Earbuds

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Earbuds
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General
Category
Electronics
Encumbrance
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0.1
Function
Listen to radio silently
Dismantle for scrap electronics
Technical
Item ID
Base.Earbuds
PlushSpiffo.pngThis article is about the white variant. For the red variant, see Headphones.

Earbuds are an electrical item that are used to stop zombies hearing sound from radios and ValuTech PortaDiscs.

Usage

Sound reduction

Earbuds can be plugged into a radio, walkie talkie, or ValuTech PortaDisc, allowing the player to listen to the radio, or other players without producing any noise, therefore not attracting any zombies.

To do this, the radio info panel must be opened, then the earbuds can be dragged into the "earbuds slot" (Ham radios cannot use earbuds, see headphones).

Dismantling

Earbuds can be dismantled with a screwdriver, which will result in one scrap electronics.

Crafting

Product XP gained Skill(s) Recipe Ingredient 1 Ingredient 2
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Scrap Electronics
0.5 Electrical none Screwdriver.png
Screwdriver
(keep)

(consumed)

Distribution

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

Containers
Building/Room Container Rolls Chance
all locker 4 1
locker 4 1
wardrobe 4 1
wardrobe 4 1
wardrobe 4 1
wardrobe 4 1
wardrobe 4 1
bathroom locker 4 1
locker 4 1
locker 4 1
locker 4 1
locker 4 1
bedroom crate 4 4
crate 1 0.4
dresser 4 1
sidetable 4 1
wardrobe 4 1
closet crate 4 1
hall locker 4 2
livingroom sidetable 4 1
sidetable 4 1
security locker 4 1

Buildings

Building Container Rolls Chance
All Female Corpse 3 2
Small Table 3 2
Department Store Counter 3 3
Display Case 7 10
Electronics Store Counter 3 3
Shelves 3 3
Jewelry Store Counter 3 3
Motel Room Other 2 2
2 1

Vehicles

Earbuds do not spawn in vehicles naturally.

Trivia

  • Earbuds in the real world, are designed to fit into a user's ear canal, differing from headphones in which fit around the head over the user's ears.
  • Earbuds were not really popular until the early 2000s, being popularized by iPods in the early 2000s, but they are still commonplace in the game, likely due to continuity error.

Code

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Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\newitems.txt

Retrieved: Build 41.50
item Earbuds
{
  Weight			= 0.1,
  Type				= Normal,
  DisplayName		= Earbuds,
  Icon				= Earbuds,
  WorldStaticModel	= EarBuds,
}

See also