Pen - Spiffo
| Pen - Spiffo | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Improvised Weapon |
| Skill | - |
| Damage | 0.1 |
| Range | 0.61-0.8 |
| Crit | 0% |
| Condition | 2 |
| Weight | 0.2 |
| Hands | One-handed |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.PenSpiffo
|
The Pen - Spiffo is a novelty pen decorated with Spiffo, the mascot of the Spiffo's restaurants. It sits in the Memento category. It writes like a normal pen and doubles as an improvised stabbing weapon.
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 Spiffo pen turns up on office desks, in Spiffo's restaurants and at carnival game stalls.
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. Use it for one quiet kill in an emergency.
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 black symbols and text. The Spiffo 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 Pen - Spiffo has only 2 condition, and every hit takes a point off. Two stabs use it up. Hits with it give no Maintenance experience.
Locations
The Pen - Spiffo is a common find in the right places. Office desks and the desk in a Spiffo's restaurant kitchen hold one about four times in ten. Carnival game stalls hold one on about a fifth of their counters, at the dart, duck shoot, hoop, ring toss and throwing games. Pencil cases, attics, bedrooms, classrooms, closets, daycares and kids' bedrooms carry only a tiny chance.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Office | Desk | 40.8% |
| Dartgame | Counter | 18.8% |
| Duck shoot fair game | Counter | 18.8% |
| Hoopgame | Counter | 18.8% |
| Ring toss fair game | Counter | 18.8% |
| Throwgame | Counter | 18.8% |
| Break room | Other | <0.1% |
| Cardealership office | Other | <0.1% |
| Classroom | School desk | <0.1% |
| Daycare | Counter | <0.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Spiffos kitchen | Desk | 40.8% |
| Spiffos storage | Other | 1.5% |
| General store | Shelves | 0.5% |
| Spiffos kitchen | Metal shelves | 0.4% |
| Spiffos kitchen | Other | 0.4% |
| Gigamart | Shelves | 0.3% |
| Spiffo dining | Other | 0.1% |
| Book store | Counter | <0.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Inside a bag or case | Pencil case | <0.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Attic | Cardboard box | <0.1% |
| Attic | Crate | <0.1% |
| Attic | Other | <0.1% |
| Bedroom | Side table | <0.1% |
| Closet | Locker | <0.1% |
| Closet | Other | <0.1% |
| Garage storage | Other | <0.1% |
| Hall | Other | <0.1% |
| Kid's bedroom | Counter | <0.1% |
| Kid's bedroom | Shelves | <0.1% |
Notes
- It weighs twice as much as the plain black pen, though both are still very light.
- The pen counts as a short blade for the stealth execution.
- Two stabs break it, so keep it for writing.
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