Box of Screws
| Box of Screws | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Material |
| Weight | 2 |
| Metal Value | 100 |
| Made With | 1x Carton of Screws |
| Crafting Skill | None |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.ScrewsBox
|
The Box of Screws is a cardboard box holding one hundred Screws. It is the usual way screws turn up, and it keeps a large stock in one light item.
Open Box (100 Items) empties it into one hundred loose Screws. A double click on the box runs the same step. The loose screws then go into the building and repair recipes that call for them.
Boxes are common in railroad repair yards, tool stores, carpenter workshops, police and fire station garages and car supply stores. Twelve of them come packed in a Carton of Screws. A full box holds a good amount of metal for scrapping. 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 Screws. The box shares this recipe with the Box of Nails and the Box of Capgun Caps.
Pack 12 Boxes in Carton is the other use. It takes twelve boxes of screws and returns one Carton of Screws. That suits a large base stockpile or a move by vehicle.
The Box of Nails is the closest match. Both weigh 2 and both carry a Metal Value of 100. The two boxes are found in many of the same workshops, though screws lean more toward garages and mechanics.
How to Get Box of Screws
Open Carton (12 Boxes) breaks a Carton of Screws into twelve boxes. Pack Items in Box makes one box from one hundred loose Screws, which turns a loose pile back into one item.
How to Craft Box of Screws
Each recipe that makes Box of Screws is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Open Carton (12 Boxes)
The Open Carton (12 Boxes) recipe makes Box of Screws. It needs no skill level.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carton of Screws | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.ScrewsCarton
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Pack Items in Box
The Pack Items in Box recipe makes Box of Screws. It needs no skill level.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Screws | 
|
100x | No | /additem Base.Screws
|
Used in Crafting
Everything made with Box of Screws, 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 Screws |
|
Pack 12 Boxes in Carton | 12x | - | - | None | /additem Base.ScrewsCarton
|
| Screws |
|
Open Box (100 Items) | 1x | - | - | None | /additem Base.Screws
|
Locations
The box is fairly common in workshops. Railroad repair rooms and railroad storage give the best odds, at a little over one in four containers. Catwalks give the same rate. Tool caches hold one in about a fifth of their tool boxes. Tool store storage, police garages, mannequin factories, cabinet factories and fire station garages come next at around one in seven.
Carpenter workshops, car supply stores and mechanics hold one in about one container in eight. Tool cabinets in any building give the same odds, so every tool cabinet is worth opening.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Catwalk | Other | 27.1% |
| Railroad repair | Counter | 27.1% |
| Railroad repair | Tool cabinet | 27.1% |
| Railroad storage | Other | 27.1% |
| Mannequin factory | Counter | 15% |
| Cabinet factory | Other | 14.7% |
| Cabinet shipping | Other | 14.7% |
| Fire station storage | Tool cabinet | 14% |
| Carpenter workshop | Cardboard box | 13% |
| Carpenter workshop | Counter | 13% |
| 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% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Tool store storage | Other | 15.6% |
| Carpenter workshop | Small box | 13% |
| Car supply store | Other | 13% |
| Car supply store | Tool cabinet | 13% |
| Warehouse | Small box | 11.3% |
| Tool store | Counter | 10.8% |
| Tool store | Other | 10.8% |
| Tool store | Shelves | 10.8% |
| Tool store | Small box | 10.8% |
| Gas storage | Counter | 10.2% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Police garage | Other | 15.2% |
| Police garage | Tool cabinet | 15.2% |
| Fire station garage | Counter | 14% |
| Fire station garage | Tool cabinet | 14% |
| Any building | Tool cabinet | 13% |
| Closet | Crate | 11.3% |
| Closet | Other | 11.3% |
| Shed | Other | 11.3% |
| Bathroom | Metal shelves | 10.2% |
| Garage storage | Counter | 7.3% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Inside a bag or case | Toolbox | 1.3% |
Notes
- A double click on the box opens it into one hundred Screws.
- Tool cabinets anywhere are a steady supply.
- Police and fire station garages are good stops on a supply run.
- Packing boxes into a carton saves space in a large stockpile.
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