Bath Towel
| Bath Towel | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Household |
| Weight | 0.3 |
| Uses | about 10 |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.BathTowel
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The Bath Towel is a plain household towel used to dry off after rain or a swim. It is one of the most useful everyday items to keep in a bag.
Its in-game tooltip says to use it to dry off when wet, and to always know where the towel is. A towel earns its place from the first rainy day. It is light and cheap to carry.
A towel soaks up water as it is used. Once full it turns into a wet towel that dries out again over time. Towels are found in almost every bathroom, laundry, gym and motel room.
Using
Drying off is the main use. A character who is wet from rain can use the towel to dry. One towel may not be enough for a soaking, and it turns wet partway through.
Cleaning is a second use. A dry towel with at least 250 mL of bleach or cleaning liquid in a container allows the "Clean Stains" option on a stained wall or floor. That removes blood and grime for looks only.
A dry towel with at least 1250 mL of gasoline allows the "Remove Graffiti" option on a wall with graffiti.
The towel also cleans a chicken hutch when paired with any amount of water. A clean hutch keeps the chickens alive.
Upkeep
The towel takes about ten uses before it is soaked through. At that point it turns into a Bath Towel (Wet). The wet towel dries back into a usable Bath Towel on its own over time. Keeping two towels means one can dry while the other is in use.
Locations
Towels are among the most common items in the world. Laundry washers and dryers, changing rooms, gym shelves and motel wardrobes always hold one. Clothes dryers at fire stations, police stations, prisons and security rooms do too. Motel shelves hold one most of the time. Survivor safehouses keep them in washers and dryers two times in three. Bathrooms, closets and pool lockers hold one about half the time.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Aesthetic | Metal shelves | 100% |
| Changing room | Cardboard box | 100% |
| Changing room | Counter | 100% |
| Changing room | Metal shelves | 100% |
| Gym | Metal shelves | 100% |
| Gym | Shelves | 100% |
| Policelocker | Clothes dryer | 100% |
| Prisoner belongings | Clothes dryer | 100% |
| Prison locker room | Clothes dryer | 100% |
| Security | Clothes dryer | 100% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Fire station garage | Clothes dryer | 100% |
| Laundry | Clothes dryer | 100% |
| Laundry | Clothes dryer | 100% |
| Laundry | Washing machine | 100% |
| Motel room | Wardrobe | 100% |
| Motel room | Metal shelves | 80% |
| Bathroom | Other | 60% |
| Closet | Other | 47.1% |
| Bathroom | Shelves | 37.1% |
| Bathroom | Counter | 32.8% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor safehouse | Clothes dryer | 66.7% |
| Survivor safehouse | Washing machine | 66.7% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Clothes dryer | 66.7% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Washing machine | 66.7% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Clothes dryer | 66.7% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Washing machine | 66.7% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Bedroom | Small box | 18.8% |
| Gigamart | Shelves | 8.4% |
| Sports store | Counter | 7% |
| Any building | Small box | <0.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Inside a bag or case | Tourist | 6% |
| Inside a bag or case | Hiking bag | 4.3% |
Notes
- A large soaking may take more than one towel to dry off.
- A wet towel turns back into a dry one by itself.
- With bleach or cleaning liquid it cleans blood stains off walls and floors.
- With gasoline it removes graffiti from walls.
- It cleans a chicken hutch with a little water.
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