Matchbook

Matchbook

Class	Camping
Weight	0.1
Uses	about 10
Survival Gear	Yes
Location	Containers
Spawn ID	`/additem Base.Matches`

The Matchbook is a small folded book of paper matches. It is a basic fire starter that every survivor can use.

It lights campfires, candles, lanterns and cigarettes, and it fires up kilns and furnaces for crafting. Its main strength is that it is tiny and easy to find. It weighs almost nothing and even fits in a wallet. Its main cost is that a book holds only about ten matches, so it runs out fast.

Matchbooks are very common in gas stations, corner stores and convenience stores.

Using

Each strike uses one match. A matchbook can light a campfire, a candle, a cigarette or an antique oven. It can also burn a zombie corpse. For that, the matches go in the main hand and a gas can in the off hand.

Many crafting recipes need a way to start a fire, and a matchbook counts as one. It lights a Primitive Kiln or an Advanced Kiln to fire clay bricks, pots, plates, mugs, tiles and molds. It lights a furnace to melt sand or glass. The Light Candle recipe turns a candle into a Lit Candle. The Light Hurricane Lantern recipe lights a lantern.

A Matchbox holds about fifty matches against ten for the book. A Lighter gives about thirty-two lights, and a Lighter - Disposable about sixty-six. The matchbook is the smallest supply, but it is also the lightest and the most widely found.

Upkeep

The book loses one match each time it is used. Partly used matchbooks can be merged into one to keep the inventory tidy. A spent matchbook is gone for good, so carrying two or three spares is wise.

Used in Crafting

These recipes accept the Matchbook by its type rather than by name.

Recipe	Output	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 (Lit)	-	`/additem Base.Lantern_HurricaneLit`
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

Gas stations and small stores are the best places. Convenience stores, corner stores, general stores and Zippee stores keep them on shelves well over a third of the time. Fossoil and Gas 2 Go stations hold them on counters and shelves just as often. Military crates in any building hold one almost half the time. Bedroom and living room side tables and dressers turn them up about one time in six. It is a very common find.

The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.

Location	Container	Chance
Any building	Military crate	44.7%
Bedroom	Side table	18%
Living room	Dresser	17.4%
Living room	Side table	17.4%
Any building	Other	3.5%
Garage storage	Other	2.4%
Living room	Counter	2.1%
Any building	Shelter	1.5%
Closet	Other	1.2%
Attic	Cardboard box	0.6%

Location	Container	Chance
Convenience store	Shelves	42.9%
Corner store	Overhead cupboard	42.9%
Corner store	Shelves	42.9%
Fossoil	Counter	42.9%
Fossoil	Shelves	42.9%
Gas 2 Go	Counter	42.9%
Gas 2 Go	Shelves	42.9%
Gas store	Counter	42.9%
Gas store	Shelves	42.9%
General store	Shelves	42.9%

Location	Container	Chance
Janitor's room	Counter	13%
Janitor's room	Locker	13%
School storage	Counter	13%
Lobby	Counter	12.8%
Drug shack	Other	4.8%
Prison cells	Other	3.5%
Drug shack	Counter	3.2%
Drug lab	Counter	1.6%
Drug lab	Overhead cupboard	1.6%
Derelict	Other	0.2%

Location	Container	Chance
Survivor safehouse (mid game)	Counter	12.7%
Survivor cache (large building)	Counter	2.1%
Survivor safehouse	Cardboard box	1.7%
Survivor safehouse	Crate	1.7%
Survivor safehouse	Small box	1.7%
Survivor safehouse (mid game)	Cardboard box	1.7%
Survivor safehouse (mid game)	Crate	1.7%
Survivor safehouse (mid game)	Small box	1.7%
Survivor safehouse (late game)	Cardboard box	0.4%
Survivor safehouse (late game)	Crate	0.4%