Flashlight
| Flashlight | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Light Source |
| Weight | 0.5 |
| Uses | about 167 |
| Light Range | 15 tiles |
| Light Strength | 1.8 |
| Beam | Focused cone |
| Metal Value | 10 |
| Research |
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| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.HandTorch
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The Flashlight is a plain hand-held battery torch. It throws a cone of light ahead for seeing in the dark.
Every survivor wants one for night searches and dark buildings. It is light and runs a long time on one battery. Its main strength is that long battery life. Its cost is a shorter, dimmer beam than the Flashlight - Heavy Duty.
Flashlights are common in security rooms, closets, sheds, pawn shops and railroad buildings.
Using
The flashlight is held in either hand. A one-handed weapon can stay in the other hand. A two-handed weapon shifts to a one-handed grip where it can, or it is put away. Pressing F turns the light on and off.
The beam lights the way about fifteen tiles ahead in a cone. That is enough to check a room or a short hallway before walking in.
The flashlight runs on a Battery. Insert Battery puts one in, and Remove Battery takes it out. A found flashlight sometimes already holds a battery.
The Flashlight - Heavy Duty reaches about twenty-five tiles and is brighter. It drains a battery faster and weighs twice as much. The Flashlight - Angle Headed has the same reach and battery life but a slightly dimmer beam. It can ride in a webbing slot instead of a hand.
A flashlight also serves in the Wooden Lamp Pillar recipe, which builds a Lamp On Pillar. The "Research Craft" option on a flashlight teaches Make Improvised Flashlight and Make Improvised Lantern.
Upkeep
A full battery gives about twenty-eight hours of light. When the battery runs low, the beam starts to flicker. When it is flat, the battery is used up. The flashlight itself is kept, ready for a new Battery. Turning the light off when it is not needed stretches each battery.
Research
The Research Craft option in the inventory menu studies the Flashlight and teaches the recipes below.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Make Improvised Flashlight | Flashlight - Improvised | 
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/additem Base.Flashlight_Crafted
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| Make Improvised Lantern | Improvised Electric Lantern | 
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/additem Base.Lantern_CraftedElectric
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Used in Crafting
These recipes accept the Flashlight by its type rather than by name.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insert Battery | - | - | - | - |
| Remove Battery | Battery | 
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- | /additem Base.Battery
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| Wooden Lamp Pillar | Lamp On Pillar | - | - | - |
Locations
Security rooms are the best place, with a flashlight about half the time. Closets, sheds, pawn shops and railroad buildings hold one about one time in five. Zombies in nurse outfits carry one fairly often, and nurses' dressers keep them too. Bedroom boxes, garage crates, camping stores and survivor caches turn them up often. It is a common find.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Security | Other | 48.5% |
| Catwalk | Other | 21.7% |
| Railroad repair | Counter | 21.7% |
| Railroad repair | Tool cabinet | 21.7% |
| Railroad storage | Other | 21.7% |
| Camping store | Other | 14.9% |
| Camping store | Shelves | 14.9% |
| Camping storage | Other | 14.9% |
| Nurse | Dresser | 14% |
| Army storage | Counter | 13.4% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Closet | Crate | 22.4% |
| Closet | Other | 22.4% |
| Shed | Other | 22.4% |
| Bedroom | Cardboard box | 17.9% |
| Bedroom | Crate | 17.9% |
| Garage storage | Crate | 17.9% |
| Garage ranger | Other | 13.1% |
| Garage storage | Counter | 13.1% |
| Garage storage | Metal shelves | 13.1% |
| Any building | Military crate | 11.2% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Pawn shop | Other | 22.4% |
| Pawn shop office | Other | 22.4% |
| Plazastore1 | Other | 12.8% |
| Pawn shop office | Metal shelves | 12.3% |
| Houseware store | Shelves | 12% |
| Tool store | Counter | 10.8% |
| Tool store | Other | 10.8% |
| Tool store | Shelves | 10.8% |
| Tool store | Small box | 10.8% |
| Electronics store | Locker | 10.7% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Any building | Zombie wearing a nurse outfit | 18.2% |
| Any building | Zombie wearing a ambulance driver outfit | 12.5% |
| Inside a bag or case | Hiking bag | 4.3% |
| Inside a bag or case | Tacklebox | 3.5% |
| Inside a bag or case | Toolbox | 1.3% |
| Inside a bag or case | Bag skill maintenance duffel bag | 1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor cache | Survivor crate | 14.3% |
| Survivor cache | Survivor crate | 7.1% |
| Survivor cache (large building) | Survivor crate | 7.1% |
| Survivor cache (large building) | Counter | 2.1% |
| Survivor safehouse | Cardboard box | 1.7% |
| Survivor safehouse | Crate | 1.7% |
| Survivor safehouse | Small box | 1.7% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Cardboard box | 1.7% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Crate | 1.7% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Small box | 1.7% |
Notes
- Pressing F turns the light on and off.
- It lasts longer on a battery than the Flashlight - Heavy Duty.
- A flickering beam means the battery is almost flat.
- Researching it teaches the improvised flashlight and lantern recipes.
- Nurse outfit zombies and security rooms are good places to look.
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