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

From newitems.txt (Project Zomboid directory/media/scripts/)

Cotton Balls 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 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