ProceduralDistributions

`MedievalBooks`

Project Zomboid B42 loot table with 21 items and 4 rolls.

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

ID	Name	Weight
`BookBlacksmith1`	Blacksmithing I: "Elementary Forge Practice"	10
`BookLongBlade1`	Long Blade I: "Cool Swords!"	10
`BookBlacksmith2`	Blacksmithing II: "General Purpose Blacksmithing"	8
`BookLongBlade2`	Long Blade II: "Fencing: A History"	8
`BookBlacksmith3`	Blacksmithing III: "Old West Smiths and Their Secrets"	6
`BookLongBlade3`	Long Blade III: "Old Sword-Play" by Alfred Hutton	6
`ArmorMag4`	Magazine: European Armor in the Late Medieval Era	6
`ArmorMag5`	Magazine: Armor in the Iron Age	6
`FarmingMag9`	Magazine: Herbal Remedy Growing	6
`SmithingMag10`	Magazine: Medieval Blacksmithing	6
`SmithingMag11`	Magazine: Medieval Armory - May 1993	6
`SmithingMag7`	Magazine: Medieval Armory - June 1993	6
`SmithingMag9`	Magazine: Iron Age Blacksmithing	6
`TailoringMag3`	Magazine: Medieval Peasant Clothing	6
`TailoringMag4`	Magazine: Leather Crafts	6
`TailoringMag6`	Magazine: Real Gladiators	6
`WeaponMag6`	Magazine: Revolting Peasants	6
`BookBlacksmith4`	Blacksmithing IV: "Really Hard Steel Co. Workers Handbook"	4
`BookLongBlade4`	Long Blade IV: "The Zettels of Johannes Liechtenauer"	4
`BookBlacksmith5`	Blacksmithing V: "The Complete Encyclopedia of Metallurgy"	2
`BookLongBlade5`	Long Blade V: "Wear Analysis of Selected Medieval Swords"	2

Add your item to this list

lua

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

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