Mass Item Locations (WIP)

Houses are the most common place people think of to find the XP multiplier books they need to boost their skills, but what if there was a better spot that any person could look in? Well, fortunately there is, and here is a list of just such spots.

If you get tired of looking for the few books you're still missing and want a spot that is more likely to have exactly what you need, rather than going from house to house hoping the RNG gods favor you, then here is a list of places with LOADS of books to increase your chances of finding EXACTLY what you need.

Post Offices only give magazines and fliers as of build 42.

Westpoint

1. Enigma Books - Downtown, a block or two east of the gas station in the middle of town, the gas station near the hair dresser. It's east of there, right beside Mendy's eatery, a little over half a block east, in a cluster/row of green buildings on the map. On Main street, going east and west, between 5th street and 4th street, both roads that head north and south. If you're in Build 41, there are 3 or 4 large purple buildings on the map, 3 of them close to central downtown. It's one block directly south of the only black building on the map in central downtown, between or close to between two of the purple buildings on the map, the Police Station and the Church.

Coords: 11900x, 6895y, 0z

3. In western WP, it's one of the few purple buildings on the map, not near anything other than khaki colored residential houses. It's a large building close to, but not right on, the edge of town. It's on Oak street, between 9th street and 10th street, two streets going north-south. South of Ohio Drive, and a small grocery store, which is lime green on the map. It's the second purple building from the western edge of town.

1. Downtown, east of the downtown gas station, right beside the hardware store that's next to the Greene's grocery store, so 2 doors up; can be approached from the front and the alley, the magazines are in boxes in the back room. In build 41, they're books, in build 42, they're magazines and fliers, and a really good spot to find How To Use A Generator magazines.

Back entrance Coords: 11966x, 6920y, 0z

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#11967x6909x3014

Muldragh

1. On the main road (the most obvious road on the map, on the left side of town), in southern Muldragh, in a strip mall with a bunch of other stores, north from a grocery store or two, but south of the Fossil Oil gas station in the middle of the left side of town. It's on the main road on the west side of Muldragh, on the Dixie Highway, Route 31 and Wilson Street, south of Wendel street.

Coords: 10604x, 10372y, 0z

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#10603x10365x22069

2. A school in the mid to south end of town, just off the main road on the left side of town, south of the Fossil Oil gas station, 1 block east.

Westpoint - A school on the west end of town, it's fairly large and also a good place to dismantle desks for wood. If you're playing pre patch 42, it's a good way to level carpentry by dismantling desks.[/tr]

Coords: 10616x, 9988y, 0z
https://map.projectzomboid.com/#10628x9988x4350

1. Enigma Bookstore. It's on the main road in the downtown area of Riverside, and the main road is immediately beside and adjacent to the river. It's in the middle of the downtown area. Find the river and you'll find the main road.

Coords: 6436x, 5278y, 0z
https://map.projectzomboid.com/#6439x5280x4047

2. A school, second road in away from the river. It's all near the river, so that isn't specific enough to describe where it is. The main road through the town is right next to the river and goes along the rivers shores. It's right beside and a block south of the downtown area of Riverside, among residential houses.

Coords: 6428x, 5413y, 0z
https://map.projectzomboid.com/#6428x5413x8391

1. Only one school. The very western corner of the centre of town, in the downtown area where the stores are. It's on the very "north" edge of town, so just take your immediate left entering town from the north (there's only one road leading in) and keep going left on the main road until you hit the military apartments, which are across the street from the Cinema. The apartments are the first buildings you'll run into, and it's directly on the other side.

Coords: 9998x, 12674y, 0z
https://map.projectzomboid.com/#10003x12679x2023

2. The Community Centre immediately across the street from the school and the Post Office.

Coords: 10010x, 12717y, 0z
https://map.projectzomboid.com/#10012x12719x4196

1. It's on the main road going through the centre of town, and is on the south side of the town, south of the police station and the Docto'rs Office.

Coords: 7266x, 8434y, 0z
https://map.projectzomboid.com/#7266x8434x10440

There are a few VHS which will give you a skill level or XP that aren't obviously named as XP multiplier VHS.

