Toys-R-Mine Walkie Talkie
| Toys-R-Mine Walkie Talkie | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Communications |
| Weight | 1 |
| Uses | about 143 |
| Power | Battery |
| Type | Two-way radio |
| Portable | Yes |
| Transmit Range | 750 tiles |
| Channels | 75 to 150 MHz |
| Volume Range | 8 tiles |
| Hotbar | Walkie talkie slot |
| Research |
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| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.WalkieTalkie1
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The Toys-R-Mine Walkie Talkie is a cheap toy handheld radio. It listens to radio broadcasts such as music, news and military stations. It can also send speech to other radios on the same frequency.
It suits survivors early in the game who want any working radio. Its main strength is a long battery life. Its main cost is a short reach and a narrow band of channels.
The walkie talkie is found in homes, often in kid's bedrooms and closets. The Electrician is the best occupation for communications. It starts with the most Electrical skill. The Engineer also starts with some Electrical skill.
Using
The radio must be equipped to operate, as the tooltip says. It clips into the walkie talkie slot on the hotbar, which keeps it handy without filling the hands.
Its transmit range reaches about 750 tiles. That covers a neighbourhood but not a whole town. It is the shortest reach of the handheld sets. The Makeshift Walkie Talkie reaches 1,000 tiles and the ValuTech Walkie Talkie 2,000. The Tactical Walkie Talkie reaches 8,000.
It tunes only from 75 to 150 MHz, so some stations stay out of reach. Its speaker carries about eight tiles, quieter than the better sets.
In multiplayer, the two-way link carries text and voice chat to other radios on the same channel.
The inventory option Research Craft on it teaches Make Makeshift Radio and Make Makeshift Walkie Talkie.
Upkeep
The walkie talkie runs on a battery. It spawns with one installed, but leaving it on drains the charge. A set found switched on may already be low. A battery gives this set about 143 uses. That is the longest battery life of the handheld radios, well ahead of the Tactical Walkie Talkie at about 100.
A broken or unwanted set can be taken apart with a screwdriver through Dismantle Electronic Device. That gives Scrap Electronics and sometimes useful radio parts. A higher Electrical skill improves the odds of those parts.
Research
The Research Craft option in the inventory menu studies the Toys-R-Mine Walkie Talkie and teaches the recipes below.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Make Makeshift Radio | Makeshift Radio | 
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/additem Base.RadioMakeShift
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| Make Makeshift Walkie Talkie | Makeshift Walkie Talkie | 
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/additem Base.WalkieTalkieMakeShift
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Used in Crafting
These recipes take the Toys-R-Mine Walkie Talkie as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dismantle Electronic Device | Scrap Electronics | 
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- | Electrical: 0 | /additem Base.ElectronicsScrap
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Locations
The Toys-R-Mine set is a fairly uncommon find spread across homes. Closets, pawn shops, pawn shop offices and sheds hold one now and then. Living room dressers and side tables are good spots. Kid's bedrooms turn one up on shelves, counters, side tables and in wardrobes. Bedroom boxes and crates, garage crates, attics and daycare wardrobes hold one too. Zombies sometimes carry one.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Closet | Crate | 2.8% |
| Closet | Other | 2.8% |
| Shed | Other | 2.8% |
| Living room | Dresser | 2.5% |
| Living room | Side table | 2.5% |
| Bedroom | Cardboard box | 2.2% |
| Bedroom | Crate | 2.2% |
| Garage storage | Crate | 2.2% |
| Bedroom | Locker | 1.5% |
| Bedroom | Side table | 1.5% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Pawn shop | Other | 2.8% |
| Pawn shop office | Other | 2.8% |
| Bedroom | Small box | 0.6% |
| Pawnshop storage | Other | 0.6% |
| Any building | Small box | <0.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Daycare | Wardrobe | 1.5% |
| Storage unit | Other | 0.3% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Any building | Zombie | 0.1% |
| Any building | Zombie | 0.1% |
Notes
- The radio must be equipped to talk or listen.
- A battery lasts longer in this set than in any other handheld radio.
- The short reach suits talk within a small area.
- Research Craft on it teaches Make Makeshift Radio and Make Makeshift Walkie Talkie.
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