Aluminum Foil
| Aluminum Foil | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Material |
| Weight | 0.1 |
| Metal Value | 5 |
| Research | Make Improvised Lighter |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Aluminum
|
Aluminum Foil is a thin sheet of kitchen foil, the kind used to wrap food. In a survivor's hands it becomes a light electrical material.
Its most useful work is in makeshift radios. The Make Makeshift Radio, Make Makeshift Walkie Talkie and Make Makeshift Ham Radio recipes all accept it, and each needs some Electrical skill. It also goes into the Make Aerosol Bomb recipe. A single sheet folds into a Tin Foil Hat.
Studying a sheet with the Research Craft option teaches the Make Improvised Lighter recipe. Foil is found in restaurant kitchens and on store shelves. The Carpenter is the best occupation for materials. It starts with the most Carpentry skill. For Welding, the Welder starts strongest.
Uses
The makeshift radio recipes are the main reason to keep foil. Make Makeshift Radio needs Electrical level 1. Make Makeshift Walkie Talkie needs Electrical level 2. Make Makeshift Ham Radio needs Electrical level 3. Each accepts any aluminum material, so Aluminum Fragments work in the same place.
The Make Aerosol Bomb recipe also takes aluminum by its type. It needs no skill level and builds an Aerosol Bomb, an improvised explosive.
The Make Tin Foil Hat recipe turns one sheet of foil into a Tin Foil Hat. It needs no tool, station or skill.
The Research Craft option on the inventory menu teaches the Make Improvised Lighter recipe. That recipe joins Electrical Wire, a Battery and tape into a working fire starter. Learning it early is a good use of one spare sheet.
Foil also carries scrap metal value. Melting it down returns a small amount of metal.
Research
The Research Craft option in the inventory menu studies the Aluminum Foil and teaches the recipes below.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Make Improvised Lighter | Lighter - Improvised Battery | 
|
/additem Base.Lighter_Battery
|
Used in Crafting
Everything made with the Aluminum Foil, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tin Foil Hat | 
|
Make Tin Foil Hat | 1x | - | - | None | /additem Base.Hat_TinFoilHat
|
These recipes accept the Aluminum Foil by its type rather than by name.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Make Aerosol Bomb | Aerosol Bomb | 
|
- | /additem Base.Aerosolbomb
|
| Make Makeshift Ham Radio | Makeshift Ham Radio | 
|
- | /additem Base.HamRadioMakeShift
|
| Make Makeshift Radio | Makeshift Radio | 
|
- | /additem Base.RadioMakeShift
|
| Make Makeshift Walkie Talkie | Makeshift Walkie Talkie | 
|
- | /additem Base.WalkieTalkieMakeShift
|
Locations
Aluminum Foil is a common find in kitchens and food stores. General store shelves give the best odds, at better than one shelf in four. Kitchen counters in fish and chips shops, chicken restaurants and seafood restaurants hold it about one time in four. Mexican, Western, pizza, diner and cafeteria kitchens are almost as good. Grocery stores and Gigamart shelves turn it up often too. Electronics store shelves and drug labs hold it less often.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| General store | Shelves | 27.7% |
| Jayschicken kitchen | Counter | 25% |
| Seafood kitchen | Counter | 25% |
| Pizza kitchen | Counter | 22.1% |
| Cafeteria kitchen | Counter | 21.1% |
| Diner kitchen | Counter | 21.1% |
| Gigamart kitchen | Counter | 21.1% |
| Restaurant kitchen | Counter | 21.1% |
| Fancy restaurant kitchen | Counter | 21.1% |
| Spiffos kitchen | Counter | 21.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Fishchips kitchen | Counter | 25% |
| Mexican kitchen | Counter | 24.6% |
| Western kitchen | Counter | 24.2% |
| Deepfry kitchen | Counter | 21.1% |
| Italian kitchen | Counter | 19% |
| Kitchen | Counter | 3.1% |
| Kitchen | Overhead cupboard | 3.1% |
| Any building | Shelter | 2.9% |
| Living room | Counter | 2.1% |
| Garage storage | Other | 1.9% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Drug lab | Counter | 8.7% |
| Drug lab | Desk | 8.7% |
| Drug lab | Other | 8.7% |
| Drug lab | Overhead cupboard | 8.7% |
| Drug shack | Other | 4.8% |
| Drug shack | Counter | 3.2% |
| Storage unit | Other | 0.5% |
| Derelict | Other | 0.1% |
| Derelict steel factory | Other | 0.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor cache (large building) | Counter | 2.1% |
Notes
- Research Craft on a sheet of foil teaches the Make Improvised Lighter recipe.
- Any restaurant kitchen counter is a strong place to look.
- Aluminum Fragments do the same job in the makeshift radio recipes.
- A sheet weighs almost nothing, so carrying a few costs little.
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