Garbage Bag
| Garbage Bag | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Bag or Container |
| Capacity | 20 |
| Weight Reduction | 50% |
| Weight | 0.1 |
| Can Tear | No |
| Crafting Skill | None |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Garbagebag/additem Base.Bag_TrashBag
|
The Garbage Bag is a large plastic sack for carrying loot by hand. It is one of the most common containers in the game and an early stand-in for a real backpack.
Its strength is space. It holds as much as a Hiking Backpack and weighs almost nothing when empty. Its cost is that it must be held in a hand, and it takes only half the weight of its load off the carrier.
Garbage Bags fill every dumpster and turn up in bins, morgues and many other places. A Box of Garbage Bags gives them one at a time. The bag is also a raw material for rain collectors and a whole set of makeshift clothes. The Tailor is the best occupation for bags and containers. It starts with the most Tailoring skill.
Carrying
The Garbage Bag holds 20 units and takes half the weight of its contents off the carrier. It is carried in a hand, so it blocks that hand for a weapon or a light. The Plastic Bag takes the same half of the weight off but holds only 8. The Hiking Backpack holds the same 20 but takes off 75 percent of the weight and sits on the back. A Garbage Bag is a good way to haul a large load home after a supply run. For travel and fighting, a backpack is the better choice.
Tailoring
A Garbage Bag can be cut and taped into clothing with Duct Tape. The recipes make an Improvised Poncho, a Garbage Bag Apron, a Garbage Bag Tank Top, a Garbage Bag Headsack and a Garbage Bag Bandeau. Several skirts, briefs and a strapless dress come from the same bags. Only the poncho needs any Tailoring skill. These clothes keep out rain completely. Four Garbage Bags are needed for a rain collector barrel, and the smaller rain collector crate also takes them.
How to Craft Garbage Bag
Each recipe that makes the Garbage Bag is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Take Garbage Bag
The Take Garbage Bag recipe makes the Garbage Bag. It needs no skill level.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Box of Garbage Bags | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.Garbagebag_box
|
Used in Crafting
These recipes accept the Garbage Bag by its type rather than by name.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Build Rain Collector Barrel | Rain Collector Barrel | - | - | - |
| Build Rain Collector Crate | Rain Collector Crate | - | - | - |
| Make Garbage Bag Apron | Garbage Bag Apron | 
|
- | /additem Base.Apron_Garbage
|
| Make Garbage Bag Bandeau | Garbage Bag Bandeau | 
|
- | /additem Base.Bandeau_Garbage
|
| Make Garbage Bag Briefs | Briefs - Garbage Bag | 
|
- | /additem Base.Briefs_Garbage
|
| Make Garbage Bag Dress | Strapless Garbage Bag Dress | 
|
- | /additem Base.Dress_SmallGarbageStrapless
|
| Make Garbage Bag Head Sack | Garbage Bag Headsack | 
|
- | /additem Base.Hat_HeadSack_Garbage
|
| Make Garbage Bag Poncho | Improvised Poncho | 
|
- | /additem Base.PonchoGarbageBag
|
| Make Garbage Bag Skirt | Skirt - Garbage Bag | 
|
- | /additem Base.Skirt_Normal_Garbage
|
| Make Garbage Bag Tank Top | Garbage Bag Tank Top | 
|
- | /additem Base.Vest_Garbage
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| Make Knee-Length Garbage Bag Skirt | Knee-length Skirt - Garbage Bag | 
|
- | /additem Base.Skirt_Knees_Garbage
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| Make Long Garbage Bag Skirt | Long Skirt - Garbage Bag | 
|
- | /additem Base.Skirt_Long_Garbage
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| Make Short Garbage Bag Skirt | Short Skirt - Garbage Bag | 
|
- | /additem Base.Skirt_Short_Garbage
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Variations
The Garbage Bag comes in 2 versions with the same stats. Only the look changes.
| Name | Image | Look | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garbage Bag | 
|
Garbagebag | /additem Base.Garbagebag
|
| Garbage Bag |
|
Trash | /additem Base.Bag_TrashBag
|
Locations
Every dumpster holds Garbage Bags. Bins in any building have one about half the time, and fire station bins a little more often. Zombies in sanitation outfits often carry one, and exterminators sometimes do. Drug shacks, hoarder houses, morgues, coroner offices and drug labs also turn them up. A Box of Garbage Bags gives one bag at a time through the Take Garbage Bag recipe.
A Garbage Bag found in a bin or dumpster can come with trash inside it. That trash can be anything from dryer lint and paperwork to food, tools and the odd book.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Any building | Dumpster | 100% |
| Fire station garage | Bin | 57.2% |
| Any building | Bin | 55.6% |
| Hoarderbed room | Other | 17.9% |
| Hoarder kitchen | Other | 17.9% |
| Garage storage | Other | 7.1% |
| Any building | Other | 4.3% |
| Living room | Counter | 4.3% |
| Any building | Shelter | 3.7% |
| Attic | Cardboard box | 3.6% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Fire station storage | Bin | 57.2% |
| Drug shack | Counter | 22.5% |
| Drug shack | Other | 22.5% |
| Hoarder | Other | 17.9% |
| Hoarder office | Other | 17.9% |
| Morgue | Metal shelves | 15.8% |
| Coroner office | Counter | 12.4% |
| Coroner office | Medicine cabinet | 12.4% |
| Coroner office | Other | 12.4% |
| Morgue | Counter | 12.4% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Any building | Zombie wearing a sanitation outfit | 43.5% |
| Any building | Zombie wearing a exterminator suited outfit | 15.2% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Plazastore1 | Other | 6.4% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor cache (large building) | Counter | 4.3% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Counter | 2.7% |
Notes
- It holds as much as a Hiking Backpack but must be carried in a hand.
- Dumpsters always have Garbage Bags, so they are never hard to find.
- Four Garbage Bags go into a rain collector barrel.
- Garbage Bag clothes keep out rain completely, which helps in a storm.
- It burns, so a spare bag also serves as fire fuel and tinder.
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