Journal
| Journal | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Literature |
| Weight | 1 |
| Read As | Newspaper |
| Writable Pages | 20 |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Journal
|
A Journal is a bound book of blank pages made for keeping notes. It is a piece of literature that a survivor writes in rather than reads for pleasure.
The journal holds twenty pages of notes. That is room enough for a list of safe houses, supply runs or places to find clean water. It is a little heavier than a magazine but still easy to carry.
Office desks and police stations are the likeliest places to find one. Zombies dressed as survivalists often carry one as well.
Reading
A Journal is read the way a newspaper is read. Its real use is writing. A character with something to write with can add a note from the inventory menu. Each note fills one of the pages.
The journal suits a long game where notes save time. A survivor can record where loot was left, which houses are cleared or where a generator sits. A Diary holds more pages for a survivor who writes a lot.
Once full or unwanted, the journal can feed a fire. It burns for about fifteen minutes as fuel.
Locations
Captain's office desks are the best bet, holding one about one time in seven. Security counters and desks, detective offices, police offices and ordinary office desks come close behind. Zombies dressed in survivalist outfits carry one in about one time in fourteen. Book store counters hold one now and then. Evidence rooms, police archives and police gun storage turn one up only rarely. It is a common find in any office building.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Captain office | Desk | 14.3% |
| Security | Counter | 12% |
| Security | Desk | 12% |
| Detective office | Desk | 11.9% |
| Office | Desk | 11.9% |
| Police office | Desk | 11.9% |
| Evidence room | Other | 1.3% |
| Police archive | Metal shelves | 1.3% |
| Police gun storage | Metal shelves | 1.3% |
| Police storage | Metal shelves | 1.3% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Any building | Zombie wearing a survivalist outfit | 7.4% |
| Any building | Zombie wearing a survivalist02 outfit | 7.4% |
| Any building | Zombie wearing a survivalist02 late outfit | 7.4% |
| Any building | Zombie wearing a survivalist02 mid outfit | 7.4% |
| Any building | Zombie wearing a survivalist03 outfit | 7.4% |
| Any building | Zombie wearing a survivalist03 late outfit | 7.4% |
| Any building | Zombie wearing a survivalist03 mid outfit | 7.4% |
| Any building | Zombie wearing a survivalist04 outfit | 7.4% |
| Any building | Zombie wearing a survivalist04 late outfit | 7.4% |
| Any building | Zombie wearing a survivalist04 mid outfit | 7.4% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Book store | Counter | 5.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor safehouse | Shelves | 0.6% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Shelves | 0.6% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Shelves | 0.6% |
Notes
- Writing a note needs something to write with in the inventory.
- Office desks are the quickest place to find one.
- Survivalist zombies are worth checking for a journal.
- A spare journal burns for about fifteen minutes.
All Literature Categories
All Literature
| Name | Image | Weight | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Book | 
|
1 | /additem Base.HollowBook
|
| Leatherbound Book | 
|
1 | /additem Base.HollowFancyBook
|
| Paperback | 
|
0.5 | /additem Base.Paperback
|
| Phonebook | 
|
2 | /additem Base.Phonebook
|
| Picture Book | 
|
0.5 | /additem Base.ChildsPictureBook
|
| Name | Image | Weight | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comic Book | 
|
0.4 | /additem Base.ComicBook
|
| Name | Image | Weight | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magazine | 
|
0.5 | /additem Base.Magazine
|
| Magazine: Crossword | 
|
0.5 | /additem Base.MagazineCrossword
|
| Magazine: HottieZ | 
|
0.5 | /additem Base.HottieZ
|
| Magazine: TV Monthly |
|
0.3 | /additem Base.TVMagazine
|
| Magazine: Wordsearch | 
|
0.5 | /additem Base.MagazineWordsearch
|
| Name | Image | Weight | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newspaper | 
|
0.5 | /additem Base.Newspaper_Recent
|
| Old Newspaper |
|
0.5 | /additem Base.Newspaper
|
| Name | Image | Weight | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diary | 
|
0.3 | /additem Base.Diary1
|
| Journal | 
|
1 | /additem Base.Journal
|
| Notebook |
|
0.5 | /additem Base.Notebook
|
| Notepad | 
|
0.2 | /additem Base.Notepad
|
| Photo Book | 
|
1 | /additem Base.PhotoBook
|
| Name | Image | Weight | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catalog | 
|
0.5 | /additem Base.Catalog
|
| Graph Paper | 
|
0.1 | /additem Base.GraphPaper
|
| HottieZ |
|
0.5 | /additem Base.HottieZ_New
|
| Menu | 
|
0.1 | /additem Base.MenuCard
|
| RPG Manual | 
|
0.8 | /additem Base.RPGmanual
|
| Sheet of Paper | 
|
0.1 | /additem Base.SheetPaper2
|