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Battery

General

Encumbrance

0.6

Function

Power small appliances

Properties

Contents

Electricity

Capacity

100,000

Technical

Item ID

Base.Battery

This article is about batteries required to power small appliances. For batteries that power vehicles, see Car Battery.

A battery is a source of power for small household items.

Usage

Batteries are used to power the flashlight, radio, ham radio, walkie talkie and lamp on pillar.

Batteries will begin to drain when the device they're powering is on, until it eventually dies, upon which it is destroyed/consumed. When used to power a flashlight, the player can tell when the battery is getting low, as the light will begin to flicker rapidly.

Crafting

Product	Ingredients	Tools	Requirements	Workstation	XP
Battery	One of: Flashlight ×1 Hand Torch ×1 Rubber Duck ×1	none	none	none	none
Flashlight	Flashlight ×1 Battery ×1	none	none	none	none
Hand Torch	Hand Torch ×1 Battery ×1	none	none	none	none
Rubber Duck	Rubber Duck ×1 Battery ×1	none	none	none	none

Distribution

The loot distributions can be found in the table(s) below.

Battery distribution Show / Hide

Effective chance calculations are based off of default loot settings, and median zombie density. The higher the density of zombies in an area, the higher the effective chance of an item spawning. Chance is also influenced by the lucky and unlucky traits.

Containers

Building/Room	Container	Effective chance
Electrician	crate	23.28%
Electrician	metal_shelves	23.28%
all	counter	6.29%
all	crate	1.01%
all	metal_shelves	3.98%
all	other	1.61%
armyhanger	counter	6.29%
armyhanger	metal_shelves	6.29%
batteryfactory	crate	23.28%
batteryfactory	crate	41.14%
batteryfactory	crate	76.55%
batteryfactory	metal_shelves	23.28%
batteryfactory	metal_shelves	41.14%
batteryfactory	metal_shelves	76.55%
batterystorage	crate	23.28%
batterystorage	crate	41.14%
batterystorage	crate	76.55%
bedroom	crate	1.01%
closet	crate	1.01%
closet	crate	23.28%
closet	metal_shelves	19.27%
controlroom	counter	23.28%
controlroom	counter	41.14%
departmentstorage	metal_shelves	23.28%
departmentstorage	metal_shelves	41.14%
electronicsstorage	metal_shelves	23.28%
electronicsstorage	metal_shelves	41.14%
electronicsstorage	shelves	23.28%
electronicsstorage	shelves	41.14%
electronicsstore	counter	23.28%
electronicsstore	counter	41.14%
electronicsstore	shelves	23.28%
electronicsstore	shelves	41.14%
garagestorage	crate	1.01%
garagestorage	crate	23.28%
generalstore	shelves	23.28%
generalstore	shelves	41.14%
generalstorestorage	shelves	23.28%
generalstorestorage	shelves	41.14%
gigamart	shelves	23.28%
gigamart	shelves	41.14%
housewarestore	shelves	23.28%
housewarestore	shelves	41.14%
kitchen	counter	6.29%
kitchenwares	shelves	23.28%
kitchenwares	shelves	41.14%
livingroom	counter	6.29%
livingroom	wardrobe	19.27%
radiofactory	crate	23.28%
radiofactory	metal_shelves	23.28%
radioshipping	crate	23.28%
radioshipping	metal_shelves	23.28%
radiostorage	crate	23.28%
radiostorage	metal_shelves	23.28%
storageunit	crate	1.01%
storageunit	crate	23.28%
storageunit	metal_shelves	1.01%
toolstore	counter	23.28%
toolstore	shelves	23.28%

Vehicles

Type	Container	Effective chance
Ambulance	Glove Box	23.28%
Carpenter	Glove Box	23.28%
Construction Worker	Glove Box	23.28%
Distillery	Glove Box	23.28%
Doctor	Glove Box	23.28%
Electrician	Glove Box	23.28%
Farmer	Glove Box	23.28%
Fire	Glove Box	23.28%
Fisherman	Glove Box	23.28%
Fossoil	Glove Box	23.28%
All	Glove Box	23.28%
Golf	Glove Box	23.28%
Heralds	Glove Box	23.28%
Hunter	Glove Box	23.28%
Mass Gen Fac	Glove Box	23.28%
McCoy	Glove Box	23.28%
Metal Welder	Glove Box	23.28%
Painter	Glove Box	23.28%
Police	Glove Box	23.28%
Postal	Glove Box	23.28%
Radio	Glove Box	23.28%
Ranger	Glove Box	23.28%
Spiffo	Glove Box	23.28%
Survivalist	Glove Box	23.28%
Transit	Glove Box	23.28%

Disposal

Much like most batteries in 1993, batteries in Project Zomboid are non-rechargeable (i.e., alkaline) batteries. In the event the player finds a battery with 0% charge, the only thing that can be done with these is disposing of them. Either in any Garbage Bin with the ability to delete items not disabled in settings, or via leaving in the inventory of a Zombie corpse as it decays unless the server is set to remove items laying on the ground.

Code

Code snippet! This section contains source code from Project ZomboidShow / Hide

Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\items.txt

Retrieved: Build 41.78.16

item Battery
	{
	    DisplayCategory = Electronics,
		Weight	=	0.1,
		Type	=	Drainable,
		UseDelta	=	0.00001,
		UseWhileEquipped	=	FALSE,
		DisplayName	=	Battery,
		Icon	=	Battery,
		MetalValue = 1,
		cantBeConsolided = TRUE,
		WorldStaticModel = Battery,
	}

History

Alpha
0.2.0f	Batteries fittable / removable for flashlights.
RC 2.9	Slowly drain and is consumed automatically by Flashlights.
2.9.9.16	Flashlight can flicker, especially when they're almost out of batteries
2.9.9.17	You can now build light sources, requiring batteries
Build 31	Fixed infinite batteries from "Remove Battery > All" action.
Build 33	Radios will have battery that can be removed.
Build 35	Can't consolidate batteries, candle and torch.

See also

• Car Battery
• Generator
• Electrical