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

Recipes are still based on build 41, and are planned to be revamped to build 42 at a later date, depending on the game's crafting system improvement.

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

Location

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

Battery distributionShow / Hide

Effective chance calculations are based off of default 'apocalypse' loot settings, with no luck modifier, and average 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. Duplicate entries do exist, but have been removed for clarity.

Containers
Building/Room	Container	Effective chance
all	cardboardbox	2.93%
all	militarycrate	19.68%
all	other	5.33%
all	smallbox	2.93%
all	toolcabinet	23.67%
armyhanger	militarycrate	23.67%
armystorage	metal_shelves	23.67%
armystorage	militarycrate	23.67%
armytent	cardboardbox	23.67%
armytent	cardboardbox	19.68%
armytent	crate	23.67%
armytent	crate	19.68%
armytent	militarycrate	23.67%
armytent	smallbox	23.67%
armytent	smallbox	19.68%
bedroom	cardboardbox	2.93%
bedroom	crate	2.93%
carsupply	cardboardbox	23.67%
carsupply	crate	23.67%
carsupply	toolcabinet	23.67%
classroom	metal_shelves	41.46%
classroom	metal_shelves	23.67%
closet	cardboardbox	41.46%
closet	cardboardbox	23.67%
closet	cardboardbox	2.93%
closet	metal_shelves	12.63%
closet	smallbox	41.46%
closet	smallbox	23.67%
controlroom	counter	23.67%
cybercafe	desk	23.67%
elementaryclassroom	metal_shelves	41.46%
elementaryclassroom	metal_shelves	23.67%
elementaryclassroom	wardrobe	41.46%
elementaryclassroom	wardrobe	23.67%
garagestorage	cardboardbox	41.46%
garagestorage	cardboardbox	23.67%
garagestorage	cardboardbox	2.93%
garagestorage	counter	11.21%
garagestorage	crate	2.93%
garagestorage	metal_shelves	11.21%
garagestorage	smallbox	41.46%
garagestorage	smallbox	23.67%
hall	metal_shelves	23.67%
jackiejayeoffice	desk	41.46%
jackiejayestudio	desk	41.46%
kitchen	counter	10.38%
laboratory	cardboardbox	41.46%
laboratory	cardboardbox	23.67%
laboratory	crate	41.46%
laboratory	crate	23.67%
laboratory	desk	41.46%
laboratory	desk	23.67%
laboratory	metal_shelves	41.46%
laboratory	metal_shelves	23.67%
laboratory	smallbox	41.46%
laboratory	smallbox	23.67%
livingroom	cardboardbox	41.46%
livingroom	cardboardbox	23.67%
livingroom	counter	10.38%
livingroom	crate	41.46%
livingroom	crate	23.67%
livingroom	smallbox	41.46%
livingroom	smallbox	23.67%
mechanic	cardboardbox	23.67%
mechanic	metal_shelves	23.67%
office	militarycrate	23.67%
oldarmy	locker	4.44%
oldarmy	metal_shelves	4.44%
pawnshop	counter	23.67%
pawnshop	metal_shelves	23.67%
pawnshop	shelves	23.67%
pawnshopoffice	cardboardbox	23.67%
pawnshopoffice	crate	23.67%
pawnshopoffice	metal_shelves	23.67%
pawnshopoffice	smallbox	23.67%
pawnshopstorage	cardboardbox	23.67%
pawnshopstorage	crate	23.67%
pawnshopstorage	metal_shelves	23.67%
pawnshopstorage	smallbox	23.67%
policegarage	metal_shelves	23.67%
policegarage	toolcabinet	23.67%
SafehouseLoot	cardboardbox	41.46%
SafehouseLoot	cardboardbox	23.67%
SafehouseLoot	crate	41.46%
SafehouseLoot	crate	23.67%
SafehouseLoot	smallbox	41.46%
SafehouseLoot	smallbox	23.67%
SafehouseLoot_Late	bin	11.21%
SafehouseLoot_Late	cardboardbox	41.46%
SafehouseLoot_Late	cardboardbox	23.67%
SafehouseLoot_Late	crate	41.46%
SafehouseLoot_Late	crate	23.67%
SafehouseLoot_Late	smallbox	41.46%
SafehouseLoot_Late	smallbox	23.67%
SafehouseLoot_Mid	bin	11.21%
SafehouseLoot_Mid	cardboardbox	41.46%
SafehouseLoot_Mid	cardboardbox	23.67%
SafehouseLoot_Mid	crate	41.46%
SafehouseLoot_Mid	crate	23.67%
SafehouseLoot_Mid	smallbox	41.46%
SafehouseLoot_Mid	smallbox	23.67%
secondaryclassroom	metal_shelves	41.46%
secondaryclassroom	metal_shelves	23.67%
shed	cardboardbox	2.93%
shed	smallbox	41.46%
shed	smallbox	23.67%
storageunit	cardboardbox	41.46%
storageunit	cardboardbox	23.67%
storageunit	cardboardbox	2.93%
storageunit	crate	41.46%
storageunit	crate	23.67%
storageunit	crate	2.93%
storageunit	metal_shelves	41.46%
storageunit	metal_shelves	23.67%
storageunit	metal_shelves	2.93%
storageunit	smallbox	41.46%
storageunit	smallbox	23.67%
storageunit	smallbox	2.93%
storageunit	toolcabinet	23.67%
SurvivorCacheBigBuilding	counter	10.38%
teacherroom	filingcabinet	41.46%
teacherroom	filingcabinet	23.67%
universitystorage	cardboardbox	19.68%

Vehicle
Type	Container	Effective chance
Ambulance	Glove Box	6.53%
Army	Glove Box	6.53%

Foraging
Amount	Skill level	Biome: chance	Weather modifiers %				Month modifiers
Amount	Skill level	Biome: chance	Snow	Rain	Day	Night	Months available	Bonus months	Malus months
1	0	DeepForest: 50 Farm: 50 FarmLand: 50 ForagingNav: 50 Forest: 50 TownZone: 50 TrailerPark: 50 Vegitation: 50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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.

Trivia

As seen on billboards currently the company that manufactures batteries is Egener EX.

History

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

Code

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

Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\items_electric.txt

Retrieved: Build 42.0.2

item Battery
	{
		DisplayName = Battery,
		DisplayCategory = Electronics,
		Type = Drainable,
		Weight = 0.1,
		Icon = Battery,
		MetalValue = 1,
		UseDelta = 0.000005,
		UseWhileEquipped = FALSE,
		cantBeConsolided = TRUE,
		WorldStaticModel = Battery,
	}