Box of Nails
| Box of Nails | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Material |
| Weight | 2 |
| Survival Gear | Yes |
| Metal Value | 100 |
| Made With | 1x Carton of Nails |
| Crafting Skill | None |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.NailsBox
|
The Box of Nails is a cardboard box holding one hundred Nails. It is a compact way to carry a large stock of nails for carpentry.
Open Box (100 Items) empties it into a hundred loose Nails. A double click on the box runs the same step. The loose nails then go into the carpentry recipes that call for them.
Boxes are common in carpenter workshops, tool stores, sheds and warehouses. Twelve of them come packed in a Carton of Nails. The box counts as survival gear and holds a good amount of metal. The Carpenter is the best occupation for materials. It starts with the most Carpentry skill. For Welding, the Welder starts strongest.
Uses
Open Box (100 Items) is the main use. It takes no tools, no skill and no station, and it gives one hundred Nails. The box shares this recipe with the Box of Screws and the Box of Capgun Caps.
Pack 12 Boxes in Carton is the other use. It takes twelve boxes of nails and returns one Carton of Nails. That is handy for a large base stockpile or for moving supplies in a vehicle.
The box also holds metal for scrapping. A full box carries a Metal Value of 100, the same as a Box of Screws.
How to Get Box of Nails
Open Carton (12 Boxes) breaks a Carton of Nails into twelve boxes. Pack Items in Box makes one box from one hundred loose Nails. That turns a pile of loose nails back into a single item.
How to Craft Box of Nails
Each recipe that makes Box of Nails is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Open Carton (12 Boxes)
The Open Carton (12 Boxes) recipe makes Box of Nails. It needs no skill level.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carton of Nails | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.NailsCarton
|
Pack Items in Box
The Pack Items in Box recipe makes Box of Nails. It needs no skill level.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nails | 
|
100x | No | /additem Base.Nails
|
Used in Crafting
Everything made with Box of Nails, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carton of Nails |
|
Pack 12 Boxes in Carton | 12x | - | - | None | /additem Base.NailsCarton
|
| Nails |
|
Open Box (100 Items) | 1x | - | - | None | /additem Base.Nails
|
Locations
The box is a common find in the right buildings. Tool caches give the best odds, with more than half of their tool boxes holding one. Tool store storage holds one in about two of five containers. Carpenter workshops have one in roughly a third of their boxes, crates, counters and shelves.
Closets, sheds, studios, warehouses and woodcraft sets all hold one in more than a quarter of the right containers. Tool store counters, shelves and boxes give similar odds. Mannequin factories, cabinet factories and cabinet shipping rooms turn one up less often. Bathroom metal shelves hold one now and then.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Tools cache1 | Tools box | 54.3% |
| Tools cache1 | Counter | 33.6% |
| Tools cache1 | Bag duffel bag tint | 27.2% |
| Survivor safehouse | Metal shelves | 8.2% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Metal shelves | 8.2% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Metal shelves | 8.2% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Tool store storage | Other | 39.1% |
| Carpenter workshop | Small box | 32.4% |
| Warehouse | Small box | 28.3% |
| Tool store | Counter | 27.1% |
| Tool store | Other | 27.1% |
| Tool store | Shelves | 27.1% |
| Tool store | Small box | 27.1% |
| Gas storage | Counter | 12.8% |
| Zippee storage | Counter | 12.8% |
| General store | Metal shelves | 11.2% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Carpenter workshop | Cardboard box | 32.4% |
| Carpenter workshop | Counter | 32.4% |
| Carpenter workshop | Crate | 32.4% |
| Carpenter workshop | Metal shelves | 32.4% |
| Studio | Metal shelves | 28.3% |
| Warehouse | Metal shelves | 28.3% |
| Woodcraft set | Metal shelves | 28.3% |
| Mannequin factory | Counter | 15% |
| Cabinet factory | Other | 14.7% |
| Cabinet shipping | Other | 14.7% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Closet | Crate | 28.3% |
| Closet | Other | 28.3% |
| Shed | Other | 28.3% |
| Bathroom | Metal shelves | 12.8% |
| Garage storage | Counter | 6.9% |
| Garage storage | Metal shelves | 6.9% |
| Shed | Counter | 6.9% |
| Shed | Metal shelves | 6.9% |
| Shed | Shelves | 6.9% |
| Any building | Metal shelves | 6.8% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Carpenter workshop | Body | 17.5% |
| Inside a bag or case | Toolbox | 1.3% |
Notes
- A double click on the box opens it into one hundred Nails.
- Sheds and closets in ordinary homes are an easy early supply.
- Carpenter workshops and tool stores are worth a full search for a large build.
- Packing boxes into a carton saves space in a large stockpile.
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