If you're new and asking, "Why would I want to waste time getting VHS tapes?" Well, it's because VHS tapes make it easier to level your skills if your main character dies, or if you're playing Multiplayer and your friend starts a new character and they no longer have Life and Living to watch to gain any skill points. It's not practical to get for when Life and Living is still on, since unless you're lucky enough to spawn right next to a VHS store (which most you can't spawn next to), you usually have to go far to find them. They just make starting new characters in an old world that much easier to level, and when dying is a main staple of the game, time is precious and levelling a.s.a.p can mean the difference between life and death. It's your choice if you choose to get them, some people might prefer the o' naturale route, but it does make subsequent characters a little bit easier. VHS stores just happen to be where they are most concentrated, so you don't have to waste as much time going from house to house hoping you'll find something new and turning up nothing.

Muldragh

1. On the main road (the most obvious road on the map, on the left side of town), in southern Muldragh, southwest of and right beside the police station in southern Muldragh, south of the Fossil Oil gas station, the bookstore, and several grocery stores, and north of another gas station which is the last building before the end of town. There is only one. The police station was east or southwest of a church, if that helps any. Just go to the very south edge of town, to the very last building on the main road, and the VHS store "Hit Vids!" is the fourth building up (or 3rd since the gas station isn't immediately visible directly from the road).

Westpoint

Doesn't have a VHS store. Your only chance to find VHS is to go to another town or hope you loot them in homes.

Louiseville

All of them are called Hit Vids!

1. One right beside the mall in the very northeast corner of Louiseville, to the immediately left of the mall, in a strip mall. It's beside a liquor store called "Kegsplosion" and a "Windows" store and is immediately next to the mall. The easiest approach is to follow the left side of the city all the way north and then go east along the river, and you should be right next to it and the mall. It's on Bruiser Road in the very North East corner of LV, immediately left of the largest mall in LV.

Coords: 13433x, 1307y, 0z

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#13434x1293x4506

2. A second west of the mall, in northern Louiseville, near the very northern edge of Louiseville, directly along the river. It's on the road that is the road furthest north you can go.

Coords:

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#12797x1213x8371

3. A third in the middle of Louiseville west of the park. If you take the main and very west approach into Louisville and follow the main road all the way into the city, when you hit the first very large 4 way intersection (the one that if you turn left takes you to the commonly used houses used as bases past the curved road) INSIDE the city, keep going north past the intersection, on 1st street, until the second turn on your left, after turning left take an immediate right onto Stable street, and head "north" again, and it should be in a strip mall on your left close to where you turned. It's next to a large horse racing track which is really close to the river on the left side of Louiseville, and is on the right side of the horse track. The easiest approach is to follow the left side of the city all the way north and then go east, and the racing track should be on the right side of the furthest road on the left side of LV, right beside the river. It should be a lime green building on your map, the only one within a block.

Coords: 12434x, 2832y, 0z
https://map.projectzomboid.com/#12435x2827x4271

4.

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#12430x2815x8439

5.

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#13124x1451x4425

Riverside

1. Southeast of the gas station on the west side of town, south of the restaurant right next to the gas station, in a strip mall. It's also right next to a restaurant and an electronics store.

Rosewood

None in Rosewood.

Fallas Lake

Fallas Lake has no VHS store.

Ekron

None in Ekron.

Echo Creek

Marchridge

1. In the very centre of town, in the downtown area, beside a laundromat and a post office, south of the cinema and bar. It's called "Hit Vids!"

Brandenburg

Brandenburg has no VHS.

Irvington

So here is a list of reliable places to get weapons and ammo, and maybe if you're lucky mods to add to your guns.

