Postcard
| Postcard | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Memento |
| Weight | 0.1 |
| Read As | Picture |
| Boredom Relief | 5 |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Postcard
|
A Postcard is a picture card from some faraway place, sent home or kept as a souvenir. It belongs to the Memento class and weighs next to nothing.
Looking at it gives a small lift against boredom. It is a pocket-sized distraction for a quiet moment. Its larger charm is the glimpse of a world beyond Kentucky that the outbreak has cut off.
Postcards are common keepsakes. Cigar boxes, living room dressers and pawn shops hold them often.
Reading
A Postcard is looked at, not read, so the glance takes only a moment. The boredom relief is small, the same as a Photograph or an Old Photograph. After one card has been viewed, other cards with the same title stay dull for a while. A mix of different places gives more relief than a pile of the same card.
Each card gets a title when it spawns. The places span the globe. Some show cities like Atlanta, Seattle, Toronto, Moscow or Beijing. Others show landmarks such as the Colosseum, the Louvre, Mount Vernon and the RMS Queen Mary. Natural sights include Yosemite, Lake Baikal, the Great Smoky Mountains and the Australian Outback. The title changes nothing in play beyond the same-title rule.
Locations
Cigar box keepsakes are the best bet, holding one about half the time. Living room dressers and side tables come next, along with pawn shop display cases. Bedroom side tables hold them now and then. Attics, closets, halls, living rooms and garage storage hold them a little less often. Storage units and survivor safehouse boxes turn them up rarely. Zombies in backpacker outfits sometimes carry one.
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 | Cigar box keepsakes | 49.4% |
| Any building | Zombie wearing a backpacker outfit | 1.6% |
| Inside a bag or case | Wallet | 1.2% |
| Inside a bag or case | Wallet female | 0.9% |
| Inside a bag or case | Wallet male | 0.9% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Living room | Dresser | 18.2% |
| Living room | Side table | 18.2% |
| Bedroom | Side table | 9% |
| Attic | Cardboard box | 7.8% |
| Attic | Crate | 7.8% |
| Attic | Other | 7.8% |
| Closet | Locker | 7.8% |
| Garage storage | Other | 7.8% |
| Hall | Other | 7.8% |
| Living room | Locker | 7.8% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Pawn shop | Display case | 18.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Storage unit | Other | 1.9% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor safehouse | Cardboard box | 1.8% |
| Survivor safehouse | Crate | 1.8% |
| Survivor safehouse | Small box | 1.8% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Cardboard box | 1.8% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Crate | 1.8% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Small box | 1.8% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Cardboard box | 1.8% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Crate | 1.8% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Small box | 1.8% |
Notes
- Cards with different titles keep the boredom relief coming.
- A Postcard burns briefly as kindling.
- Cigar boxes found in homes are the richest place to find them.
- Zombies in backpacker outfits are worth a search for a card.
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