Lighter - Improvised Battery
| Lighter - Improvised Battery | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Camping |
| Weight | 0.1 |
| Uses | about 20 |
| Metal Value | 1 |
| Crafting Skill | Electrical: 0 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Crafted |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Lighter_Battery
|
| Crafting XP | 5 XP (Electrical) |
The Lighter - Improvised Battery is a home-made fire starter. It is a Battery with an Electrical Wire taped across it to make a spark. It does the job of a lighter when no real one is left.
It suits a survivor who has run out of lighters and matches. Its strength is that it needs no skill and only common parts. Its cost is a small number of uses before the battery is spent.
It is always crafted. It does not appear in loot.
Using
The improvised lighter starts fires like any other lighter. Light Candle and Light Hurricane Lantern both accept it. Make Toothbrush Shiv also calls for it as a flame.
Kilns and furnaces accept it to start a batch. Firing bricks, clay pots, tiles and crucibles all take it as the flame. So do Melt Sand and Melt Glass at a furnace.
Make Improvised Lighter needs no skill. It takes one Electrical Wire, one Battery and one Adhesive Tape or Duct Tape.
The improvised lighter gives about twenty uses. The Lighter - Disposable gives about sixty-six. A real lighter is better whenever one can be found.
Upkeep
A fresh improvised lighter gives about twenty uses. Dismantle Improvised Lighter takes it apart again. That returns the Battery and the Electrical Wire.
How to Craft Lighter - Improvised Battery
Each recipe that makes the Lighter - Improvised Battery is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Make Improvised Lighter
The Make Improvised Lighter recipe makes the Lighter - Improvised Battery. It needs Electrical level 0. The recipe has to be learned first.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical Wire | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.ElectricWire
|
| Battery | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.Battery
|
| Adhesive Tape | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.Scotchtape
|
Used in Crafting
These recipes take the Lighter - Improvised Battery as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dismantle Improvised Lighter | Battery |
|
- | None | /additem Base.Battery
|
These recipes accept the Lighter - Improvised Battery by its type rather than by name.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire 2 Limestone | Quicklime | 
|
Primitive Kiln | /additem Base.Quicklime
|
| Fire 3 Bricks | Brick | 
|
Primitive Kiln | /additem Base.ClayBrick
|
| Fire 4 Limestone | Quicklime |
|
Advanced Kiln | /additem Base.Quicklime
|
| Fire 6 Bricks | Brick |
|
Advanced Kiln | /additem Base.ClayBrick
|
| Fire 8 Clay Tiles | Ceramic Tile | 
|
Advanced Kiln | /additem Base.ClayTile
|
| Fire Clay Bar Mold | Ceramic Bar Mold | 
|
Primitive Kiln; Advanced Kiln | /additem Base.ClayBarMold
|
| Fire Clay Blacksmith Anvil Mold | Ceramic Blacksmith Anvil Mold | 
|
Advanced Kiln | /additem Base.ClayBlacksmithAnvilMold
|
| Fire Clay Bowl | Bowl | 
|
Primitive Kiln; Advanced Kiln | /additem Base.Bowl
|
| Fire Clay Crucible | Large Ceramic Crucible | 
|
Primitive Kiln; Advanced Kiln | /additem Base.CeramicCrucible
|
| Fire Clay Ingot Mold | Ceramic Ingot Mold | 
|
Primitive Kiln; Advanced Kiln | /additem Base.ClayIngotMold
|
| Fire Clay Jar | Ceramic Jar | 
|
Primitive Kiln; Advanced Kiln | /additem Base.ClayJar
|
| Fire Clay Mug | Mug | 
|
Primitive Kiln; Advanced Kiln | /additem Base.TestMug
|
| Fire Clay Pipe Segment | Clay Pipe Segment | 
|
Primitive Kiln; Advanced Kiln | /additem Base.ClayPipeSegment
|
| Fire Clay Plate | Plate | 
|
Primitive Kiln; Advanced Kiln | /additem Base.Plate
|
| Fire Clay Pot | Ceramic Pot |
|
Primitive Kiln; Advanced Kiln | /additem Base.ClayPot
|
| Fire Clay Sheet Mold | Ceramic Sheet Mold | 
|
Primitive Kiln; Advanced Kiln | /additem Base.ClaySheetMold
|
| Fire Clay Shingle | Clay Shingle | 
|
Primitive Kiln; Advanced Kiln | /additem Base.ClayShingle
|
| Fire Clay Teacup | Ceramic Teacup | 
|
Primitive Kiln; Advanced Kiln | /additem Base.CeramicTeacup
|
| Fire Clay Tile | Ceramic Tile |
|
Primitive Kiln | /additem Base.ClayTile
|
| Fire Glass Blowing Pipe | Glass Blowing Pipe | 
|
Primitive Kiln; Advanced Kiln | /additem Base.GlassBlowingPipe
|
| Fire Mortar and Pestle | Ceramic Mortar and Pestle | 
|
Primitive Kiln; Advanced Kiln | /additem Base.CeramicMortarandPestle
|
| Fire Smoking Pipe | Smoking Pipe | 
|
Primitive Kiln; Advanced Kiln | /additem Base.SmokingPipe
|
| Light Candle | Lit Candle | 
|
- | /additem Base.CandleLit
|
| Light Hurricane Lantern | Hurricane Lantern - Copper (Lit) | 
|
- | /additem Base.Lantern_Hurricane_CopperLit
|
| Make Toothbrush Shiv | Toothbrush Shiv | 
|
- | /additem Base.Toothbrush_Shiv
|
| Melt Glass | Small Ceramic Crucible with Molten Glass | 
|
Simple Furnace | /additem Base.CeramicCrucibleWithGlass
|
| Melt Sand | Small Ceramic Crucible with Molten Glass |
|
Simple Furnace | /additem Base.CeramicCrucibleWithGlass
|
Locations
The improvised lighter is only crafted. Make Improvised Lighter builds it from a Battery, an Electrical Wire and some tape.
Notes
- A Battery, a wire and tape are enough for a working fire starter.
- Dismantling it returns the battery and the wire.
- It is a fallback once lighters and matches run out.
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