Multi-Color Pen
| Multi-Color Pen | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Improvised Weapon |
| Skill | - |
| Damage | 0.1 |
| Range | 0.61-0.8 |
| Crit | 0% |
| Condition | 3 |
| Weight | 0.2 |
| Hands | One-handed |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.PenMultiColor
|
The Multi-Color Pen is a pen that writes in several ink colours. It is a writing item that doubles as an improvised stabbing weapon. It sits in the Memento category and weighs almost nothing.
As a weapon it attacks like a short blade, including the stealth execution move. Its damage is tiny and its reach is very short. It breaks after only a handful of hits. The pen is found mostly at carnival game stalls, and also in daycares, kids' bedrooms and pencil cases.
Combat
The Multi-Color Pen stabs like a knife. A pen strike from behind can trigger the execution move on an unaware zombie. That makes it a throwaway stealth tool rather than a real weapon. Pick one up, use it for one quiet kill, then drop it.
The reach is very short, so the survivor has to stand right next to the zombie. That is a real risk if the stab fails or another zombie is close. Normal stabs deal almost no damage. Any knife or short blade does the same job far better and lasts much longer. The pen is best kept for an emergency, when nothing else is in reach.
Uses
The pen writes. It fills journals, notebooks and sheets of paper with notes. Those notes can be left in the world for other players to read on multiplayer servers. It also marks the in-game map and found maps with symbols and text. One pen covers blue, green and red ink, so map notes can be sorted by colour. The pen is a tool in the Make Blank ID recipe.
Used in Crafting
Any recipe that asks for a pen accepts it as the tool, such as Make Blank ID.
Repair
The Multi-Color Pen has only 3 condition. Each hit has a 1 in 2 chance of taking a point off, so a few stabs use it up. Hits with it give no Maintenance experience. A worn pen is best replaced with another one.
Locations
The Multi-Color Pen is a common find in the right places. Carnival game stalls hold one on nearly half of their counters, at the dart, duck shoot, hoop, ring toss and throwing games. Pencil cases, daycares and kids' bedrooms are the next best spots. Bedroom side tables hold one now and then. School desks, attics, closets, garages, halls and living rooms carry a small chance.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Dartgame | Counter | 47% |
| Duck shoot fair game | Counter | 47% |
| Hoopgame | Counter | 47% |
| Ring toss fair game | Counter | 47% |
| Throwgame | Counter | 47% |
| Daycare | Desk | 4.2% |
| Daycare | Counter | 4% |
| Daycare | Metal shelves | 4% |
| Daycare | Shelves | 4% |
| Classroom | School desk | 1.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Inside a bag or case | Pencil case | 5.2% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Bedroom | Side table | 3.1% |
| Kid's bedroom | Counter | 3.1% |
| Kid's bedroom | Shelves | 3.1% |
| Kid's bedroom | Side table | 3.1% |
| Attic | Cardboard box | 0.9% |
| Attic | Crate | 0.9% |
| Attic | Other | 0.9% |
| Closet | Locker | 0.9% |
| Closet | Other | 0.9% |
| Garage storage | Other | 0.9% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Book store | Counter | 0.5% |
Notes
- The pen counts as a short blade for the stealth execution, which makes it a disposable silent kill.
- One or two hits can break it, so carry a spare if it is the only blade at hand.
- Three ink colours in one pen make it the handiest pen for marking maps.
Template:ProjectZomboidWeaponTiles
All Improvised Weapons