Forceps
| Forceps | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | First Aid |
| Treats |
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| Health Panel |
|
| Weight | 0.3 |
| Metal Value | 9 |
| Research |
|
| Crafting Skill | Blacksmithing: 4 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.SutureNeedleHolder/additem Base.Forceps_Forged
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| Crafting XP | 45 XP (Blacksmithing) |
Forceps are a pair of medical pincers for pulling foreign objects out of wounds. They remove glass shards and bullets, and they help with the stitching of deep wounds.
Any survivor who fights near broken windows or around guns needs a tool like this. A shard of glass or a bullet must come out before a wound can heal. Their strength is that they are kept after every use. Forceps also teach three blacksmithing recipes when researched.
Forceps are found as loot in clinics, dentists and medical storage rooms. A forged version can be made at an Advanced Forge, so the tool comes in two forms. 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 Forceps
Forceps sit under two health panel options. Remove Glass pulls a glass shard from a wound. Remove Bullet takes out a lodged bullet. Both come first in caring for a wound, before it is disinfected, stitched and bandaged.
The tooltip says they work with a Suture Needle to improve the success of deep wound treatment. Keeping a pair next to the needles makes a deep wound kit complete.
The Research Craft option in the inventory teaches three recipes from the Forceps. These are Forge Tweezers, Forge Forceps and Forge Heading Tool.
Making the forged version uses the Forge Forceps recipe at an Advanced Forge. It takes two charcoal and a quarter bar stock. A ball peen hammer, metalworking pliers, a punch and a heading tool are needed and kept. The smith needs Blacksmithing level 4, and the recipe must be learned first.
Upkeep
Forceps are kept after each use. They can serve through every wound of a long game. A spare pair can be scrapped or melted down for a good amount of metal.
Research
The Research Craft option in the inventory menu studies Forceps and teaches the recipes below.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forge Tweezers | Tweezers | 
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/additem Base.Tweezers
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| Forge Forceps | Forceps | 
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/additem Base.SutureNeedleHolder
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| Forge Heading Tool | Heading Tool | 
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/additem Base.HeadingTool
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How to Craft Forceps
Each recipe that makes Forceps is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Forge Forceps
The Forge Forceps recipe makes Forceps. It needs Blacksmithing level 4. It is made at an Advanced Forge. The recipe has to be learned first.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charcoal | 
|
2x | No | /additem Base.Charcoal
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| Iron Bar Quarter | 
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1x | No | /additem Base.IronBarQuarter
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| Ball-peen Hammer | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.BallPeenHammer
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| Metalworking Pliers | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.MetalworkingPliers
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| Metalworking Punch | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.MetalworkingPunch
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| Heading Tool |
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.HeadingTool
|
Variations
Forceps comes in 2 versions. Most of their stats match, and the extra columns show the ones that differ.
| Name | Image | Look | Weight | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forceps |
|
Suture Needle Holder | 0.3 | /additem Base.SutureNeedleHolder
|
| Forceps | 
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Forged | 0.1 | /additem Base.Forceps_Forged
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Locations
Clinic counters, dentist side tables and medical storage rooms hold them about two times in five. Dentist storage and hospital storage rooms hold them fairly often. Medical caches are another good find. Kennel counters, pharmacy storage and Wild West barber shop counters hold them now and then. Coroner offices, morgues, laboratories and survivor safehouses turn them up too. Overall they are a fairly common find in medical buildings.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Dentist | Side table | 40% |
| Medical | Counter | 40% |
| Medical storage | Counter | 40% |
| Medical storage | Metal shelves | 40% |
| Medical | Other | 39.4% |
| Dentist storage | Other | 31.5% |
| Hospital storage | Other | 31.5% |
| Dentist | Counter | 16% |
| Kennels | Counter | 16% |
| Wild West barber shop | Counter | 12.9% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Medical cache | Medical box | 29.6% |
| Survivor safehouse | Medicine cabinet | 12% |
| Survivor safehouse | Counter | 9.6% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Medicine cabinet | 8.3% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Counter | 3.3% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Bin | 3.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Bin | 1.9% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Medicine cabinet | 1.7% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Counter | 1.3% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Pharmacy storage | Other | 16% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Inside a bag or case | First aid kit | 4.9% |
| Inside a bag or case | First aid kit camping | 0.7% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Garage storage | Other | 2% |
| Closet | Other | 1% |
| Attic | Cardboard box | 0.5% |
| Attic | Crate | 0.5% |
| Attic | Other | 0.5% |
| Closet | Locker | 0.5% |
| Hall | Other | 0.5% |
| Living room | Locker | 0.5% |
| Living room | Other | 0.5% |
Notes
- The tooltip says they improve the success rate of deep wound treatment with a Suture Needle.