Military Camps

Louiseville -

1. On the way to Louiseville in several different directions the city is surrounded by military camps. Even if you go as far east as possible, there are still military camps. You can also find military gear and walkie talkies. If you follow the main road north to Louiseville, you will pass multiple Military camps on the way in fenced areas. It's impossible to miss unless you're taking back roads. If you approach Louiseville from the very right, there are a few residential houses just outside of the city, and if you follow the road back south you'll eventually hit another military camp that 100% spawns a generator. It's fenced off so it's actually a decent place to stay if you clear the surrounding area. The only problem is gas is a really long ways away. Likely the most consistent way to get guns.
2. Gun Store -

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#12360x1717x9390

3. Police Station -

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#12444x1625x2438

4. Police Station -

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#12952x1386x2651

5. Gun store across the street from the mall in NE LV -

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#13609x1527x2983

6. The Grand Ohio Mall NE LV -

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#13555x1291x3330

Marchridge -

Brandeburg

1. Gun Store -

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#2070x6418x2681

2. Police Station -

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#2052x5980x1671

Police Stations

Keys to get into the locked areas can easily be gained by killing zombies INSIDE the building until one of them drops a key. Just pull zombies into the building and kill them inside. The other option is to simply hit the door with your melee weapon until it breaks, which also levels Maintenance, which is the #1 best skill for combat due to it increasing durability of weapons, other than just raising weapon skills themselves.

Louiseville -

Westpoint

1. In the east centre part of Westpoint, in the downtown area with all the stores. If you go to the south of the downtown area, where the residential areas and stores and offices meet, and follow the edge of the stores, the police station should be at the very south part of the downtown area. It's southest of the gas station, west of the hotel, if you try to find it on the map. It's right south of either the bank, and the alley behind it can give you access to several other buildings. There is only one in Muldragh.

Muldragh - Go to the very southern edge of Muldragh, where the last building is the gas station, and the police station should be the 5th building (4th if you consider that you can't see the gas station from the road because of it's parking lot) from the south on the main road. The main road is on the very left side of Muldragh, and goes along the entire length of the town. There is only one in Muldragh.

Gun Stores/Gun Ranges

Louiseville

There is a gun range on the way to Louiseville near to a hunting cabin/motel in the woods, at the end of a curved road just off the main road leading north to Louiseville. It's not near any residential buildings and it tends to be very isolated, and make sure to bring weapons with you because it tends to have a moderate amount of zombies. But this gun range is a really good spot to find gun mods. It's a ways away from any town so chances are your trunk might get damaged and you won't be able to take it all.

To get to the gun range you have to go north towards Louiseville and pass a 4 way intersection outside of and south of Louiseville, and turn right. You have to drive a bit east and then north and then into a forested area you should hit a 3 way road, where you turn east, leading to a road that curves south. It's a dead end road but the gun range should be at the very end of the road, which is very short, and close to the 3 way intersection in the forest.

Westpoint

1. Stendo's Firearms Emporium - Located on the corner of 2nd street, going north and south, and Oak street, going east and west, on the very northeast edge of Westpoint.

If you're in build 41, it's in the same spot, with a different appearance, north of the grocery store in east Westpoint and north of Twiggy's Bar. It won't be on a corner, it's just a straight north-south dead end path, with only wilderness and the river north and east of it, on the very edge of town. From the southern gas station on the very south edge of town, head straight north, then when you hit a 3 way intersection go left/west, and you'll hit the large grocery store. Drive through the parking lot to the back of the grocery store until you see a fence and a back alley, and go east on the back alley road until you hit Twiggy's. From there just go north and you're there.

Coords: 12097x, 6800y, 0z

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#12069x6761x5390

4. Malls

Louiseville - The very northeast corner of Louiseville, a very large building, with lots of zombies inside, very difficult to miss. The best way to get there through the city is with a car and drive up north on the very left road on the left side of Louiseville, by the river, then when you can't go north anymore, head east/right, and the last building will be the mall. It will be a very large building on the map so it's easy to spot. It's at the very back of the mall, so if you enter the mall from the left entrance, just go straight/right and it's the 3rd store in. If you approach from the front/south part of the mall, just go "north"/to the back of the mall by going straight on the main floor and it will be immediately to your right at the back of the mall. This mall is the #1 location to get everything you need. But unless you download a mod or create a custom spawn, you can't spawn in Louiseville and it's a long way away from the closest spawn area in Westpoint.

