Bolt Cutters
| Bolt Cutters | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Long Blunt Weapon |
| Skill | Long Blunt |
| Damage | 0.6-1.15 |
| Range | 0.61-1.25 |
| Crit | 20% x2.5 |
| Condition | 15 |
| Weight | 4 |
| Hands | Two-handed |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.BoltCutters
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The Bolt Cutters are a heavy two-handed tool that doubles as a long blunt weapon. They train the Long Blunt skill. Their damage sits in the middle of the long blunt class, and their reach is fair. They are among the most durable tools a survivor can swing at a zombie.
The weight is the catch. At 4, the Bolt Cutters are heavy to carry and tiring to swing for long. Their real value lies in the workshop, where they cut tires apart and break metal objects down for scrap. The Bolt Cutters are found as loot only, most often in welding workshops, metal shops, warehouses and sheds. The Construction Worker is the best occupation for long blunt. It starts with the most Long Blunt skill.
Combat
The Bolt Cutters swing at the normal speed for a two-handed weapon. Their reach of 1.25 tiles keeps a zombie at a safe distance for a swing. Each hit deals moderate blunt damage, so an ordinary zombie usually takes several hits to drop. The crit chance starts at 20 percent, and a crit adds a modest damage boost.
Both hands stay on the handles, so nothing else can be held during a fight. The weight makes every swing cost a fair amount of endurance. A long brawl drains a survivor quickly, and a tired survivor swings slower and hits softer. Short fights against one or two zombies suit the Bolt Cutters best.
The Long Blunt skill raises damage, attack speed and crit chance with every level. Purpose-built long blunt weapons such as the Baseball Bat are lighter and easier to swing. The Bolt Cutters are best as a sturdy backup that also earns its weight as a tool.
Uses
The Bolt Cutters serve as a cutting tool in many metalworking and scrap recipes. They cut up tires into rubber for tire body armour, forearm armour, shin armour, thigh armour, shoulder armour and tire sandals. They also scrap metal objects into usable pieces, including aluminium, copper, gold and silver items. At an Advanced Furnace the Bolt Cutters can be smelted down for steel.
Used in Crafting
Any recipe that asks for a smeltablesteelmedium accepts it as the tool, such as Smelt Steel From Medium Steel Item and Smelt Medium Steel Item.
Repair
The Bolt Cutters have a maximum condition of 15. Each hit on a zombie has only a 1 in 70 chance of taking a point off. The Long Blunt and Maintenance skills lower that chance even further. That makes the Bolt Cutters one of the slowest-wearing weapons in the long blunt class. A worn pair is best kept as a tool or smelted for steel at an Advanced Furnace.
Locations
The Bolt Cutters are a fairly common find in industrial buildings. The best odds are in the military lockers and tool cabinets of welding workshops. Electronics store lockers, technical rooms, sheds, studios and warehouse shelves and boxes follow closely. Metal fabrication shops, metal shops, garage storage crates and railroad repair yards also hold them. They appear in coroner's offices and morgues as well, and now and then in an ordinary storage room.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Pawn shop | Other | 28.6% |
| Pawnshop storage | Other | 28.6% |
| Welding workshop | Military locker | 13.8% |
| Welding workshop | Tool cabinet | 13.8% |
| Construction site | Small box | 12.3% |
| Tool store storage | Other | 11.8% |
| Electronics store | Locker | 10.7% |
| Warehouse | Small box | 10.4% |
| Metalshop | Counter | 7.9% |
| Metalshop | Tool cabinet | 7.9% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Tools cache1 | Tools box | 21.7% |
| Tools cache1 | Counter | 13.4% |
| Tools cache1 | Bag duffel bag tint | 10.9% |
| Survivor safehouse | Metal shelves | 4.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Metal shelves | 4.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Metal shelves | 4.1% |
| Survivor cache | Survivor crate | 1.8% |
| Survivor safehouse | Cardboard box | 1.5% |
| Survivor safehouse | Crate | 1.5% |
| Survivor safehouse | Small box | 1.5% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Drug shack | Counter | 13.3% |
| Construction site | Other | 12.3% |
| Technical | Other | 10.7% |
| Studio | Metal shelves | 10.4% |
| Warehouse | Metal shelves | 10.4% |
| Metal fabrication | Counter | 7.9% |
| Metal fabrication | Tool cabinet | 7.9% |
| Metalfabrication storage | Tool cabinet | 7.9% |
| Coroner office | Counter | 6.2% |
| Coroner office | Medicine cabinet | 6.2% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Bedroom | Crate | 12.3% |
| Closet | Other | 12.3% |
| Shed | Other | 10.4% |
| Attic | Cardboard box | 9.8% |
| Attic | Crate | 9.8% |
| Hall | Other | 9.8% |
| Kitchen | Other | 9.8% |
| Garage storage | Crate | 8.4% |
| Closet | Crate | 4.1% |
| Garage storage | Counter | 3.6% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Inside a bag or case | Toolbox | 1.3% |
| Inside a bag or case | Bag skill maintenance duffel bag | 1% |
Notes
- The Bolt Cutters contain medium steel, so an Advanced Furnace turns them into two Steel Chunks.
- Keep one pair at the base for cutting tires into armour pieces.
- The low wear rate makes them a safe tool to defend with when a main weapon is close to breaking.
- Coroner's offices and morgues are an odd but reliable place to check for a pair.
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