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Journal

General

Category

Literature

Encumbrance

0.1

Properties

Writable

True

Total pages

20 pages

Technical

Item ID

Base.Journal

This article is about the larger notebook with more pages. For the smaller notebook with fewer pages, see Empty Notebook.

A journal is a writable literature item.

Usage

A journal can be used to write notes, using pen or pencil. Common uses are writing down important reminders, or leave messages in multiplayer servers. An empty notebook can be renamed and has up to 10 writable pages.

It does not reduce stress, boredom, or unhappiness.

Fuel

It can also be used as a fuel for a fire and lasts for 10 minutes.

Crafting

Formerly, a pencil or pen could be used with with an empty notebook which were then consumed to make 20 journals, but this has been removed in build 28.

Distribution

The loot distributions can be found in the table(s) below.

Journal distribution Show / Hide

Effective chance calculations are based off of default loot settings, and median zombie density. The higher the density of zombies in an area, the higher the effective chance of an item spawning. Chance is also influenced by the lucky and unlucky traits.

Containers

Building/Room	Container	Effective chance
all	sidetable	10.78%

Unlike empty notebooks, journals are only found in side tables, most commonly in houses.

Trivia

• While it has a unique model present in the game files, it currently uses a model from the newspaper.

Code

Code snippet! This section contains source code from Project ZomboidShow / Hide

Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\items_literature.txt

Retrieved: Build 41.78.16

item Journal
    {
        DisplayCategory = Literature,
        Weight	=	0.1,
        Type	=	Literature,
        DisplayName	=	Journal,
        Icon	=	Notebook,
        CanBeWrite  =   true,
        PageToWrite =   20,
        StaticModel = Newspaper,
        WorldStaticModel = Newspaper_Ground,
    }

See also

• Empty Notebook
• Sheet of Paper