5. Police Blockades

These are a random spawn, but if you see police cars blocking a road with police zombies around them, chances are there is a stash of guns and ammo in the trunks of the police cars, with a few batons or other gear.

Louiseville

1.

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2.

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#12369x1382x1187

3.

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#12821x2179x2390

4. U-Store-It -

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#13692x1627x1074

Westpoint

1. The construction store next to the Greene's grocer in downtown Westpoint. East of the gas station in the middle of town (there are only two, and the other is at the southeast end of town), you just head straight east several blocks from the gas station (you should see a black building on the map with no other black buildings nearby), a block or two, and it should be right left of the grocer. If you go inside of Greene's, which is on the eastern corner of the block, there is a door in the back near the stairs going up and a delivery door that leads to the construction store from the back.\
2. Storage units in southeast Westpoint. There are only two gas stations in WP, with one in the very south edge of town, so if you go there, on the east side of town, the storage units are on the same road directly north of the gas station. There are less zombies if you approach it from the south, generally.

Muldragh

1. At the very Northwest end of Muldragh, there is a warehouse just on the edge of town, with only a bar/motel being the last building north of it. It's really good for finding nails, saws, blowtorches, planks of wood, paint, paintbrushes, metal sheets, hammers, crowbars, screws, and blacksmithing tools. It's a really way to get a lot of items early on and is also several stories up so it's also a decent place to make a base. It's right next to a parking lot so there are often multiple cars parked nearby, and it's right next to liquor for molotovs.
2. The Logging Co west of town, with several buildings, are bigger than the warehouse at the north of Muldraugh, and have even more items. You can also find stores of food, too, if you can get there before they go bad. It's decently close to Muldragh and doesn't take long to get to by car.
3. The storage units in the middle of Muldragh, east of the police station. Storage units often have a lot of construction materials, paint, furniture, books, and sometimes clothes. They also have a high chance of having multiple generators if you're using the base settings for the game.

Brandenburg

1. Tool Store -

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#1928x6365x3730

For molotovs, or if you're one of the people that likes to use it for the calories or disinfecting.

Louiseville

1.

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#12412x2840x13566

2.

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#12651x2276x1544

3. Black Licorice -

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#13608x1626x4964

Westpoint

1. Twiggy's Bar - Located next to the gun store in northeast Westpoint, the closest building to the river on the map, new and revamped in Build 42, Twiggy's Bar is an excellent location to find a HUGE store of alcohol. It's also a gorgeous locale for a base with it's new do.

Coords: 12067x, 6805y, 0z

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#12062x6797x7486

Muldragh

1. Tavern - Near the police station in southern Muldragh, to the southeast, and east of the gas station, on the edge of town. A block east of the south gas station.

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#10761x10548x18391

Echo Creek

Brandenburg

1. Liquor Store -

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#1861x6402x3222

Coffee is important for managing and reducing fatigue levels, and is one of few eaten objects that reduces this. For more experienced players it's an important food item for surviving, and knowing where to get lots of it and get it quickly can help your survivability in the long run.

Restaurants/Cafes

Louiseville

1. Seahorse Coffee -

Coords:

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#12596x1620x2515

2. Cafe -

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#12710x1336x9704

3. Seahorse Coffee -

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#13091x1592x1715

4. Coffee Nirvana -

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#12640x2302x3088

5. Seahorse Coffee -

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#13486x1704x1197

Westpoint

(ignore the red dot on the map, it's incorrect for the location)

1. Seahorse Coffee - Located in the downtown area in eastern Westpoint, on the right side of the church downtown. It's right beside the only church that's in the downtown area, which is a huge purpe building on the map, so you can't miss it. It's northeast of the police station and west of the grocery store south of Twiggy's Bar. Located on Mainstreet, headed east and west, on 3rd street, headed south and north. It's a large, green standalone building with no other buildings on it's block and a large parking lot around it's back area.

