Lighter

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A lighter is a drainable item with various uses.

Usage

A lighter can be used to light candles, Molotov cocktails, cigarettes, campfires, or antique ovens, burn corpses, or as a light source. In order to use a Molotov, a lighter must be equipped in the secondary slot of the inventory. Corpses can be burnt if a lighter is in the primary slot and a gas can is in the secondary slot.

Light source

The light provided by a lighter is inferior to that of a flashlight, but will provide a ring of light around the player. If a flashlight isn't in the player's inventory, pressing the F key (default) will equip a lighter and turn it on. Once equipped, pressing F will turn it on or off.

Crafting

Product	Ingredients	Tools	Requirements	Workstation	XP
Candle	One of: Lighter ×1 Matches ×1 Each of: Candle ×1	none	none	none	none

Location

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

Lighter 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	crate	2.93%
all	desk	11.21%
all	inventoryfemale	0.83%
all	inventorymale	0.83%
all	other	2.93%
armysurplus	counter	23.67%
armysurplus	metal_shelves	23.67%
armysurplus	shelves	23.67%
bar	counter	23.67%
barkitchen	counter	23.67%
barstorage	counter	23.67%
bedroom	desk	11.21%
beergarden	counter	23.67%
conveniencestore	shelves	41.46%
conveniencestore	shelves	23.67%
cornerstore	shelves	41.46%
cornerstore	shelves	23.67%
drugshack	counter	11.21%
empty	crate	11.21%
fossoil	counter	41.46%
fossoil	counter	23.67%
fossoil	shelves	41.46%
fossoil	shelves	23.67%
gasstorage	counter	11.21%
gasstorage	crate	23.67%
gasstorage	metal_shelves	23.67%
gasstore	counter	41.46%
gasstore	counter	23.67%
gasstore	shelves	41.46%
gasstore	shelves	23.67%
generalstore	shelves	41.46%
generalstore	shelves	23.67%
generalstorestorage	counter	41.46%
generalstorestorage	counter	23.67%
generalstorestorage	shelves	41.46%
generalstorestorage	shelves	23.67%
hall	counter	11.21%
janitor	counter	11.21%
jewelrystore	counter	11.21%
kitchen	counter	11.21%
liquorstore	counter	41.46%
liquorstore	counter	23.67%
livingroom	counter	11.21%
lobby	counter	11.21%
office	desk	11.21%
plazastore1	counter	11.21%
policestorage	counter	11.21%
prisoncells	wardrobe	11.21%
schoolstorage	counter	11.21%
zippeestorage	counter	11.21%
zippeestorage	crate	23.67%
zippeestorage	metal_shelves	23.67%
zippeestore	shelves	41.46%
zippeestore	shelves	23.67%

Vehicle
Type	Container	Effective chance
All	Glove Box	2.93%
Ambulance	Glove Box	2.93%
Carpenter	Glove Box	2.93%
Construction Worker	Glove Box	2.93%
Distillery	Glove Box	2.93%
Doctor	Glove Box	2.93%
Electrician	Glove Box	2.93%
Farmer	Glove Box	2.93%
Fire	Glove Box	2.93%
Fisherman	Glove Box	2.93%
Fossoil	Glove Box	2.93%
Golf	Glove Box	2.93%
Heralds	Glove Box	2.93%
Hunter	Glove Box	2.93%
Mass Gen Fac	Glove Box	2.93%
McCoy	Glove Box	2.93%
Metal Welder	Glove Box	2.93%
Painter	Glove Box	2.93%
Police	Glove Box	2.93%
Postal	Glove Box	2.93%
Radio	Glove Box	2.93%
Ranger	Glove Box	2.93%
Spiffo	Glove Box	2.93%
Survivalist	Glove Box	2.93%
Taxi	Glove Box	2.93%
Transit	Glove Box	2.93%

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	-	DeepForest: 15 Farm: 15 FarmLand: 15 Forest: 15 Nav: 15 TownZone: 15 TrailerPark: 15 Vegitation: 15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Vehicles

Profession	Container	Rolls	Chance
All	Glove Box	1	5
All	Car Seat	1	1

Trivia

The icon has similarities to that of a Zippo lighter which is a popular lighter in the U.S.A and founded in Pennsylvania. It became increasingly popular during World War II and the Vietnam War.

History

Base.Lighter

Version	Description
Build 41.78	`Item tag` changed from `StartFire` to `['StartFire', 'Lighter']`.
Build 41.69	`Item tag` added with value `StartFire`.
Build 41.65	`DisplayCategory` added with value `LightSource`.
Build 41.54	`WorldStaticModel` added with value `ZippoGround`.
Build 41.22	`UseWhileEquipped` changed from `FALSE` to `TRUE`. `ticksPerEquipUse` added with value `110`.
Build 41.12	`StaticModel` added with value `Zippo`.
Build 35.25b	`MetalValue` added with value `1`. `cantBeConsolided` added with value `TRUE`.
Build 24	`LightDistance` changed from `5` to `2`. `LightStrength` changed from `0.5` to `0.4`.
Build 23	`LightDistance` changed from `2` to `5`. `LightStrength` changed from `0.4` to `0.5`.
RC2.9 - Build 0007	`ActivatedItem` added with value `TRUE`. `LightDistance` added with value `2`. `LightStrength` added with value `0.4`. `TorchCone` added with value `FALSE`. `UseWhileEquipped` changed from `false` to `FALSE`. `Weight` changed from `0.5` to `0.1`.
0.2.0f	`Weight` changed from `0.2` to `0.5`.
0.2.0e	`Weight` changed from `0.5` to `0.2`.
0.2.0b	`Weight` changed from `0.2` to `0.5`.
0.2.0a	`Weight` changed from `0.5` to `0.2`.
0.1.5d	Released on or before this version.

Code

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

Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\items.txt

Retrieved: Build 41.78.16

item Lighter
	{
	    DisplayCategory = LightSource,
		LightDistance	=	2,
		Weight	=	0.1,
		Type	=	Drainable,
		UseWhileEquipped	=	TRUE,
		TorchCone	=	FALSE,
		LightStrength	=	0.4,
		DisplayName	=	Lighter,
		ActivatedItem	=	TRUE,
		Icon	=	Lighter,
		MetalValue = 1,
		cantBeConsolided = TRUE,
		StaticModel = Zippo,
		WorldStaticModel = ZippoGround,
		ticksPerEquipUse = 110,
		Tags = StartFire;Lighter,
	}