Multitool
| Multitool | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Short Blade |
| Skill | Short Blade |
| Damage | 0.3-0.6 |
| Range | 0.61-0.9 |
| Crit | 25% x4 |
| Condition | 10 |
| Weight | 0.5 |
| Hands | One-handed |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Multitool
|
The Multitool is a folding pocket tool with a blade, pliers, a screwdriver and several other small tools in one handle. It doubles as a one-handed stabbing weapon. As a weapon it trains the Short Blade skill.
It weighs only 0.5, and it replaces a whole kit of small tools. As a weapon it is weak, with low damage and a very short reach. Its value lies in crafting, where it stands in for a knife, scissors, a screwdriver and more. The Multitool is a very rare find, with its best odds in carpenter workshops. The best occupations for short blades are the Burger Flipper, the Chef and the Doctor. Each starts with the same Short Blade skill.
Combat
Each hit deals between 0.3 and 0.6 damage. The reach is 0.9 tiles, so the survivor has to stand right next to the zombie. The crit chance starts at 25 percent, and a crit multiplies the damage by four.
As a short blade it stabs rather than swings. A stab from behind can trigger the execution move on an unaware zombie. The Short Blade skill raises its speed, damage and crit chance as it levels. It is too valuable as a tool to risk in regular fights. Every hit wears down a tool that does a dozen other jobs.
Uses
The Multitool works as a screwdriver, a can opener, a bottle opener, pliers, tweezers, scissors, an awl and a small file. It also counts as a sharp knife in crafting. It cuts plants and butchers animals. It opens canned food and beer bottles. It removes bullets and glass shards from wounds. It cuts up leather, sheets and tarps, and it serves in most sewing recipes. It dismantles electronics and helps build makeshift radios, timers and remote triggers. It copies building keys and gathers gunpowder. At the forge it is a tool for metal armour pieces.
Used in Crafting
Any recipe that asks for a awl or bottle opener accepts it as the tool, such as Cut Up Large Leather, Cut Up Medium Leather and Cut Up Small Leather.
Repair
The Multitool has 10 condition. Each hit has a 1 in 15 chance of taking a point off. The Short Blade and Maintenance skills both lower that chance. A dull blade is sharpened with a whetstone, a grindstone or, poorly, with a file.
Locations
The Multitool is a very rare piece of loot. Carpenter workshops give the best odds, spread across their boxes, counters, crates, dressers, shelves and wardrobes. Camp worker dorm lockers hold one at a similar low rate. Bedroom dressers and side tables, electronics store shelves and fishing storage lockers carry a tiny chance. Hiking bags, tents, survivor safehouses and survivor caches can hold one too.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Fishing storage | Display case | 7.2% |
| Army surplus | Display case | 5.8% |
| Army surplus | Metal shelves | 2.8% |
| Army surplus | Shelves | 2.8% |
| Camping store | Shelves | 0.3% |
| Carpenter workshop | Cardboard box | 0.2% |
| Carpenter workshop | Counter | 0.2% |
| Carpenter workshop | Crate | 0.2% |
| Carpenter workshop | Dresser | 0.2% |
| Carpenter workshop | Metal shelves | 0.2% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Outdoor supply store | Display case | 7.2% |
| Gun store | Display case | 4.3% |
| Pawn shop office | Metal shelves | 2.8% |
| Pawn shop office | Other | 2.8% |
| Outdoorsupply storage | Other | 0.6% |
| Pawn shop | Counter | 0.6% |
| Outdoor supply store | Other | 0.3% |
| Pawnshop storage | Other | 0.3% |
| Carpenter workshop | Small box | 0.2% |
| Pawn shop | Display case | 0.2% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Bedroom | Dresser | 0.1% |
| Bedroom | Side table | 0.1% |
| Any building | Tent | <0.1% |
| Any building | Wardrobe | <0.1% |
| Attic | Cardboard box | <0.1% |
| Attic | Crate | <0.1% |
| Attic | Other | <0.1% |
| Bedroom | Locker | <0.1% |
| Bedroom | Wardrobe | <0.1% |
| Closet | Crate | <0.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Inside a bag or case | Hiking bag | <0.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor safehouse | Cardboard box | <0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse | Crate | <0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse | Small box | <0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Cardboard box | <0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Crate | <0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Small box | <0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Cardboard box | <0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Crate | <0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Small box | <0.1% |
| Survivor cache (large building) | Counter | <0.1% |
Notes
- One Multitool can replace a screwdriver, scissors, pliers and a knife in the inventory.
- It removes bullets and glass from wounds, which makes it a medical tool too.
- Researching it can teach the Make Screwdriver and Forge Small Knife recipes.
- Its light weight makes it worth carrying on every trip.
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