Battery

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Battery
General
Category	Item
Encumbrance	0.6
Function	Power small appliances
Capacity	100,000 units
Contents	Electricity
Technical details
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	XP gained	Skill(s)	Recipe	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2
Battery	0 XP	none		One of: Flashlight Hand Torch Rubber Duck (keep)
Flashlight	0 XP	none		Flashlight (consumed)	Battery (consumed)
Hand Torch	0 XP	none		Hand Torch (consumed)	Battery (consumed)
Rubber Duck	0 XP	none		Rubber Duck (consumed)	Battery (consumed)

Distribution

Batteries can be found in various places throughout the world, such as in garbage cans, wooden crates, counters and many other places. They can also be found inside radios and flashlights, so long as they haven't been left on. It can also be found in very large amounts in the Egenerex Battery Factory, in the Northeast corner of Louisville.

If a Zombie spawns with a Walkie Talkie as loot, you can take one full battery from it.

Disposal

Much like most Batteries in 1993, Battery in Project Zomboid are non-recharable (ie. 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.

Code

From items.txt (Project Zomboid directory/media/scripts/) Retrieved: Build 41.71

	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