Wooden Rod - Can-Reinforced
| Wooden Rod - Can-Reinforced | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Improvised Weapon |
| Skill | Long Blunt |
| Damage | 0.5-0.9 |
| Range | 0.61-1.3 |
| Crit | 30% x3 |
| Condition | 8 |
| Weight | 2.5 |
| Hands | Two-handed |
| Crafting Skill | Carpentry: 2 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.WoodenStick_Can
|
| Crafting XP | 20 XP (Carpentry) |
The Wooden Rod - Can-Reinforced is a Wooden Rod wrapped in flattened tin cans and screwed tight. The metal skin turns the light rod into a two-handed club. It trains the Long Blunt skill, unlike the plain rod.
It hits a little harder than the plain rod and lasts much longer, with more condition and slower wear. Its crits come more often and hit harder. It is a cheap upgrade made from kitchen rubbish and a few screws. It is almost always crafted, since only survivor safehouses hold one on rare occasions.
Combat
The Wooden Rod - Can-Reinforced swings at base speed and reaches 1.3 tiles. Each hit deals between 0.5 and 0.9 damage, so an ordinary zombie takes a few swings to drop. The crit chance starts at 30 percent, and a crit triples the damage.
Both hands stay on the handle while it is equipped. It weighs 2.5, half a point more than the plain rod. The Long Blunt skill raises damage, crit chance and swing speed as it levels. A survivor who trains Long Blunt can use it as a cheap early club.
Compared with the plain Wooden Rod, it hits a little harder and lasts far longer. The Wooden Rod with Nails stays one-handed and has a higher crit multiplier, but wears out much faster. The Tree Branch - Can-Reinforced is the one-handed Short Blunt version of the same idea. This rod suits a Long Blunt fighter who wants a durable club before finding a bat.
How to Craft Wooden Rod - Can-Reinforced
Each recipe that makes the Wooden Rod - Can-Reinforced is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Can-Reinforce Weapon
The Can-Reinforce Weapon recipe makes the Wooden Rod - Can-Reinforced. It needs Carpentry level 2. The recipe has to be learned first.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Screwdriver | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.Screwdriver
|
| Wooden Rod | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.WoodenStick2
|
| Tin Can | 
|
2x | No | /additem Base.TinCanEmpty
|
| Screws | 
|
2x | No | /additem Base.Screws
|
| Rag | 
|
2x | No | /additem Base.RippedSheets
|
Repair
The Wooden Rod - Can-Reinforced has 8 condition. Each hit has a 1 in 8 chance of taking a point off. The Long Blunt and Maintenance skills both lower that chance. Duct tape, adhesive tape and glue repair it with no skill needed. Zip ties need Maintenance 1, wood glue needs Carpentry 2, and epoxy needs Maintenance 3. Epoxy with rags needs Maintenance 4. Every repair restores less condition than the one before it.
Locations
The Wooden Rod - Can-Reinforced is a very rare find. It turns up only in mid and late game survivor safehouses. There it can sit in cardboard boxes, counters, crates, metal shelves, small boxes or wardrobes, each with a tiny chance. Crafting one is far more reliable than looking for it.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Cardboard box | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Counter | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Crate | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Metal shelves | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Small box | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Cardboard box | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Counter | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Crate | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Metal shelves | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Small box | 0.1% |
Notes
- The Can-Reinforce Weapon recipe needs Carpentry 2 and must be learned first.
- It takes a Wooden Rod, two empty tin cans, two Screws and two Rags, Denim Strips or Leather Strips.
- A screwdriver is kept as the tool.
- Reinforcing a rod changes its skill from Short Blunt to Long Blunt and makes it two-handed.
- The same recipe reinforces a Short Bat or a Tree Branch instead.
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