Beta Blockers
| Beta Blockers | |
|---|---|
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| Class | First Aid |
| Treats | Panic |
| Weight | 0.2 |
| Uses | about 10 |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.PillsBeta
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Beta Blockers are a bottle of pills that calm a panicked survivor. They belong to the First Aid supplies and ease Panic during zombie encounters.
Panic matters most in a fight. A panicked survivor aims firearms worse and hits weaker in melee. Critical hits come less often, and the field of view narrows. A dose before a planned fight keeps those penalties down.
The pills suit any stage of the game, though they shine when a crowd is expected. Their strength is a steady head in a bad moment. Their cost is that each bottle runs out after a handful of doses. They are found in medicine cabinets, pharmacies, hospitals and other medical rooms. The Doctor is the best occupation for first aid. It starts with the most First Aid skill. The Nurse and the Park Ranger also start with some First Aid skill.
How to Use Beta Blockers
A pill is taken from the inventory like any other medicine. Its effect lowers Panic over time rather than all at once. One dose lasts about an hour and a half of game time.
Doses can stack. Up to four doses can work at once, which helps against larger groups of zombies. Taking them early gives the calm time to build before the fight starts.
The best moment for a dose is before clearing a building or leading a horde.
Antidepressants and Painkillers come in the same kind of bottle with about ten doses each. Antidepressants work on Unhappiness instead, and Painkillers work on Pain. Beta Blockers are the only pills of the three aimed at Panic.
Upkeep
A full bottle holds about ten doses. Each pill taken uses up one of them. A spare bottle in a bag is worth keeping for longer trips into dangerous towns.
Locations
Beta Blockers are a common find in medical places. A Medical Box in a medical cache is the likeliest container. It holds them close to one time in three. Laboratory desks come next, at nearly one time in five. Dentists, hospital storage, medical offices and pharmacies all stock them fairly often. Medicine cabinets in any building hold them about one time in nine. Army storage, kennels and survivor safehouses turn them up now and then.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Medical cache | Medical box | 29.6% |
| Survivor safehouse | Medicine cabinet | 12% |
| Survivor safehouse | Counter | 9.6% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Medicine cabinet | 8.3% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Counter | 3.3% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Medicine cabinet | 1.7% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Counter | 1.3% |
| Survivor cache (large building) | Counter | <0.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Laboratory | Desk | 18.9% |
| Laboratory | Other | 18.9% |
| Dentist | Other | 14.4% |
| Dentist storage | Other | 14.4% |
| Hospital storage | Other | 14.4% |
| Medical | Other | 14.4% |
| Dentist | Counter | 11.6% |
| Medical | Counter | 11.6% |
| Medical storage | Other | 11.6% |
| Hospital room | Metal shelves | 11.5% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Any building | Medicine cabinet | 11.6% |
| Hospital hallway | Metal shelves | 11.5% |
| Bathroom | Medicine cabinet | 3.4% |
| Bathroom | Shelves | 1.9% |
| Bathroom | Counter | 1.6% |
| Kitchen | Counter | <0.1% |
| Living room | Counter | <0.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Pharmacy | Counter | 11.6% |
| Pharmacy storage | Counter | 11.6% |
| Pharmacy storage | Other | 11.6% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Any building | Zombie | 0.1% |
| Any building | Zombie | 0.1% |
| Inside a bag or case | Handbags and purses | <0.1% |
Notes
- The in-game tooltip says the pills reduce panic.
- The calming effect builds over time, so an early dose helps most.
- Several doses can stack for a calmer head against big crowds.
- Lower Panic means better aim with firearms and harder melee hits.
- Medicine cabinets in ordinary houses are worth checking for a bottle.
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