Coords: 11965x, 6897y, 0z

Muldragh

Echo Creek

Grocery Stores

Louiseville

Westpoint

1. The large grocery store south of Twiggy's bar on the east part of the downtown area, close to the edge of town.

Muldragh

Echo Creek

Car Stores/Repair

Louiseville

1.

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#12621x3519x2940

2.

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#12258x1351x1145

3.

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#13089x1724x923

Westpoint

1. Repair Shop -

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#11898x6810x8966

2. American Tire - Technically part of Westpoint, but outside of town, it's on the north-south road leading to the bridge to Louiseville. It's on the corner of Clarke Way street and the Dixie Highway/Route 31, on the very east edge of the map. It's a lone green building not close to many other buildings on the map.

Coords: 12257x, 6948y, 0z

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#12256x6936x13751

Muldragh

1. Auto Repair Shop Northern Muldragh - Right next to a large warehouse, and it's the 3rd building from the north when you're first entering the map from the north.

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#10604x9403x22069

Echo Creek

so many locations, so little time (wip)

Brandenburg

1. Auto Supply Store -

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#1947x6392x14413

For people who care about fixing their characters up to look colorful.

Salons

Louiseville

so many locations, so little time (wip)

Westpoint

1. Hair O Genesis - East across from the gas station in downtown WP, on main street. It's right next to the gas station, and there are only two in WP so it's easy to find on the map. It's on the corner of 5th street and main street.

Coords: 11859x, 6895y, 0z
https://map.projectzomboid.com/#11856x6888x11881

Muldragh

so many locations, so little time (wip)

Echo Creek

so many locations, so little time (wip)

"Clothes?" You might be thinking, "Why would you list clothes? They're easy to find!" Simple answer: leather trousers. Leather trousers are THE BEST repairable pants in the game, and are really hard to find, harder than scarves in build 41. Your chance of finding a pair is higher from a clothing store, and they are not easy to find. I would recommend saving them for when your Tailoring is level 8 or higher.

Stores

Louiseville

1.

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#13255x2137x8246

Westpoint

1. Near Enigma Books, across the street from the Dentist, in the downtown area, on the south side of the street on the row of green stores, is the clothing store. Located between 5th street and 4th street, going north-south, and on Main street, going west-east, it's north of the police station and west of the church.

Coords: 11883x, 6911y, 0z

Muldragh

so many locations, so little time (wip)

Echo Creek

so many locations, so little time (wip)

Gas stations are so easy to pick out on the map I likely won't need to include this section, but on the offchance anyone needs help, here it is.

Louiseville

1.

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#12270x1621x1633

2.

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#12570x2552x1758

3.

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#12442x3530x3165

4.

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#12100x2098x3408

5.

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#13109x1361x1427

6.

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#13003x2155x2973

7.

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#12734x2239x1601

8. Gas station across from the mall in NE Louiseville -

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#13624x1518x1492

Westpoint

1. Mid WP, downtown. On Main street, headed east-west, and between 5th street and 6th street, which are roads that head north-south. It's in the downtown area and is a really small green building that is slightly spaced left to the long rows of stores, limegreen on the map. It's 1 block west of the Church, a purple building on the map, on the same street.

Coords: 11835x, 6880y, 0z

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#11829x6871x4836

2. South Westpoint

Coords: 12080x, 7153y, 0z

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#12077x7138x6479

Muldragh

1. Fossil Oil Gas Station - Located in the middle of Muldragh.

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#10623x9758x22069

2. Located as the last building at the very south of Muldragh. It's west of the Tavern.

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#10667x10623x11053

Riverside

1. This gas station is right next to a spawn location you can start at when you first start a new character. You just exit the house and walk around the tall fence behind it and the gas station is right there.

If you didn't spawn next to it, it's on the west side of Riverside, across the street from the police station, and right next to a Spiffo's.

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#6098x5301x1559

2. Just outside of town, across from a large warehouse. You have to exit out the west side of town, then turn south, then west again, then south again at the second turn off. The first is the warehouse so you shouldn't miss it. It's right next to a trailer park.

