Smoke Bomb
| Smoke Bomb | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Explosive |
| Skill | - |
| Damage | 0 |
| Range | -10 |
| Crit | - |
| Condition | 1 |
| Weight | 1.5 |
| Hands | One-handed |
| Crafting Skill | None |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.SmokeBomb
|
The Smoke Bomb is a home-made throwable that releases a cloud of smoke. The smoke calms the zombies caught in it and deals no damage. It is thrown by equipping it and making a basic attack.
It is a tool for escape and crowd control rather than killing. A well placed bomb can stall a small group long enough to slip past or reach safety. It is made from a Cold Pack, a Rag and newspaper, and it is a common find in survivor safehouses and bomb caches. It is also the base for timed, motion sensor and remote smoke bombs. The Engineer is the best occupation for explosives. It can make traps and explosives from the start.
Combat
To throw it, equip the Smoke Bomb and perform a basic attack. It flies up to about 10 tiles and goes off where it lands. The smoke pacifies the zombies inside its area at once. It deals no damage to them.
The calm does not always hold. Pacified zombies can still follow the movement of a horde around them. A large crowd that the smoke missed can pull the calmed zombies along, which can make the effect hard to notice. The bomb works best on a small, separate group.
The Smoke Bomb pairs well with an escape plan. It buys time to open a door, climb a fence or back away. For killing a group, a Pipe Bomb or a Fire Bomb is the right tool instead.
Uses
The Smoke Bomb is the base for every upgraded smoke bomb. A crafted timer turns it into the Smoke Bomb with Timer. A Motion Sensor turns it into a smoke bomb with a short, medium or long range sensor, at Electrical 2, 4 or 6. A Crafted Trigger turns it into the Remote Smoke Bomb at Electrical 2. Each upgrade also takes Scrap Electronics and a Duct Tape.
How to Craft Smoke Bomb
Each recipe that makes the Smoke Bomb is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Make Smoke Bomb
The Make Smoke Bomb recipe makes the Smoke Bomb. It needs no skill level. The recipe has to be learned first.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cold Pack | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.Coldpack
|
| Rag | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.RippedSheets
|
| Newspaper | 
|
2x | No | /additem Base.Newspaper_Recent
|
Used in Crafting
These recipes take the Smoke Bomb as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Add Long-Range Motion Sensor to Bomb | Smoke Bomb with Long-Range Sensor | 
|
- | Electrical: 6 | /additem Base.SmokeBombSensorV3
|
| Add Medium-Range Motion Sensor to Bomb | Smoke Bomb with Medium-Range Sensor |
|
- | Electrical: 4 | /additem Base.SmokeBombSensorV2
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| Add Remote Trigger to Bomb | Remote Smoke Bomb |
|
- | Electrical: 2 | /additem Base.SmokeBombRemote
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| Add Short-Range Motion Sensor to Bomb | Smoke Bomb with Short-Range Sensor |
|
- | Electrical: 2 | /additem Base.SmokeBombSensorV1
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| Add Timer to Bomb | Smoke Bomb with Timer |
|
- | Electrical: 0 | /additem Base.SmokeBombTriggered
|
Locations
The Smoke Bomb is a common find. A bomb cache always holds one in its bomb box. Survivor safehouses keep them in cardboard boxes, crates, small boxes and on metal shelves at good odds. Mid and late game safehouses hold them almost as often.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Bomb cache1 | Bomb box | 100% |
| Survivor safehouse | Cardboard box | 21.2% |
| Survivor safehouse | Crate | 21.2% |
| Survivor safehouse | Small box | 21.2% |
| Survivor safehouse | Metal shelves | 15.9% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Cardboard box | 15.9% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Crate | 15.9% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Metal shelves | 15.9% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Small box | 15.9% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Cardboard box | 15.9% |
Notes
- The Make Smoke Bomb recipe takes a Cold Pack, a Rag or dirty Rag and two newspapers, and it must be learned first.* Throw it at a small group, since a large horde can drag the calmed zombies along.
- An upgraded version can be set and left behind instead of thrown.
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