Box of Paperclips
| Box of Paperclips | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Material |
| Weight | 0.3 |
| Metal Value | 40 |
| Made With | 6x Candle |
| Crafting Skill | None |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.PaperclipBox
|
The Box of Paperclips is a small office box holding forty Paperclips. It is light, cheap office stock that shows up wherever paperwork is done.
Open Box of Paperclips empties it into forty loose Paperclips. A double click on the box runs the same step. Pack Items in Box puts forty loose clips back into a box.
The box turns up most in art stores, general stores and offices. It also holds a little metal, so it has some value as scrap. The Carpenter is the best occupation for materials. It starts with the most Carpentry skill. For Welding, the Welder starts strongest.
Uses
Open Box of Paperclips is the main use. It needs no tools, no skill and no station. The forty clips it gives are loose Paperclip items, ready for any recipe that takes them.
Packing works the other way. Pack Items in Box takes forty Paperclip and returns one box. That keeps a pile of loose clips as a single item on a shelf.
The box weighs very little. It can ride along in a bag without any real cost in carrying weight.
How to Craft Box of Paperclips
Each recipe that makes Box of Paperclips is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Pack Items in Box
The Pack Items in Box recipe makes Box of Paperclips. It needs no skill level.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candle | 
|
6x | No | /additem Base.Candle
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Used in Crafting
Everything made with Box of Paperclips, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paperclip | 
|
Open Box of Paperclips | 1x | - | - | None | /additem Base.Paperclip
|
Locations
Art stores give the best odds, with about one container in ten holding a box on counters and shelves. General store shelves come next at about one in twenty. Gigamart shelves, post office counters and desks hold one less often.
Office buildings spread it widely. Metal shelves in offices, office storage, medical offices and police offices all hold one now and then. Office drawers in any building can turn one up. Lockers in changing rooms, comic storage and movie rentals give similar small odds. Attic boxes hold one only rarely.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Art store | Counter | 10.8% |
| Art store | Other | 10.8% |
| Art store | Shelves | 10.8% |
| General store | Shelves | 5.5% |
| Gigamart | Shelves | 2.7% |
| Plazastore1 | Other | 1.6% |
| Book store | Counter | 0.3% |
| Any building | Small box | <0.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Post office | Counter | 2.5% |
| Post office | Desk | 2.5% |
| Post office storage | Counter | 2.5% |
| Changing room | Locker | 2.1% |
| Comic storage | Locker | 2.1% |
| Movie rental | Locker | 2.1% |
| Medical office | Metal shelves | 1.9% |
| Office | Metal shelves | 1.9% |
| Office storage | Metal shelves | 1.9% |
| Office storage | Shelves | 1.9% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Any building | Office drawers | 1.4% |
| Attic | Cardboard box | 0.5% |
| Attic | Crate | 0.5% |
| Attic | Other | 0.5% |
| Closet | Locker | 0.5% |
| Closet | Other | 0.5% |
| Garage storage | Other | 0.5% |
| Hall | Other | 0.5% |
| Living room | Locker | 0.5% |
| Living room | Other | 0.5% |
Notes
- A double click on the box opens it into forty Paperclips.
- Office drawers in any building are worth a quick look.
- Art stores are the most reliable place to find a box.
- The box is light enough to carry without a second thought.
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