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#5464x5898x1253

Fallas Lake

1.

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#7314x8185x13841

Rosewood

1. It's the first building on the way into town from the north, so it's impossible to miss.

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#8166x11267x17796

Marchridge

1. 24 Hour Essentials - One of the very south buildings in the downtown area (not the entirety of Marchridge), it's right next to a food store and in front of a Pharmahug and a Mendy's Eatery. South of the Bar, Cinema, and Military apartments.

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#10143x12788x21321

Echo Creek

so many locations, so little time (wip)

Brandenburg

1.

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#1663x5757x1390

2.

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#2070x6418x2681

Irvington

1.

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#2412x13861x19161

2.

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#2320x14478x18511

Countryside

1. On the main road between Westpoint and Muldragh. The Lake House a lot of people are using that has the smithing equipment, furnace, and new crafting gear already is west of here.

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#11601x8307x22069

Louiseville

1.

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#13714x1734x1336

Westpoint

Muldragh

Rosewood

Marchridge

Irvington

Fallas Lake

Echo Creek

Ekron

Brandenburg

1.

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#2061x6274x4648

Louiseville

1.

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#12413x2827x9768

Louiseville

1.

Brandenburg

1.

https://map.projectzomboid.com/#1929x6342x5180

Random Story Events

Boarded up houses - Machetes and many other weapons, each town/city has several and Annotated maps that drop from zombies can show their locations. Machetes are 100% guaranteed and are good weapons to get, and one of the few weapons to level long blade before patch 42.

Construction - Sledgehammers can spawn on roads or in the construction truck

Strippers - Sometimes rarely you'll get a random story event where it spawns Stripper Bunny zeds wearing rabbit ears, bunny tails, high heels, a black bodice, and nylon stockings

Millitary Zombies - They give decent protective gear like vests, boots and helmets, and can drop decent guns with ammo.

Police zombies - Found in police stations and in some random areas you can encounter in and outside of towns/cities, usually in police blockades with police cars. If you see police cars blocking a road, that is a police blockade, and you should loot the trunks if you want to see if they have any guns and ammo.

Ambulance crashes - Really reliable way to find decent sized bags and disinfectant wipes and bandages. You can sometimes find them in the middle of forests, on roads.

Rare Spawn

Nightmare on Elm Street Zombie - Hockey Masks, extremely rare spawn, visible on the zombie itself

Zombie with Katana sticking out of it - Looks like a butter knife but longer and with a handle, it will show in the stomache of the zombie, poking through their front and back, higher chance of finding one during helicopter events pulling zeds in. Still a low chance.

Biker/poor area zeds - Leather Pants, extremely rare, might also spawn in containers, areas that have leather jacket wearing zombies - so poorer areas - are more likely to have a chance to spawn the kind of zombie that might be wearing these.

Party zombies - You might find zombies wearing Party Hats. Not defense gear, but fun and unique.

Bunny Stripper Outfit - I would think they might spawn near the strip club outside of Louiseville.

Scarves - Found in clothing stores of boxes in homes, usually closets or rooms with clothing racks. Not dropped, only looted.

There is a story event of construction trucks on roads that can spawn a sledgehammer. You can find them in the middle of roads in towns/cities and you can sometimes find them on remote roads near towns just outside of Louiseville, if you haven't gotten inside the fence yet. It's not a guaranteed spawn. If you see construction vehicles and pylons spawned as a random event in a road, usually with some kind of truck, check the street or the back of the truck. Usually you can see the sledgehammer lying in the middle of the street.

In patch 42 you have to level metalworking and have an Advanced Forge to be able to craft it, and even then you still need the sledgehammer head. Which can be found in disposal bins.

In patch 41 it had a higher chance of spawning in warehouses with lots of boxes, or hardware stores. You find a warehouse, chances are high you'll find at least 1 sledgehammer in one of the boxes. There is a % chance for a sledgehammer to spawn and the more containers you have the more likely it is you'll find one.

I've seen people saying that you can find the heads for them in garbage bins. I would also check warehouses and any toolshops.