Hacksaw Blade
| Hacksaw Blade | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Material |
| Weight | 0.5 |
| Condition | 10 |
| Research |
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| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.HacksawBlade
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The Hacksaw Blade is a thin toothed steel blade made to fit a Hacksaw frame. It is a spare part that brings a worn hacksaw back to work.
The Replace Hacksaw Blade recipe swaps a fresh blade into a Hacksaw. A spare blade can also be smelted for steel, or studied to learn two saw recipes.
Blades are found in factories, where boxes and crates of them are very common. The Carpenter is the best occupation for materials. It starts with the most Carpentry skill. For Welding, the Welder starts strongest.
Uses
Replace Hacksaw Blade is the main use. It takes one Hacksaw and one Hacksaw Blade and gives back a Hacksaw with the new blade. No tool, skill or station is needed. This keeps a metal cutting saw in service long after its first blade wears out.
The Research Craft option teaches two recipes. These are Forge Saw and Knapp Flint Saw. A blacksmith learns to make a full saw, and a survivor without a forge learns a stone one.
A spare blade is small steel scrap. Smelt Steel From Small Steel Item turns it into one Steel Chunk at an Advanced Furnace. Smelt Small Steel Item melts it into a ceramic crucible of steel, also at an Advanced Furnace.
Research
The Research Craft option in the inventory menu studies the Hacksaw Blade and teaches the recipes below.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forge Saw | Simple Wood Saw | 
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/additem Base.CrudeSaw
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| Knapp Flint Saw | Flint Saw | 
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/additem Base.Saw_Flint
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Used in Crafting
Everything made with the Hacksaw Blade, with how much each recipe takes, the other materials it needs, the station and the skill.
| Item | Image | Recipe | Amount | Other Materials | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hacksaw | 
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Replace Hacksaw Blade | 1x | 1x Hacksaw | - | None | /additem Base.Saw
|
These recipes accept the Hacksaw Blade by its type rather than by name.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smelt Small Steel Item | Small Ceramic Crucible with Steel | 
|
Advanced Furnace | /additem Base.CeramicCrucibleSmall_Steel
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| Smelt Steel From Small Steel Item | Steel Chunk | 
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Advanced Furnace | /additem Base.SteelChunk
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Locations
Factories are the only place it appears in loot, and there it is very common. Crates, small boxes and other containers in a factory hold a blade almost nine times in ten. One visit to a factory can stock a workshop for a long time.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Factory | Crate | 88.9% |
| Factory | Other | 88.9% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Factory | Small box | 88.9% |
Notes
- Replacing the blade needs no tools at all.
- Research Craft on a blade teaches Forge Saw and Knapp Flint Saw.
- Factories hold blades in almost every container.
- Spare blades smelt into Steel Chunk at an Advanced Furnace.
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