Gas Can
| Gas Can | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Vehicle Maintenance |
| Type | Car Tool |
| Weight | 1.6 |
| Fluid Capacity | 10 L |
| Holds at Start | Petrol |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.PetrolCan
|
The Gas Can is a portable fuel container for carrying gasoline. It refuels vehicles and generators far from any working pump.
The can usually turns up already holding gasoline. It is light and easy to keep in a trunk or a backpack. Every vehicle trip depends on fuel, and the pumps stop working once the power is gone. A full can in the trunk turns an empty tank on a back road into a short delay instead of a long walk.
The Gas Can is one of the most useful tools for any survivor who drives. It is just as important for a base that runs on a generator. The Mechanic is the best occupation for vehicle maintenance. It starts with the most Mechanics skill.
How to Use Gas Can
A Gas Can pours gasoline straight into a vehicle's gas tank. Topping up before a long run saves a risky search for fuel on the road.
Generators also run on gasoline from a can. Along with vehicles, the can is the main way to keep a generator running. A base with a generator needs a steady stream of full cans.
An empty can is refilled at a gas pump or by siphoning fuel from a vehicle. A gas pump only works while it has power. After the power goes out, siphoning from parked cars becomes the main way to fill up.
Gasoline is also good for starting fires. A Gas Can serves as kindling when lighting a campfire. With the can in the secondary hand and a lighter in the primary hand, a pile of corpses can be burned. Burning bodies clears the bad moodles that a pile of corpses brings.
The can is a fluid container with gasoline as its usual load. Gasoline is the fuel every vehicle engine in the game runs on.
Locations
Garage storage is the most common place for a Gas Can. The counters and metal shelves of a garage are worth a look. Ranger garages carry them too. Drug labs keep the odd can on counters, desks and cupboards. Gas stations are the obvious place to fill one, as long as the pumps still have power.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Garage ranger | Other | 3.3% |
| Garage storage | Counter | 3.3% |
| Garage storage | Metal shelves | 3.3% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Drug lab | Counter | 2.2% |
| Drug lab | Desk | 2.2% |
| Drug lab | Other | 2.2% |
| Drug lab | Overhead cupboard | 2.2% |
Notes
- A full can in the trunk is the best insurance against running dry.
- Pumps need power, so siphoning from cars takes over later on.
- The can fuels generators as well as vehicles.
- Gasoline makes a quick start for a campfire or a corpse pile.
- Garages are the best place to look for one.
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