Magazine: The Cheapskate's John Spiral - Homemade Explosives
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| Class | Recipe Resource |
| Weight | 0.5 |
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| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.EngineerMagazine3
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Magazine: The Cheapskate's John Spiral - Homemade Explosives is a recipe magazine about improvised bombs. It teaches three throwable devices made from household goods.
Reading it teaches Make Aerosol Bomb, Make Fire Bomb and Make Pipe Bomb. Each turns common items into a homemade bomb.
The magazine turns up mostly in drug labs, army surplus stores, gun stores and hunting lodges.
Uses
All three recipes are open at any skill level.
Make Fire Bomb is the simplest. It takes a Rag or Rag (Dirty), a bottle and one unit of Gasoline from a container. Water Bottle, Sports Bottle, Bottle, Orange Soda and several dye bottles all work as the bottle. The result is a Fire Bomb.
Make Aerosol Bomb takes an aerosol can, a Box of Sparklers, a piece of aluminum and a Duct Tape. A mortar and pestle is kept. The result is an Aerosol Bomb.
Make Pipe Bomb is the costliest. It takes three Scrap Electronics, an Iron Pipe or Broken Iron Pipe, twenty Gunpowder and a Twine. A metal saw or small saw is kept. The result is a Pipe Bomb.
All three bombs can later take Add Remote Trigger to Bomb from Magazine: Zapper!. That makes a Remote Aerosol Bomb, Remote Fire Bomb or Remote Pipe Bomb.
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 Magazine: The Cheapskate's John Spiral - Homemade Explosives teaches these recipes.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Spawn ID |
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| Make Aerosol Bomb | Aerosol Bomb | 
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- | /additem Base.Aerosolbomb
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| Make Fire Bomb | Fire Bomb | 
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- | /additem Base.FlameTrap
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| Make Pipe Bomb | Pipe Bomb | 
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- | /additem Base.PipeBomb
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Used in Crafting
These recipes accept Magazine: The Cheapskate's John Spiral - Homemade Explosives by its type rather than by name.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Spawn ID |
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| 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
Drug lab wardrobes and army surplus shelves are the best places, with a fair chance. Magazine racks in gun stores and hunting lodges come close. Homes turn one up now and then in bathrooms, bedroom boxes, closets, attics, halls and living rooms. Drug lab shelves and drug shack counters hold it at a similar rate.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Drug lab | Wardrobe | 7.4% |
| Army surplus | Shelves | 7% |
| Hunting lodge | Magazine shelves | 6% |
| Drug lab | Metal shelves | 2.8% |
| Storage unit | Other | 2.6% |
| Drug shack | Counter | 2.3% |
| Drug shack | Other | 2.3% |
| Drug lab | Counter | 1.6% |
| Drug lab | Other | 1.6% |
| Drug lab | Overhead cupboard | 1.6% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Gun store | Magazine shelves | 6% |
| Bedroom | Small box | 3.2% |
| Pawn shop office | Metal shelves | 1.2% |
| Pawn shop office | Other | 1.2% |
| Book store | Shelves | 0.3% |
| Pawn shop | Counter | 0.2% |
| Pawn shop | Metal shelves | 0.2% |
| Pawn shop | Shelves | 0.2% |
| Pawnshop storage | Other | 0.1% |
| 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% |
| Garage storage | Other | 1.3% |
Notes
- One read teaches all three recipes for good.
- The Pipe Bomb is the costly one, with twenty Gunpowder per bomb.
- A Fire Bomb needs only a Rag, a bottle and some Gasoline.
- Reading it lowers boredom and stress.
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