Cotton Balls

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Used to sterilize wounds and aid recovery from infection.

— Cotton balls doused in alcohol in-game tooltip.

Cotton balls are an item used in first aid.

Usage

Main article: First Aid

Cotton balls can be disinfected with a bottle of disinfectant or whiskey, producing cotton balls doused in alcohol. They are used to disinfect a wound before applying a bandage reducing the chance of the wound becoming infected.

Alcohol doused cotton balls are single use items.

Crafting

Product	XP gained	Skill(s)	Recipe	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2
Cotton Balls Doused in Alcohol	0 XP	none		Cotton Balls (consumed)	One of: Bottle of Disinfectant (1 unit) Bourbon (10 units) (consumed)

Distribution

Cotton balls can be found in first aid kits, medical cabinets, and in several places within a pharmacy.

Item IDs

Item name	Class name
Cotton Balls	Base.CottonBalls
Cotton Balls Doused in Alcohol	Base.AlcoholedCottonBalls

Code

Cotton Balls

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Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\newitems.txt

Retrieved: Build 41.78.16

item CottonBalls
{
    DisplayCategory = FirstAid,
    Weight = 0.1,
    Type = Normal,
    DisplayName = Cotton Balls,
    Icon = CottonBalls,
    Medical = TRUE,
    WorldStaticModel = CottonBalls,
}

Cotton Balls Doused in Alcohol

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Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\newitems.txt

Retrieved: Build 41.78.16

item AlcoholedCottonBalls
{
    DisplayCategory = FirstAid,
    Type = Drainable,
    UseDelta = 1,
    UseWhileEquipped = FALSE,
    DisplayName = Cotton Balls Doused in Alcohol,
    Icon = CottonBalls,
    Weight = 0.1,
    AlcoholPower = 4,
    Tooltip = Tooltip_AlcoholBandage,
    Medical = TRUE,
    ConsolidateOption = ContextMenu_Merge,
    WorldStaticModel = CottonBalls,
}

See also

• First Aid
• Health
• Alcohol Wipes