Antique Television
| Antique Television | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Communications |
| Weight | 10 |
| Uses | about 71 |
| Type | Television |
| Portable | No |
| Channels | 0.2 to 1000 MHz |
| Volume Range | 10 tiles |
| Research | Make Makeshift Radio |
| Location | - |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.TvAntique
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The Antique Television is an old boxy television set, kept in homes as a piece of furniture. It picks up broadcast channels and plays them aloud.
It needs power to run, either from the electrical grid or from a generator. Once the grid fails, a generator is the only way to keep it on. It is heavy, so it is usually left where it stands.
Its main worth late in the game is as a stack of parts. Taken apart with a Screwdriver, it gives Scrap Electronics and a little Electrical experience. Televisions are found in most houses rather than in loot containers. The Electrician is the best occupation for communications. It starts with the most Electrical skill. The Engineer also starts with some Electrical skill.
Using
The set only receives. It tunes across a wide band, from very low frequencies up to the top of the dial. Its sound carries about ten tiles from the set.
Research is a second use. The inventory option "Research Craft" on the set teaches the Make Makeshift Radio recipe. That is a cheap way to learn the recipe before building radios from parts.
Dismantling is the third use. The Dismantle Electronic Device recipe takes the set apart with a Screwdriver kept as the tool and gives Scrap Electronics. Placed on the ground and dismantled as furniture, a television can also give Nails, Scrap Electronics and Electrical Wire.
Research
The Research Craft option in the inventory menu studies the Antique Television and teaches the recipes below.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Make Makeshift Radio | Makeshift Radio | 
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/additem Base.RadioMakeShift
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Used in Crafting
These recipes take the Antique Television as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dismantle Electronic Device | Scrap Electronics | 
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- | Electrical: 0 | /additem Base.ElectronicsScrap
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Locations
Antique Televisions stand in ordinary houses and some other buildings as furniture. They do not spawn inside loot containers.
Notes
- A generator keeps a television running after the power grid goes down.
- Research Craft on the set teaches Make Makeshift Radio.
- Dismantling a television gives Scrap Electronics and some Electrical experience.
- The set is a piece of furniture, so it stays in the house where it stands.
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