Adhesive Tape
| Adhesive Tape | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Material |
| Weight | 0.3 |
| Survival Gear | Yes |
| Made With | 1x Box of Adhesive Tape |
| Crafting Skill | None |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Scotchtape
|
Adhesive Tape is a small roll of clear sticky tape used for quick repairs and simple crafts. It weighs very little and counts as survival gear, so it earns a place in a light pack.
Its main job is patching up worn melee weapons with the Fix With Adhesive Tape recipe. It also goes into the Make Improvised Lighter and Make Blank ID recipes. None of these crafts needs a station or a skill level.
Most rolls are found loose in offices, schools, post offices and medicine cabinets. A Box of Adhesive Tape opens into twelve rolls with the Unpack Box recipe. The Carpenter is the best occupation for materials. It starts with the most Carpentry skill. For Welding, the Welder starts strongest.
Uses
The Fix With Adhesive Tape recipe takes three rolls of Adhesive Tape and restores a damaged item that accepts tape repairs. The item being fixed is kept, and the tape is used up. This is a cheap way to stretch the life of a favourite weapon between better repairs.
The Make Improvised Lighter recipe joins Electrical Wire and a Battery with one roll of Adhesive Tape. The result is a Lighter - Improvised Battery, a fire starter when matches run out. Duct Tape works in its place for this recipe.
The Make Blank ID recipe needs one roll alongside two ID cards, a pen, Correction Fluid and a Scalpel or Straight Razor. The pen and blade are kept. The output is an ID Card - Blank.
The Make Gas Mask Filter and Recharge Filters recipes accept tape by its type. Both keep a gas mask working when spare filters are scarce.
Twelve loose rolls pack back into a Box of Adhesive Tape with the Pack Items in Box recipe. A box is tidier to carry and store.
How to Get Adhesive Tape
Adhesive Tape is found far more often than it is made. The one recipe that produces it is Unpack Box. Opening a Box of Adhesive Tape gives twelve rolls at once, with no tool or skill needed. A full box is worth keeping whole until the rolls are needed.
How to Craft Adhesive Tape
Each recipe that makes the Adhesive Tape is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Unpack Box
The Unpack Box recipe makes the Adhesive Tape. It needs no skill level.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Box of Adhesive Tape | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.AdhesiveTapeBox
|
Used in Crafting
Everything made with the Adhesive Tape, with how much each recipe takes, the other materials it needs, the station and the skill.
| Item | Image | Recipe | Amount | Other Materials | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | Fix With Adhesive Tape | 3x | 1x Axe (kept) | - | Maintenance: 0 | /additem Base.Axe_Old
|
| Box of Adhesive Tape |
|
Pack Items in Box | 12x | - | - | None | /additem Base.AdhesiveTapeBox
|
| ID Card - Blank | 
|
Make Blank ID | 1x |
|
- | None | /additem Base.IDcard_Blank
|
| Lighter - Improvised Battery | 
|
Make Improvised Lighter | 1x |
|
- | Electrical: 0 | /additem Base.Lighter_Battery
|
These recipes accept the Adhesive Tape by its type rather than by name.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Make Gas Mask Filter | Gas Mask Filter - Crafted | 
|
- | /additem Base.GasmaskFilterCrafted
|
| Recharge Filters | Gas Mask Filter | 
|
- | /additem Base.GasmaskFilter
|
Locations
Adhesive Tape is a common find in offices, schools and public buildings. Medicine cabinets in police SWAT rooms, security rooms and waiting rooms give the best odds, at roughly one cabinet in four. Post office counters and desks hold it about one time in ten. Side tables in almost any building can hold a roll too. Daycares, classrooms, drug labs and office storage shelves turn it up now and then. Vehicle glove boxes are another place to check.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Police SWAT room | Medicine cabinet | 22.8% |
| Security | Medicine cabinet | 22.8% |
| Waiting room | Medicine cabinet | 22.8% |
| Post office | Counter | 10% |
| Post office | Desk | 10% |
| Post office storage | Counter | 10% |
| Drug lab | Counter | 8.7% |
| Drug lab | Desk | 8.7% |
| Drug lab | Other | 8.7% |
| Drug lab | Overhead cupboard | 8.7% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Any building | Side table | 9.2% |
| Any building | Office drawers | 5.7% |
| Any building | Counter | 5.4% |
| Kitchen | Other | 5.3% |
| Kitchen | Shelves | 5.3% |
| Living room | Overhead cupboard | 5.3% |
| Attic | Cardboard box | 4.2% |
| Attic | Crate | 4.2% |
| Attic | Other | 4.2% |
| Closet | Locker | 4.2% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Plazastore1 | Other | 6.4% |
| General store | Shelves | 5.5% |
| Art store | Counter | 5.4% |
| Art store | Other | 5.4% |
| Art store | Shelves | 5.4% |
| Gigamart | Shelves | 2.7% |
| Book store | Counter | 2.6% |
| Any building | Small box | <0.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Inside a bag or case | First aid kit | 2.4% |
| Inside a bag or case | First aid kit camping | 0.7% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor cache (large building) | Counter | 2.1% |
Notes
- The in-game tooltip says it is used to repair some melee weapons.
- One tape repair uses three rolls at once, so rolls are worth saving up.
- Duct Tape can stand in for Adhesive Tape in the Make Improvised Lighter recipe.
- A Box of Adhesive Tape holds twelve rolls and is worth grabbing whole.
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