Battery

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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.

Containers
Building/Room	Container	Rolls	Chance
all	other	1	2
armyhanger	counter	4	2
batteryfactory	crate	4	1
	crate	4	1
	crate	4	2
	crate	4	2
	crate	4	5
closet	crate	4	1
closet	metal_shelves	4	8
controlroom	counter	4	1
controlroom	counter	4	2
departmentstorage	metal_shelves	4	1
departmentstorage	metal_shelves	4	2
electronicsstorage	shelves	4	1
	shelves	4	1
	shelves	4	2
	shelves	4	2
kitchen	counter	4	2
radiofactory	crate	4	1
toolstore	counter	4	1

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

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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.