- Forceps are kept after each use.
- Researching them teaches Forge Tweezers, Forge Forceps and Forge Heading Tool.
- The forged version is a lighter pair with the same use.
All Medical Categories
All First Aid
| Name | Image | Skill | Weight | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceramic Mortar and Pestle | 
|
None | 0.8 | /additem Base.CeramicMortarandPestle
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| Comfrey Poultice | 
|
None | 0.2 | /additem Base.ComfreyCataplasm
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| Cotton Balls Doused in Alcohol | 
|
None | 0.1 | /additem Base.AlcoholedCottonBalls
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| Plantain Poultice |
|
None | 0.2 | /additem Base.PlantainCataplasm
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| Tissue | 
|
None | 0.1 | /additem Base.Tissue
|
| Tongue Depressor | 
|
None | 0.1 | /additem Base.TongueDepressor
|
| Wild Garlic Poultice |
|
None | 0.2 | /additem Base.WildGarlicCataplasm
|
| Forceps |
|
Blacksmithing: 4 | 0.3 | /additem Base.SutureNeedleHolder
|
| Tweezers |
|
Blacksmithing: 4 | 0.1 | /additem Base.Tweezers
|
| Name | Image | Weight | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alcohol Wipes | 
|
0.3 | /additem Base.AlcoholWipes
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| Antibiotics | 
|
0.1 | /additem Base.Antibiotics
|
| Antidepressants | 
|
0.2 | /additem Base.PillsAntiDep
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| Beta Blockers | 
|
0.2 | /additem Base.PillsBeta
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| Black Sage | 
|
0.1 | /additem Base.BlackSage
|
| Black Sage (Dried) | 
|
0.1 | /additem Base.BlackSageDried
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| Bottle of Disinfectant | 
|
0.2 | /additem Base.Disinfectant
|
| Box of Antibiotics | 
|
1 | /additem Base.AntibioticsBox
|
| Box of Cold Packs |
|
1.5 | /additem Base.ColdpackBox
|
| Box of Cotton Balls | 
|
1 | /additem Base.CottonBallsBox
|
| Box of Suture Needles |
|
1 | /additem Base.SutureNeedleBox
|
| Box of Tissues | 
|
1 | /additem Base.TissueBox
|
| Box of Tongue Depressors |
|
1 | /additem Base.TongueDepressorBox
|
| Caffeine Pills | 
|
0.2 | /additem Base.PillsVitamins
|
| Cold Pack | 
|
0.3 | /additem Base.Coldpack
|
| Comfrey | 
|
0.1 | /additem Base.Comfrey
|
| Comfrey (Dried) | 
|
0.1 | /additem Base.ComfreyDried
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| Common Mallow | 
|
0.1 | /additem Base.CommonMallow
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| Common Mallow (Dried) | 
|
0.1 | /additem Base.CommonMallowDried
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| Cotton Balls |
|
0.1 | /additem Base.CottonBalls
|
| Ginseng | 
|
0.1 | /additem Base.Ginseng
|
| Medical Shears | 
|
0.3 | /additem Base.ScissorsBluntMedical
|
| Mortar and Pestle | 
|
0.8 | /additem Base.MortarPestle
|
| Painkillers | 
|
0.2 | /additem Base.Pills
|
| Plantain | 
|
0.1 | /additem Base.Plantain
|
| Plantain (Dried) | 
|
0.1 | /additem Base.PlantainDried
|
| Rag (Sterilized) | 
|
0.1 | /additem Base.AlcoholRippedSheets
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| Sleeping Pills | 
|
0.2 | /additem Base.PillsSleepingTablets
|
| Stethoscope | 
|
0.3 | /additem Base.Stethoscope
|
| Surgical Cap | 
|
0.2 | /additem Base.Hat_SurgicalCap
|
| Surgical Gloves | 
|
0.1 | /additem Base.Gloves_Surgical
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| Surgical Mask | 
|
0.2 | /additem Base.Hat_SurgicalMask
|
| Suture Needle | 
|
0.1 | /additem Base.SutureNeedle
|
| Wild Garlic | 
|
0.1 | /additem Base.WildGarlic2
|
| Wild Garlic (Dried) |
|
0.1 | /additem Base.WildGarlicDried
|