ProceduralDistributions

`LibraryMagazines`

Project Zomboid B42 loot table with 57 items and 4 rolls.

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

ID	Name	Weight
`CookingMag1`	Magazine: Good Cooking - June 1993	1
`CookingMag2`	Magazine: Good Cooking - May 1993	1
`CookingMag3`	Magazine: Italian Delights	1
`CookingMag4`	Magazine: Grandma's Kitchen	1
`CookingMag5`	Magazine: World Cooking	1
`CookingMag6`	Magazine: Delicious Meals - June 1993	1
`ElectronicsMag1`	Magazine: Zapper!	1
`ElectronicsMag2`	Magazine: Like Clockwork	1
`ElectronicsMag3`	Magazine: Home Security Monthly	1
`ElectronicsMag4`	Magazine: How to Use Generators	1
`ElectronicsMag5`	Magazine: Sparky's Lighting Guide	1
`EngineerMagazine1`	Magazine: Real Spy Secrets - June 1993	1
`EngineerMagazine2`	Magazine: The Cheapskate's John Spiral - Chemical Warfare	1
`FarmingMag1`	Magazine: Kentucky Farmer - June 1993	1
`FarmingMag2`	Magazine: Kentucky Farmer - May 1993	1
`FarmingMag3`	Magazine: Blooms and Blossoms	1
`FarmingMag4`	Magazine: The Farmers Guide	1
`FarmingMag5`	Magazine: American Homesteading	1
`FarmingMag6`	Magazine: Cropping for Cash	1
`FarmingMag7`	Magazine: Growing Your Own	1
`FarmingMag8`	Magazine: Thyme Time	1
`FishingMag1`	Magazine: Angler USA - June 1993	1
`FishingMag2`	Magazine: Angler USA - May 1993	1
`GlassmakingMag1`	Magazine: Murano Glass Manual	1
`GlassmakingMag2`	Magazine: Carlow Crystal Guide	1
`GlassmakingMag3`	Magazine: Bottle Making at Home	1
`HerbalistMag`	Magazine: Wilderness Survival	1
`HuntingMag1`	Magazine: Small Game Hunting	1
`HuntingMag2`	Magazine: The Hunter	1
`HuntingMag3`	Magazine: Wildlife Preserve	1
`HuntingMag4`	Magazine: Get Stuffed	1
`KnittingMag1`	Magazine: Woolly Yarns - June 1993	1
`KnittingMag2`	Magazine: Woolly Yarns - May 1993	1
`MechanicMag1`	Magazine: Laines Standard Auto Manual	1
`MechanicMag2`	Magazine: Laines Commercial Auto Manual	1
`MechanicMag3`	Magazine: Laines Performance Auto Manual	1
`MetalworkMag1`	Magazine: Welder Monthly - June 1993	1
`MetalworkMag2`	Magazine: Welder Monthly - May 1993	1
`MetalworkMag3`	Magazine: Welder Monthly - April 1993	1
`MetalworkMag4`	Magazine: Welder Monthly - March 1993	1
`SmithingMag2`	Magazine: Everyday Smithing - May 1993	1
`SmithingMag3`	Magazine: Everyday Smithing - April 1993	1
`SmithingMag4`	Magazine: Small-Scale Smithing	1
`SmithingMag5`	Magazine: Blunt Forge	1
`SmithingMag6`	Magazine: Modern Blacksmithing at Home	1
`SmithingMag7`	Magazine: Medieval Armory - June 1993	1
`SmithingMag8`	Magazine: American Bladecraft	1
`SmithingMag9`	Magazine: Iron Age Blacksmithing	1
`SmithingMag10`	Magazine: Medieval Blacksmithing	1
`SmithingMag11`	Magazine: Medieval Armory - May 1993	1
`WeaponMag7`	Magazine: The Louisville Bruiser	1
`ArmorMag4`	Magazine: European Armor in the Late Medieval Era	0.01
`ArmorMag4`	Magazine: European Armor in the Late Medieval Era	0.01
`PrimitiveToolMag1`	Magazine: Tool Use of Early Man	0.01
`PrimitiveToolMag2`	Magazine: Cultures of Prehistory	0.01
`PrimitiveToolMag3`	Magazine: Pioneering Carvers	0.01
`WeaponMag6`	Magazine: Revolting Peasants	0.01

junk rolls 1

A second roll with filler items.

ID	Name	Weight
`Doodle`	Doodle	0.001

Add your item to this list

lua

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

Goes inside a function hooked to Events.OnPostDistributionMerge. Full loot guide (Spanish) → · All lists