Best Backpacks in Project Zomboid (B42): Capacity
The best backpack you can find is the Military Backpack: 28 capacity with 85% weight reduction. The best you can make is the Large Framepack (35, 75%).
- Best found28Military Backpack
- Best crafted35Large Framepack
- Weight reduction85%Military Backpack
- Wearable bags46back, satchel, belt, pack
46 bags can be worn in Build 42. These are the ones worth the slot.
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How we ranked them
- Capacity: the script's Capacity, highest first.
- Weight reduction: the script's WeightReduction in percent, so a full Military Backpack adds about 4.2 to what you carry, not 28.
- Speed: RunSpeedModifier; a bigger pack slows you a little.
What the files cannot tell you
Whether a bag feels worth its weight depends on what you carry. The files hold no inventory-space rules beyond these fields.
The best backpacks you can find
Military Backpack: the best. 28 capacity, 85% reduction, run speed ×0.94, weighs 2. Where: survivor cache, living room. Find it on the map.
Big Hiking Backpack: the easy second. 22, 80%, run speed ×0.95. Where: living room, closet. Find it on the map.
Hiking Backpack: common. 20, 75%, run speed ×0.96. Where: living room, closet. Find it on the map.
Duffel Bag: wide spawn. 18, 65%, run speed ×0.95. 18 variants share these numbers. Where: sport store, baseball gift storage. Find it on the map.
Small Backpack: light. 15, 70%, weighs 1. Where: general store, Gigamart. Find it on the map.
Pro tip
The Military Backpack also has the lowest felt weight per capacity of the bags you can find (4.2 for 28).
The best backpack you can make
The Large Framepack holds 35 with 75% reduction and weighs 4, the biggest capacity of any bag in the files. Crafted: Assemble Large Framepack. It needs a frame and sewing; the recipe list is on the Tailoring page.
Satchels, belts and packs
Bags other than backpacks free up your back slot or hold one kind of thing.
| Slot | Best you can find | Capacity | Reduction |
|---|---|---|---|
 Satchel | Mail Satchel | 12 | 65% |
 Webbing | ALICE Belt and Suspenders | 6 | 80% |
 Fanny pack (front) | Fanny Pack | 1 | 85% |
Common mistakes
- Reading capacity as weight. The Military Backpack holds 28, but with 85% reduction a full one adds about 4.2.
- Skipping the Hiking Backpack. At 20 and 75% it is within 8 of the best found bag and sits in living rooms and closets.
- Ignoring speed. The bigger packs cost run speed (run speed ×0.94 on the Military Backpack).
More backpacks
The eight biggest back-slot bags you can find.
Open the table
| Bag | Capacity | Reduction | Felt | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Military Backpack | 28 | 85% | 4.2 | 2 |
 Big Hiking Backpack | 22 | 80% | 4.4 | 1.5 |
 Hiking Backpack | 20 | 75% | 5 | 1.2 |
 Duffel Bag | 18 | 65% | 6.3 | 1 |
 Golf Bag | 18 | 65% | 6.3 | 1.2 |
 Police Duffel Bag | 18 | 65% | 6.3 | 1 |
 SWAT Duffel Bag | 18 | 65% | 6.3 | 1 |
 Trauma Bag | 18 | 65% | 6.3 | 1 |
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