Magazine: Sparky's Lighting Guide
| Magazine: Sparky's Lighting Guide | |
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| Class | Recipe Resource |
| Weight | 0.5 |
| Teaches |
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| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.ElectronicsMag5
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Magazine: Sparky's Lighting Guide is a recipe magazine about homemade electric lights. It belongs to Electrical and teaches two early builds.
Reading it teaches Make Improvised Flashlight and Make Improvised Lantern. Both turn a tin can, a bulb and some wire into a working light.
The magazine is a loot find. Electronics stores hold it far more often than anywhere else.
Uses
Both recipes need Electrical level 1. That puts them within reach very early in the skill.
Make Improvised Flashlight takes Scrap Electronics, a Light Bulb, Electrical Wire, Screws and a tin can or small metal sheet. A screwdriver, pliers and a small saw or light metal snips are needed and kept. The result is a Flashlight - Improvised.
Make Improvised Lantern uses the same parts plus one Wire. It keeps the same tools. The result is an Improvised Electric Lantern.
Both recipes give a light source built from scrap. They suit a survivor who has run out of store bought flashlights.
Reading the magazine also eases boredom and stress. A read copy still has a use as padding. Make Magazine Body Armor and Make Magazine Limb Armor accept any magazine as crude armour.
Teaches
Reading the Magazine: Sparky's Lighting Guide teaches these recipes.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Make Improvised Flashlight | Flashlight - Improvised | 
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- | /additem Base.Flashlight_Crafted
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| Make Improvised Lantern | Improvised Electric Lantern | 
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- | /additem Base.Lantern_CraftedElectric
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Used in Crafting
These recipes accept the Magazine: Sparky's Lighting Guide by its type rather than by name.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Make Magazine Body Armor | Magazine Body Armor | 
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- | /additem Base.Cuirass_Magazine
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| Make Magazine Limb Armor | Magazine Limb Armor | 
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- | /additem Base.GreaveMagazine_Right
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Locations
Electronics stores are by far the best place. Their counters hold a copy about one time in five, and their shelves only a little less often. Book store shelves and tool store shelves turn one up now and then. Homes hold it at a similar rate in bathrooms, bedroom boxes, closets, attics, halls and living rooms.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Electronics store | Counter | 18.3% |
| Electronics store | Shelves | 13.7% |
| Book store | Shelves | 3.6% |
| Bedroom | Small box | 3.2% |
| Tool store | Shelves | 3.1% |
| Electronics store | Metal shelves | 2.5% |
| Convenience store | Magazine shelves | 1.3% |
| Corner store | Magazine shelves | 1.3% |
| Cornerstore counter | Magazine shelves | 1.3% |
| Fossoil | Magazine shelves | 1.3% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Bathroom | Other | 3.2% |
| Closet | Other | 3.2% |
| Attic | Cardboard box | 2.6% |
| Attic | Crate | 2.6% |
| Attic | Other | 2.6% |
| Bedroom | Cardboard box | 2.6% |
| Hall | Other | 2.6% |
| Living room | Other | 2.6% |
| Bedroom | Crate | 1.9% |
| Any building | Magazine shelves | 1.3% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Storage unit | Other | 2.6% |
| Library | Shelves | 1.6% |
| Universitylibrary | Shelves | 1.5% |
| Army storage | Metal shelves | 1.2% |
| Army storage | Military crate | 1.2% |
| Army storage | Other | 1.2% |
| Office | Military crate | 1.2% |
| Post office | Other | 1.2% |
| Post office storage | Other | 1.2% |
| Joan's studio | Shelves | 0.4% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor safehouse | Shelves | 0.4% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Shelves | 0.4% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Shelves | 0.4% |
| Survivor safehouse | Fireplace | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Fireplace | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Fireplace | 0.1% |
Notes
- One read teaches both recipes for good.
- The lantern costs one Wire more than the flashlight.
- All the tools for both recipes are kept.
- Reading it lowers boredom and stress.
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