Project Zomboid B42 Loot Settings: A Sane 0.6 Baseline
Project Zomboid B42 Loot Settings — Tuner
B42 loot stacks base multipliers + pre-looted buildings + diminished loot. Use a sane midpoint (often ~0.6), lower pre-looted chance, keep diminished loot low until you like the vibe, then test in an unvisited area.
Quick-Start preset:
Pick a preset, then judge results only in a fresh, unvisited chunk (or a new world) so you’re not looking at yesterday’s rolls.
Tuning knobsBase loot multipliers + “world already picked over” systems.
Base loot multipliers (Advanced)
Risk = reward?
(template)
Pre-looted / trashed buildings
(ramp)
Diminished loot
(ramp)
Reminder
Changing sandbox loot won’t retroactively refill already-visited cells/containers. Test changes by looting a fresh area (or start a new world) before you judge.
Template snippet (Lua-style checklist)Exact keys can differ by build/mods—use this as a checklist, not gospel.
“Stack” sanity check (rough)
Reference: what each setting does
Troubleshooting ladder (fast)
Buttons apply safe “first tweaks” based on the notes in the source file.
B42 scavenging route sanity check
Before you touch sliders again: try a kitchen loop → garage/shed loop → office/warehouse loop. B42 distribution can feel different even when your loot quantity is fine.
