Firewood
| Firewood | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Improvised Weapon |
| Skill | Short Blunt |
| Damage | 0.4-0.7 |
| Range | 0.61-1.1 |
| Crit | 5% x2 |
| Condition | 1 |
| Weight | 1.5 |
| Hands | One-handed |
| Crafting Skill | None |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Firewood
|
Firewood is a piece of wood used as fuel, and it can be swung as an improvised one-handed weapon. It trains the Short Blunt skill. As a weapon it is a last resort, since it breaks after only a few hits.
Its real job is fuel. It burns in fires and stoves, turns into charcoal and bundles for easy carrying. Chopping a Log with an axe gives six pieces, and a Large Branch gives four. Log piles hold it ready-split quite often.
Combat
Firewood swings faster than the base speed and reaches 1.1 tiles. Each hit deals between 0.4 and 0.7 damage. The crit chance is very low.
The piece has a single point of condition, and each hit has a 1 in 5 chance of breaking it. It suits only a moment of panic, such as one swing to clear a path. Three nails and a hammer turn it into Firewood with Nails, which hits harder.
Uses
Firewood burns as fuel in a campfire, a fireplace or a wood stove. A Charcoal Burning Barrel or Pile turns it into twelve Wood Charcoal. Six pieces and a rope make a Firewood Bundle, which carries the whole stack as one item. A sharp knife or a meat cleaver carves one piece into two Small Handles at Carving 1.
How to Craft Firewood
Each recipe that makes the Firewood is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Chop Log Into Firewood
The Chop Log Into Firewood recipe makes the Firewood. It needs no skill level.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Log | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.Log
|
| Axe | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Axe_Old
|
Chop Large Branch Into Firewood
The Chop Large Branch Into Firewood recipe makes the Firewood. It needs no skill level.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Large Branch | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.LargeBranch
|
| Axe |
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Axe_Old
|
Unbundle Firewood
The Unbundle Firewood recipe makes the Firewood. It needs no skill level.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firewood Bundle | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.FirewoodBundle
|
Used in Crafting
These recipes take the Firewood as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carve 2 Small Handles | Small Handle | 
|
- | Carving: 1 | /additem Base.SmallHandle
|
| Make Firewood Bundle | Firewood Bundle |
|
- | None | /additem Base.FirewoodBundle
|
| Make Nail-Spiked Small Weapon | Firewood with Nails | 
|
- | Carpentry: 1 | /additem Base.Firewood_Nails
|
Any recipe that asks for a makewoodcharcoalmedium accepts it as the tool, such as Burn Medium Wood into Charcoal.
Locations
Firewood is a common find in log piles beside buildings. Survivor safehouse fireplaces hold a few pieces now and then, more often in early and mid game safehouses. Chopping a Log or a Large Branch is the steady way to get more.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Any building | Log pile | 23.5% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor safehouse | Fireplace | 7.4% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Fireplace | 7.4% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Fireplace | 0.7% |
Notes
- An axe chops a Log into six pieces and a Large Branch into four, with Wood Splinters as a bonus.
- A Firewood Bundle unpacks back into six pieces whenever needed.
- Firewood is a cheap way to get Small Handles for tools.
- Each piece makes twelve Wood Charcoal in a charcoal burner.
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