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Moar Can Openers

by NoctisFalco · for Project Zomboid

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…

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About Moar Can Openers

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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…

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:

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⚠️ 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 data

Footprint

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

LoaderGame versionsNewest
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 catalog
Listed on Steam Workshop as “QoL”

Quality 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

Moar Can Openers, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Is it free?

Yes. Moar Can Openers is free to download from Steam Workshop.

How do I add it to my Nxeon server?

Use “Add to a server” on this page, or open NxLabs from your dashboard. We install it, restart your server and switch it on.

NxLabs

Run Moar Can Openers on a Project Zomboid server.

Deploy in about a minute from $9.00 a month, then add Moar Can Openers in one click.