Tarp
| Tarp | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Material |
| Weight | 2 |
| Made With | 1x Tarp Sling Bag |
| Crafting Skill | None |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Tarp
|
The Tarp is a large waterproof sheet of plastic canvas. It is one of the most useful survival materials, because it keeps rain off and catches rain for drinking.
A Tarp goes into shelters, rain collectors, tents, bags and ponchos. The Build Tarp Shelter recipe and the Make Tent Kit recipe give a camp a roof. The two rain collector builds turn a crate or a barrel into a water supply. Cut into six Tarp Piece, it also feeds a whole range of crude clothing.
Most tarps are found on shelves in garages, mechanics, army surplus stores and camping stores. A tarp sling bag can also be taken apart to get the sheet back. The Carpenter is the best occupation for materials. It starts with the most Carpentry skill. For Welding, the Welder starts strongest.
Uses
Shelter is the first use. The Build Tarp Shelter recipe needs a Tarp, four Stone, four Log and two Tree Branch or Wooden Rod. It also takes a Long Stick or Sapling and two lengths of Rag, Twine or Rope. The Make Tent Kit recipe takes a Tarp, four tent pegs, two Wooden Rod or Tree Branch and a Long Stick or Sapling. It gives an Improvised Tent Kit. Neither asks for a skill.
Water is the second use. The Build Rain Collector Crate Tarp recipe takes four Plank, four Nails and a Tarp, with Carpentry level 3. The Build Rain Collector Barrel Tarp recipe takes six Plank, five Nails and a Tarp, with Carpentry level 5.
Tailoring uses it too. The Make Tarp Poncho recipe turns it into an Improvised Poncho with three Duct Tape and Tailoring level 1. The Make Tarp Sling Bag recipe needs only two Duct Tape. The Assemble Simple Tarp Framepack recipe builds a Simple Framepack with Tailoring level 5.
The Cut Tarp recipe cuts it into six Tarp Piece with scissors or a sharp knife. Those pieces make hats, wraps, skirts, sacks and small backpacks.
How to Get Tarp
The Reclaim Sling Bag recipe takes apart a Tarp Sling Bag and gives the Tarp back. A Sheet Sling Bag gives back a Sheet instead. No skill or tool is needed.
How to Craft Tarp
Each recipe that makes the Tarp is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Reclaim Sling Bag
The Reclaim Sling Bag recipe makes the Tarp. It needs no skill level.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarp Sling Bag | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.Bag_TarpSlingBag
|
Used in Crafting
Everything made with the Tarp, with how much each recipe takes, the other materials it needs, the station and the skill.
| Item | Image | Recipe | Amount | Other Materials | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Improvised Poncho | 
|
Make Tarp Poncho | 1x |
|
- | Tailoring: 1 | /additem Base.PonchoGarbageBag
|
| Improvised Tent Kit | 
|
Make Tent Kit | 1x |
|
- | None | /additem Base.ImprovisedTentKit
|
| Simple Framepack | 
|
Assemble Simple Tarp Framepack | 1x | - | Tailoring: 5 | /additem Base.Bag_CraftedFramepack_Large
| |
| Tarp Piece | 
|
Cut Tarp | 1x | 1x Scissors (kept) | - | None | /additem Base.TarpPiece
|
| Tarp Sling Bag |
|
Make Tarp Sling Bag | 1x | 2x Duct Tape | - | None | /additem Base.Bag_TarpSlingBag
|
| Rain Collector Barrel Tarp | - | Build Rain Collector Barrel Tarp | 1x |
|
- | Carpentry: 5 | /additem Base.Hammer
|
| Rain Collector Crate Tarp | - | Build Rain Collector Crate Tarp | 1x |
|
- | Carpentry: 3 | /additem Base.Hammer
|
| Tarp Shelter | - | Build Tarp Shelter | 1x |
|
- | None | /additem Base.TreeBranch2
|
Locations
Tarps are a fairly common find in work and outdoor buildings. Metal shelves at a mechanic are the likeliest spot, at better than one search in four. Tool boxes in tool caches and the shelves of army surplus stores come close. Gas storage, janitor's rooms, school storage and Zippee storage counters hold one about one time in four. Closets, sheds and garage storage are good places too. Camping stores, logging factories and ranger garages hold one now and then.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Mechanic | Metal shelves | 28.3% |
| Army surplus | Metal shelves | 26.1% |
| Army surplus | Other | 26.1% |
| Army surplus | Shelves | 26.1% |
| Janitor's room | Counter | 23.1% |
| Janitor's room | Metal shelves | 23.1% |
| School storage | Counter | 23.1% |
| Drug shack | Counter | 16.7% |
| Morgue | Metal shelves | 15.8% |
| Logging factory | Other | 13.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Tools cache1 | Tools box | 27.2% |
| Tools cache1 | Bag duffel bag tint | 13.6% |
| Survivor safehouse | Cardboard box | 2.2% |
| Survivor safehouse | Crate | 2.2% |
| Survivor safehouse | Small box | 2.2% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Cardboard box | 2.2% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Crate | 2.2% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Small box | 2.2% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Cardboard box | 2.2% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Crate | 2.2% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Bathroom | Metal shelves | 23.1% |
| Closet | Other | 22.1% |
| Garage storage | Crate | 17.6% |
| Shed | Other | 17.6% |
| Garage ranger | Other | 13.1% |
| Garage storage | Counter | 13.1% |
| Garage storage | Metal shelves | 13.1% |
| Any building | Metal shelves | 6.8% |
| Any building | Shelter | 3.7% |
| Garage storage | Other | 3% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Gas storage | Counter | 23.1% |
| Zippee storage | Counter | 23.1% |
| Car supply store | Other | 0.8% |
| Any building | Small box | <0.1% |
Notes
- A Tarp burns and serves as tinder for lighting a fire.
- Rain collectors are among the best uses for a spare Tarp.
- One Tarp cuts into six Tarp Piece for crude clothing and bags.
- A Tarp Sling Bag can be reclaimed if the sheet is needed again.
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