Timer - Crafted
| Timer - Crafted | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Electronics |
| Weight | 0.5 |
| Metal Value | 10 |
| Crafting Skill | Electrical: 1 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.TimerCrafted
|
| Crafting XP | 4 XP (Electrical) |
The Timer - Crafted is a homemade countdown timer built from a clock and spare electronics. It is fitted to improvised explosives and noise makers to set them off after a delay. The tooltip says it is placed on improvised devices to set a countdown.
It suits survivors with some Electrical skill who use traps and distractions. Its main strength is that it lets a device go off with nobody near it. Its main cost is the parts and the recipe needed to make it.
The timer is crafted with the Make Timer recipe. It is also found in electronics stores and survivor safehouses. The Electrician is the best occupation for electronics. It starts with the most Electrical skill. The Engineer also starts with some Electrical skill.
Using
Make Timer turns a Timer or an Alarm Clock into a Timer - Crafted. It also takes one Scrap Electronics and one Glue. A screwdriver and pliers are needed and kept. The recipe needs Electrical at level 1 and must be learned first.
Add Timer to Bomb then fits the timer to a device. It takes the timer, two Scrap Electronics and one Duct Tape. It works on an Aerosol Bomb, a Fire Bomb, a Noise Maker, a Pipe Bomb or a Smoke Bomb. The result is the same device with a timer.
The delay is set before the device is placed. That gives time to walk away before it goes off.
Scrapping the timer gives a fair amount of metal for its size.
How to Craft Timer - Crafted
Each recipe that makes the Timer - Crafted is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Make Timer
The Make Timer recipe makes the Timer - Crafted. It needs Electrical level 1. The recipe has to be learned first.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timer | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.Timer
|
| Screwdriver | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Screwdriver
|
| Pliers | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Pliers
|
| Scrap Electronics | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.ElectronicsScrap
|
| Glue | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.Glue
|
Used in Crafting
These recipes take the Timer - Crafted as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Add Timer to Bomb | Aerosol Bomb with Timer | 
|
- | Electrical: 0 | /additem Base.AerosolbombTriggered
|
Locations
Electronics store metal shelves are the best place to look, holding one about one time in ten. Survivor safehouses hold one fairly often, in boxes, crates and on metal shelves. Garage storage and closets turn one up now and then. Attics, halls, living rooms and storage units hold one rarely.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Electronics store | Metal shelves | 10.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor safehouse | Cardboard box | 6.4% |
| Survivor safehouse | Crate | 6.4% |
| Survivor safehouse | Small box | 6.4% |
| Survivor safehouse | Metal shelves | 4.8% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Cardboard box | 4.8% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Crate | 4.8% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Metal shelves | 4.8% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Small box | 4.8% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Cardboard box | 4.8% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Crate | 4.8% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Garage storage | Other | 1.9% |
| Closet | Other | 1% |
| Attic | Cardboard box | 0.5% |
| Attic | Crate | 0.5% |
| Attic | Other | 0.5% |
| Hall | Other | 0.5% |
| Living room | Other | 0.5% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Storage unit | Other | 0.5% |
Notes
- The Make Timer recipe must be learned and needs Electrical at level 1.
- A Timer or an Alarm Clock is the base of the build.
- The timer fits five kinds of bombs and noise makers.
- Survivor safehouses are a good place to find a ready made one.
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