Box of Tongue Depressors
| Box of Tongue Depressors | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | First Aid |
| Weight | 1 |
| Fire Fuel | Yes |
| Contains | 20 Tongue Depressor |
| Crafting Skill | None |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.TongueDepressorBox
|
The Box of Tongue Depressors is a carton of flat wooden sticks from a doctor's office. It opens into twenty Tongue Depressors.
The sticks inside are mostly useful as kindling and fuel. The box itself also burns longer than most medical boxes. It is a fairly common find in clinics and dentist offices. 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 Box of Tongue Depressors
A double click on the box opens it. The Unpack 20 Tongue Depressors recipe does the same from the crafting menu. It turns the box into twenty Tongue Depressors.
Loose sticks can go back into a box. The Pack Items in Box recipe takes twenty Tongue Depressor and makes a new Box of Tongue Depressors. The packed box weighs half as much as the twenty loose sticks, so packing is well worth it.
The whole box burns as fuel in a fire. It burns longer than a box of bandages or cotton balls.
How to Craft Box of Tongue Depressors
Each recipe that makes Box of Tongue Depressors is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Pack Items in Box
The Pack Items in Box recipe makes Box of Tongue Depressors. It needs no skill level.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue Depressor | 
|
20x | No | /additem Base.TongueDepressor
|
Used in Crafting
These recipes take Box of Tongue Depressors as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unpack 20 Tongue Depressors | Tongue Depressor |
|
- | None | /additem Base.TongueDepressor
|
Locations
Dentist side tables, clinic counters and medical storage rooms give the best odds. Dentists, pharmacy counters, pharmacy storage and hospital storage rooms hold one fairly often. Kennel counters and hospital shelves hold one now and then. Survivor safehouses and army storage turn one up only rarely.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Dentist | Side table | 16% |
| Medical | Counter | 16% |
| Medical storage | Counter | 16% |
| Medical storage | Metal shelves | 16% |
| Dentist | Counter | 11.6% |
| Medical storage | Other | 11.6% |
| Dentist | Other | 11.5% |
| Dentist storage | Other | 11.5% |
| Hospital storage | Other | 11.5% |
| Medical | Other | 11.5% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Pharmacy | Counter | 11.6% |
| Pharmacy storage | Counter | 11.6% |
| Pharmacy storage | Other | 11.6% |
| Pharmacy storage | Desk | 0.3% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Hospital hallway | Metal shelves | 5.8% |
| Hospital hallway | Counter | 0.4% |
| Hospital hallway | Desk | 0.3% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor safehouse | Medicine cabinet | 4.8% |
| Survivor safehouse | Counter | 3.8% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Medicine cabinet | 3.3% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Counter | 1.3% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Medicine cabinet | 0.7% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Counter | 0.3% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Inside a bag or case | First aid kit camping | 0.1% |
Notes
- A double click on the box opens it.
- The packed box weighs half as much as twenty loose sticks.
- The box makes a good, long burning fuel for a fire.
- Twenty loose sticks pack back into one box.
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