ProceduralDistributions

`BlacksmithLiterature`

Project Zomboid B42 loot table with 18 items and 4 rolls.

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

ID	Name	Weight
`BSToolsSchematic`	Tool Forging Plan	10
`CookwareSchematic`	Cookware Forging Recipe	10
`SmithingMag1`	Magazine: Everyday Smithing - June 1993	4
`SmithingMag2`	Magazine: Everyday Smithing - May 1993	4
`SmithingMag3`	Magazine: Everyday Smithing - April 1993	4
`SmithingMag4`	Magazine: Small-Scale Smithing	4
`SmithingMag5`	Magazine: Blunt Forge	4
`SmithingMag6`	Magazine: Modern Blacksmithing at Home	4
`SmithingMag7`	Magazine: Medieval Armory - June 1993	4
`SmithingMag8`	Magazine: American Bladecraft	4
`SmithingMag9`	Magazine: Iron Age Blacksmithing	4
`SmithingMag10`	Magazine: Medieval Blacksmithing	4
`SmithingMag11`	Magazine: Medieval Armory - May 1993	4
`BookBlacksmith1`	Blacksmithing I: "Elementary Forge Practice"	2
`BookBlacksmith2`	Blacksmithing II: "General Purpose Blacksmithing"	1
`BookBlacksmith3`	Blacksmithing III: "Old West Smiths and Their Secrets"	0.5
`BookBlacksmith4`	Blacksmithing IV: "Really Hard Steel Co. Workers Handbook"	0.1
`BookBlacksmith5`	Blacksmithing V: "The Complete Encyclopedia of Metallurgy"	0.05

Add your item to this list

lua

local dist = ProceduralDistributions.list["BlacksmithLiterature"]
if dist and dist.items then
    table.insert(dist.items, "MiMod.MiItem")
    table.insert(dist.items, 2)
end

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