Bucket (Cubo)

Bucket is a WaterContainer item that weighs 1 kg. Most likely found in: Chinese restaurant, Chinese restaurant kitchen, Fossoil. Used in 8 recipes.

Data taken from the game files: Project Zomboid 42.21.0 · updated on 2026-10-01

Tips

Best place to look: Chinese restaurant (counter).
It is a tool in 2 recipes: it is not consumed when crafting, though it can wear down.
Researching it (right-click → Research) teaches you: Make Bucket Maul, Forge Bucket, Carve Bucket.

Place	Container	Chance	Loot table
Chinese restaurant	counter	common	`StoreKitchenCleaning`
Chinese restaurant kitchen	counter	common	`StoreKitchenCleaning`
Fossoil	counter	common	`FossoilCounterCleaning`
Gas-2-Go	counter	common	`Gas2GoCounterCleaning`
Gigamart kitchen	counter	common	`StoreKitchenCleaning`
Italian restaurant kitchen	counter	common	`StoreKitchenCleaning`
Jay's Chicken kitchen	counter	common	`StoreKitchenCleaning`
Mexican restaurant kitchen	counter	common	`StoreKitchenCleaning`
Spiffo's kitchen	counter	common	`StoreKitchenCleaning`
VIP lounge	counter	common	`StoreKitchenCleaning`
Zippee storage	counter	common	`JanitorCleaning`
arena kitchen	counter	common	`StoreKitchenCleaning`
arena kitchen storage	counter	common	`StoreKitchenCleaning`
bakery	counter	common	`StoreKitchenCleaning`
bakery kitchen	counter	common	`StoreKitchenCleaning`

And 161 more places with lower odds.

You can also find it by foraging (right-click the ground → Forage), in the category Trash.

Recipe	As	Result
Dye Clothes	tool	–
Make bucket of milk	tool	–
Mix Bucket of Clay Cement	ingredient	1× Bucket of Clay Cement
Mix Bucket of Clay Cement from Grass	ingredient	1× Bucket of Clay Cement
Mix Bucket of Concrete	ingredient	1× Bucket of Concrete
Mix Bucket of Plaster	ingredient	1× Bucket of Plaster
Mix Bucket of Wallpaper Paste	ingredient	1× Bucket of Wallpaper Paste
Make Bucket Maul Maintenance 5 taught by Magazine: The Cheapskate's John Spiral - Street Violence	ingredient	1× Bucket Maul - Wood Handle