Recipe database: every crafting recipe in Build 42

Build 42 has 1,234 crafting recipes. This database lists every one with what it uses, which tools it needs, the skill level, the workstation and how you learn it. Search by name below, or open a group. Read from the Build 42 game files, November 2026.

A crafting menu — The Build 42 crafting window. · Official image, The Indie Stone

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Recipes by group

Group	Recipes	What is in it
Tailoring and armour	199	Clothing, bags, leather and crafted armour
Cooking and cookware	169	Food, drinks, pots and pans
Weapons, tools, assembly and repair	139	Spears, crafted weapons, hand tools and fixes
Packing and miscellaneous	131	Boxes, packs and uncategorised recipes
Farming, fishing and outdoors	120	Seeds, drying racks, tackle and shelters
Carpentry, furniture and barricades	118	Walls, stairs, doors and furniture
Blacksmithing and blades	96	Forge work: tools, heads and blades
Pottery, glassmaking and masonry	85	Clay, kilns, glass and stone
Metalworking and welding	82	Sheet metal, bar stock and welded builds
Carving and knapping	58	Bone, wood and stone tools
Electrical and medical	37	Traps, radios, bandages and splints

201 of the recipes are things you build in the world from the building menu, such as walls, forges and furniture. 63 are build-up recipes, where you start with a base such as a pot of soup and keep adding ingredients.

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Recipes by workstation

Workstation	Recipes that need it
Primitive forge	58
Forge	56
Herb drying rack	25
Advanced forge	25
Large kiln	19
Small kiln	18
Advanced furnace	17
Furnace	12
Pottery wheel	10
Standing drill press	8
Grain drying rack	8
Metal bandsaw	7
Primitive furnace	7
Hand press	7
Stone mill	5
Stone quern	3

Everything else is crafted in hand or on any surface. See blacksmithing, pottery and kilns and crafting for how to build the stations.

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Recipes by skill

Skill	Recipes that need it	Highest level asked for
Tailoring	161	7
Blacksmithing	128	9
Carpentry	114	7
Welding	72	10
Carving	58	9
Maintenance	44	5
Masonry	21	8
Electrical	15	6
Knapping	9	6
Strength	8	4
Glassmaking	7	9
Pottery	5	5
Trapping	3	3

591 recipes need a skill level and 643 need none. See skills for how to level each one.

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Magazines and books that teach recipes

Magazine or book	Recipes it teaches
Everyday Smithing - June 1993	17
Welder Monthly - May 1993	12
Welder Monthly - April 1993	11
Everyday Smithing - May 1993	11
Early Indigenous Armor - An In-Depth Study	11
Everyday Smithing - April 1993	10
European Armor in the Late Medieval Era	9
Small-Scale Smithing	9
American Bladecraft	9
Welder Monthly - June 1993	9
Homespun	9
Tool Use of Early Man	8
The First Weapons	8
Outfit Apocalypse	8
Armor in the Iron Age	7
Wilderness Survival	7
Cultures of Prehistory	7
Medieval Armory - June 1993	7
The Cheapskate's John Spiral - Street Violence	7
Cowboy Living	7
Pioneering Carvers	6
Medieval Armory - May 1993	6
Blunt Forge	6
Ancient Tailoring	6
Zapper!	5
Alpine Explorers	5
Woolly Yarns - June 1993	5
Grandma's Kitchen	5
Outdoor Gear, Done Right	5
Leather Crafts	5

377 recipes have to be learned before you can craft them. 76 different magazines and books teach at least one. Many can also be learned by reaching a skill level instead; each recipe row says which. See skill books and reading.

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Quick answers

How many crafting recipes are in Project Zomboid Build 42?

1,234, counting hand crafts, workstation crafts, things built in the world and build-up cooking recipes.

Which skill has the most recipes?

Tailoring, with 161 recipes that need a level in it.

How many recipes need a magazine or book?

377 recipes have to be learned first. Many of those can also be unlocked by reaching a skill level.

Can you brew beer or wine in Project Zomboid?

The Build 42 recipe files contain no brewing, fermenting or distilling recipes. The only hops recipe is drying them.

Are tools used up when you craft?

No. Tools are kept, though some lose a little condition. Only the ingredients are used up.

Recipe facts come from the game's own Build 42 script files, as catalogued by the PZFans craft table. The counts, grouping and wording are ours. Your game is the final word: if it disagrees with us, tell us and we will fix the page.