About Moar Can Openers
From Steam WorkshopOpen any canned food with short and long-bladed weapon (even modded) or stone. No more need to carry a heavy can opener. Features Short blades (e.g. knives), long blades (e.g. machetes), stone can be…
Open any canned food with short and long-bladed weapon (even modded) or stone. No more need to carry a heavy can opener.
Features
- Short blades (e.g. knives), long blades (e.g. machetes), stone can be used to open canned food in addition to a can opener.
- Weapon might lose condition upon opening a can.
- Your character might get injured.
- Opened can will be poisonous if opened with bloody weapon or bloody hands (if used a stone).
- Some food might be spilled.
- Time required to open a can depends on a type of opener used.
Can Openers
Vanilla can opener and stone are always available. If you use a can opener everything will be like in vanilla. Short blades become available if your character has Strength level 3. Long blades become available if your character has Strength level 7.
Options
The following settings can be changed in the sandbox options (the Moar Can Openers category): Injuries, food poisoning, food spill can be disabled. The strength requirement for small or long blades can be changed.
Compatibility
Game version: Build 41.56+ (MP supported) Any mods that add melee weapon, e.g. Brita's Weapon Pack, Scrap Weapons!** and others. Any mods that add canned food, e.g. Hydrocraft for build 41 and others.
This mod contains a copy of DarkSlayerEX's Item Tweaker API. Thanks for the mod! Thanks to RunYouCleverBoy for the ideas!

Developing mods takes a lot of my free time and I would appreciate it if you could give me more motivation to create quality content by supporting me:
⚠️ You can find the information about my mod updates and how to fix the "Workshop item version is different than the server's" error in my Discord: https://discord.gg/3wxUddhBs4 ⛔ Permissions Redistribution of this mod without explicit permission from the original creator is prohibited under any circumstances. This includes, but not limited to, uploading this mod to the Steam Workshop or any other site, distribution as part of another mod or modpack, distribution of modified versions. © 2022 NoctisFalco
Workshop ID: 2651600962 Mod ID: MoarCanOpeners
Highlights
From source dataFootprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Last update
Its author last shipped an update 5 yr ago.
Moar Can Openers on Nxeon
From our catalogue- One-click install
- Supported on Nxeon Project Zomboid servers. We download it from Steam Workshop, place it, and restart the server.
- Server load
- light
- Smallest plan we suggest
- Project Zomboid — 6 GB (6 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
- Latest build
- 2022-01-06, released 2022-01-06
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Workshop |
From 1 recorded build of Moar Can Openers.
Run Moar Can Openers on a Project Zomboid server
Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogQuality of life & UI
Small conveniences, tweaks and interface improvements players notice straight away.
Compatibility
- Game
- Project Zomboid
Verified at the source
- ✓Steam WorkshopOfficial listing, checked 2026-11-01Open ↗
- ✓AuthorNoctisFalco, as published on Steam Workshop
- ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree










