Small kiln	2 × any limestone; a fire starter; any log or any charcoal	None	No skill needed	2 × Quicklime
Fire 4 Limestone Large kiln	4 × any limestone; a fire starter; any log or any charcoal	None	No skill needed	4 × Quicklime
Hollow Out Book In hand	any hollowbook or any fancy book; 5 × Glue	Straight Razor or Scalpel; Small Brush	No skill needed. Read: Real Spy Secrets - May 1993 or reach Maintenance 10	Depends on what you put in
Make Blank ID On any surface	2 × any idcard; Correction Fluid; Adhesive Tape	any pen; Scalpel or Straight Razor	No skill needed. Read: The Cheapskate's John Spiral - Forging New Identities	ID Card - Blank
Make Coke	8 × Wood Charcoal or Charcoal	None	No skill needed	4 × Coke
Make Twig Broom In hand	Sapling or Long Stick; Twigs Bundle; simple binding	None	No skill needed	Twig Broom
Open Umbrella In hand	Umbrella (Closed) or Umbrella (Closed) or Umbrella (Closed) or 2 more	None	No skill needed	Depends on what you put in
Refill Lighter In hand	any lighter fluid	any refillablelighter	No skill needed	Changes the item in place
Rip Clothing In hand	any ripclothingcotton	None	No skill needed	Rag
Rip Sheet In hand	any sheet	None	No skill needed	10 × Rag
Scratch Ticket In hand	Scratch Ticket	None	No skill needed	Scratch Ticket
Set Coffin Flat In hand	Upright Coffin	None	No skill needed	Coffin
Set Coffin Upright In hand	Coffin	None	No skill needed	Upright Coffin
Take Garbage Bag In hand	Box of Garbage Bags	None	No skill needed	Garbage Bag
Take Tissue In hand	Box of Tissues	None	No skill needed	Tissue
Thermal Fuel Charcoal	any charcoal	None	No skill needed	Changes the item in place
Tie Sheet Rope In hand	Sheet	None	No skill needed	Sheet Rope
Twist Rope from Dogbane On any surface	2 × Hemp Dogbane or Hemp (Scutched)	Wooden Rod or Tree Branch or Medium Handle; any sharp knife or any scissors	No skill needed	Rope
Untie Sheet Rope In hand	Sheet Rope	None	No skill needed	Sheet
Wooden Coffin Built in the world	4 × Plank; 4 × Nails	any hammer; any saw or any crude saw	Carpentry 4. Gives 40 Carpentry XP	Coffin
Wooden Lamp Pillar Built in the world	Log; 4 × Nails; Rope; any flashlightpillar	any hammer	Carpentry 1. Gives 10 Carpentry XP	Wood Lamp Pillar

Recipe facts (ingredients, tools, skill levels and results) come from the game's own Build 42 script files, as catalogued by the PZFans craft table. The wording, grouping and layout are ours. Tool groups such as "any hammer" mean any item the game counts as that tool. Your game is the final word: if it disagrees with us, tell us and we will fix the page.