Charcoal

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Charcoal
General
Category	Material
Encumbrance	8
Function	Fuel
Capacity	10 units
Contents	Charcoal
Technical details
item ID	Base.Charcoal

Charcoal is a drainable item that can be used up to 10 times.

Usage

Charcoal is used as a source of fuel for the charcoal barbecue and antique oven. The burn time is 30 minutes of fuel with each use.

It is recommended to save charcoal until after the electricity has shut off, as until then ovens can be used instead.

• 

  Grill

• 

  Antique Oven

• 

  Fireplace

Obtaining

Charcoal can be sustainably gained by putting 5 logs directly from your inventory into a Metal Drum and lighting it, similarly to a campfire.

See more: Metal Drum

Distribution

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

Containers
Building/Room	Container	Rolls	Chance
barbecuestore	shelves	4	1
	shelves	4	2
	shelves	4	2
	shelves	4	5
garagestorage	crate	4	4

Code

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Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\items.txt

Retrieved: Build 41.78.16

item Charcoal
{
    DisplayCategory     = Material,
    Weight              = 8,
    Type                = Drainable,
    UseWhileEquipped    = FALSE,
    UseDelta            = 0.1,
    DisplayName         = Charcoal,
    Icon                = TZ_CharCoal,
    WeightEmpty         = 0.02,
    WorldStaticModel    = Charcoal_Ground,
    ConsolidateOption   = ContextMenu_Merge,
}

See also

• Heat source
• Fuel