Pottery in Project Zomboid (Build 42)

XP needed for each level

What you actually earn is scaled first. Starting with no levels in Pottery cuts every gain to ×0.25; a starting +1 is ×1, +2 ×1.33 and +3 or more ×1.66. Fast Learner adds ×1.3, Slow Learner ×0.7. How the multipliers work.

Pottery skill books

Reading a volume multiplies the Pottery XP you earn while your level is inside its range: every tenth of the book read adds a tenth of the multiplier. The game lets you open a volume from one level below its range, and not once you are past it (ISReadABook.lua).

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  Pottery I: "Ancient Pottery"

  Levels

  1–2

  Pages

  220

  XP up to

  ×3

  Where it spawns →/additem "Base.BookPottery1"
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  Pottery II: "Build Your Own Kiln"

  Levels

  3–4

  Pages

  260

  XP up to

  ×5

  Where it spawns →/additem "Base.BookPottery2"
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  Pottery III: "Glazing Ceramics at Home"

  Levels

  5–6

  Pages

  300

  XP up to

  ×8

  Where it spawns →/additem "Base.BookPottery3"
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  Pottery IV: "Ming Chinese Masterworks: A Guide"

  Levels

  7–8

  Pages

  340

  XP up to

  ×12

  Where it spawns →/additem "Base.BookPottery4"
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  Pottery V: "Pyrometamorphic Process of Ceramic Materials"

  Levels

  9–10

  Pages

  380

  XP up to

  ×16

  Where it spawns →/additem "Base.BookPottery5"

Multipliers from the game's skill-book table (lua/server/XpSystem/XPSystem_SkillBook.lua); “where it spawns” opens the map's item finder on the loot tables.

Start with Pottery

Levels a new character gets in Pottery — and, through them, a faster XP rate (see above):

• Artisantrait · +1

Pottery from TV and VHS

2 VHS tapes give 550 XP. Both stop counting once the skill reaches level 3 in the default sandbox settings, and before the multipliers above. Shows and tapes, by name.

What Pottery unlocks (5)

Crafting and building recipes that need a Pottery level. “Must be learned” recipes also need a magazine, a TV show or an occupation that teaches them.

Level	Recipe	Also needs
1	Sculpt Crucible	—
1	Sculpt Small Ceramic Crucible	—
2	Sculpt Glass Blowing Pipe	—
3	Sculpt Smoking Pipe	—
5	Sculpt Jar	—

Recipes that train Pottery

21 recipes award Pottery XP when made; the most per craft (base XP):

• Sculpt Jar · 40 XP
• Sculpt Smoking Pipe · 40 XP
• Sculpt Glass Blowing Pipe · 35 XP
• Sculpt Crucible · 25 XP
• Sculpt Small Ceramic Crucible · 25 XP
• Press Blacksmith Anvil Mold · 20 XP
• Press Sheet Mold · 15 XP
• Sculpt Bowl · 15 XP
• Sculpt Clay Pot · 15 XP
• Sculpt Clay Teacup · 15 XP
• Sculpt Mortar And Pestle · 15 XP
• Sculpt Mug · 15 XP
• Sculpt Pipe Segment · 15 XP
• Sculpt Plate · 15 XP
• Press Bar Mold · 5 XP
• Press Clay Brick · 5 XP