Matchbox
| Matchbox | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Camping |
| Weight | 0.3 |
| Uses | about 50 |
| Survival Gear | Yes |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Matchbox
|
The Matchbox is a small cardboard box of strike matches. It is a dependable fire starter that lasts far longer than a matchbook.
It lights campfires, candles and lanterns, and it fires up kilns and furnaces for crafting. Its main strength is the number of matches inside, about fifty. That makes one box enough for many fires. Its main cost is a little more weight than a matchbook.
Matchboxes are found in tobacco stores, army surplus stores, camping stores and survivor caches.
Using
Each strike uses one match. A matchbox can start a fire, such as a campfire, and it lights candles and lanterns.
Many crafting recipes need a way to start a fire, and a matchbox 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.
The Matchbook holds about ten matches, a fifth of a box. A Lighter gives about thirty-two lights, and a Lighter - Disposable about sixty-six. The matchbox sits between the two lighters in staying power.
Upkeep
The box loses one match each time it is used. Partly used matchboxes can be merged into one to keep the inventory tidy. A spent box is gone for good.
Used in Crafting
These recipes accept the Matchbox 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 (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
Tobacco stores keep a matchbox on their shelves every time. Captain offices hold one in dish cabinets half the time. Smoking rooms come next. Army surplus stores and military crates hold one about one time in four. Closets, garage crates and sheds turn one up about one time in five. Camping stores and survivor caches are good places too. It is a common find.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Tobacco store | Shelves | 100% |
| Outdoor supply store | Other | 2.5% |
| Outdoorsupply storage | Other | 2.5% |
| Fossoil | Shelves | 0.7% |
| Gas 2 Go | Shelves | 0.7% |
| Gas store | Shelves | 0.7% |
| Any building | Small box | 0.4% |
| Car supply store | Metal shelves | 0.4% |
| Car supply shop, sport | Shelves | 0.4% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Captain office | Dishes cabinet | 50% |
| Smoking room | Shelves | 43.5% |
| Army surplus | Metal shelves | 26.1% |
| Army surplus | Other | 26.1% |
| Army surplus | Shelves | 26.1% |
| Camping store | Other | 14.9% |
| Camping store | Shelves | 14.9% |
| Camping storage | Other | 14.9% |
| Captain office | Desk | 11.4% |
| Drug lab | Counter | 10.9% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Any building | Military crate | 22.3% |
| Closet | Other | 22.1% |
| Garage storage | Crate | 17.6% |
| Shed | Other | 17.6% |
| Any building | Tent | 5.1% |
| Bedroom | Cardboard box | 3.7% |
| Bedroom | Crate | 0.7% |
| Any building | Cardboard box | 0.4% |
| Any building | Shelter | 0.4% |
| Garage storage | Other | 0.4% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor cache | Survivor crate | 17.9% |
| Survivor cache | Survivor crate | 8.9% |
| Survivor cache (large building) | Survivor crate | 8.9% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Counter | 3.2% |
| Survivor safehouse | Cardboard box | 2.2% |
| Survivor safehouse | Crate | 2.2% |
| Survivor safehouse | Small box | 2.2% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Cardboard box | 2.2% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Crate | 2.2% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Small box | 2.2% |
Notes
- One box holds about as many matches as five matchbooks.
- It lights kilns and furnaces for clay, brick and glass crafting.
- Partly used boxes can be merged to save space.
- Tobacco store shelves always hold one.
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