Pen - Green
| Pen - Green | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Improvised Weapon |
| Skill | - |
| Damage | 0.1 |
| Range | 0.61-0.8 |
| Crit | 0% |
| Condition | 2 |
| Weight | 0.1 |
| Hands | One-handed |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.GreenPen
|
The Pen - Green is an ordinary pen with green ink. It is a household writing item that doubles as an improvised stabbing weapon. It 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 one or two stabs. The green pen is a little less common than the black, blue and red ones. It turns up in pencil cases, post offices, offices and daycares.
Combat
The 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.
Uses
The pen writes. It fills journals, empty 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 green symbols and text.
Repair
The Pen - Green has only 2 condition, and every hit takes a point off. Two stabs use it up. Hits with it give no Maintenance experience. A worn pen is best replaced with another one.
Locations
The Pen - Green is a common find. Pencil cases and post office counters and desks hold one about a tenth of the time. Side tables in bedrooms and other rooms hold one nearly as often. Daycare desks and shelves, office and police office shelves, and mechanic shelves are good spots. Change room, comic store and movie rental lockers hold them too. Army storage, control rooms, lobbies and kids' bedrooms round out the list.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Inside a bag or case | Pencil case | 10.4% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Post office | Counter | 10% |
| Post office | Desk | 10% |
| Post office storage | Counter | 10% |
| Daycare | Desk | 8.4% |
| Changing room | Locker | 8.3% |
| Comic storage | Locker | 8.3% |
| Movie rental | Locker | 8.3% |
| Daycare | Counter | 8.1% |
| Daycare | Metal shelves | 8% |
| Daycare | Shelves | 8% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Any building | Side table | 9.2% |
| Bedroom | Side table | 9% |
| Kid's bedroom | Counter | 6.2% |
| Kid's bedroom | Shelves | 6.2% |
| Kid's bedroom | Side table | 6.2% |
| Any building | Office drawers | 5.7% |
| Any building | Shelves | 3.9% |
| Living room | Dresser | 2.2% |
| Living room | Side table | 2.2% |
| Attic | Cardboard box | 1.9% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Plazastore1 | Other | 6.4% |
| General store | Shelves | 5.5% |
| Gigamart | Shelves | 2.7% |
| Book store | Counter | 2.6% |
| Any building | Small box | <0.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor cache (large building) | Counter | 1.1% |
Notes
- The pen counts as a short blade for the stealth execution, which makes it a disposable silent kill.
- Two stabs break it, so grab a couple if no blade is at hand.
- Green ink is handy for marking safe routes or farmland on the map.
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