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Newspaper

General

Category

Literature

Encumbrance

0.1

Properties

Consumed

True

Effect

Boredom

-15

Stress

-15

Technical

Item ID

Base.Newspaper

A newspaper is a literature item.

Usage

A newspaper helps reduce the player's boredom and stress. Once used it is effectively 'consumed' and removed from the inventory.

Fuel

It can be used as a fuel for fires, and lasts for 1 hour if done so.

Crafting

Product	Ingredients	Tools	Requirements	Workstation	XP
Newspaper Hat	Newspaper ×1	none	none	none	none
Smoke Bomb	Cold Pack ×1 Newspaper ×2 Ripped Sheets ×1	none	Engineer occupation (or) Engineer Magazine Vol.2	none	none

Distribution

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

Containers
Building/Room	Container	Rolls	Chance
all	desk	4	4
	officedrawers	4	1
	other	1	1
	postbox	4	1
	shelves	4	1
	shelvesmag	4	1
	shelvesmag	4	1
	shelvesmag	4	2
	shelvesmag	4	2
	shelvesmag	4	5
bathroom	shelves	4	1
bedroom	crate	4	1
	crate	4	1
	crate	4	2
	crate	4	2
	crate	4	5
	desk	4	1
	desk	4	1
	sidetable	4	1
breakroom	overhead	4	6
cafe	shelves	4	1
	shelves	4	2
carsupply	shelves	4	1
	shelves	4	2
closet	crate	4	1
	crate	4	2
	crate	4	1
	crate	4	1
	crate	4	2
	crate	4	2
empty	crate	4	1
gasstorage	counter	4	1
kitchen	shelves	4	1
livingroom	shelves	4	1
	shelves	4	1
	sidetable	4	1
	sidetable	4	1
mechanic	wardrobe	4	1
office	desk	4	4
poststorage	metal_shelves	4	1
	metal_shelves	4	1
	metal_shelves	4	2
	metal_shelves	4	2
	metal_shelves	4	5
prisoncells	wardrobe	4	1

Vehicles

• Postal van in the trunk.

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 Newspaper
    {
        DisplayCategory = Literature,
        Weight	=	0.1,
        Type	=	Literature,
        DisplayName	=	Newspaper,
        StressChange	=	-15,
        Icon	=	Newspaper,
        BoredomChange	=	-15,
        StaticModel = Newspaper,
        WorldStaticModel = Newspaper_Ground,
    }

See also

• Book
• Comic Book
• Magazine