Characteristics
- Category
- Electrical
- Stack size
- 1
- Workbench
- Level 2
- Craftable
- Yes
- Researchable
- Yes · 15 Scrap
- Health
- 50
Overview
An RF Broadcaster
The broadcaster lets your base talk instead of you. Where the handheld remote needs a finger on the button, this one is wired into the circuit and sends its frequency on its own whenever power reaches its input. So the trigger can be anything in your electrics: a switch, a timer, a sensor.
The classic job is a raid alert. Put an HBHF sensor in the loot room, run its output into the broadcaster, and set the same number on every RF pager in the group. You are farming sulfur on the far side of the map, your pocket beeps, and you know a stranger is standing next to your boxes. The same signal can also switch an RF receiver at a second base, which saves running wire across open ground.
Watch out
Never broadcast an alarm on the frequency your door receiver listens to. The moment the sensor fires, the broadcaster opens your own garage door for the raiders.
Every computer station takes a broadcaster to build, and recycling one gives it back. If a station is sitting around with nobody using it, the recycler will pull the broadcaster out for you.
Raid cost
| Explosive | Quantity | Sulfur |
|---|---|---|
|
5–6 | 150 |
|
3 | 360 |
|
2 | 400 |
|
1 | 480 |
|
1 | 1,400 |
|
1 | 2,200 |
| Other ways: siege weapons, vehicles and loot | ||
|
3 | 60 |
|
7 | 420 |
|
1 | 600 |
|
5 | 600 |
|
1 | 900 |
|
1 | — |
|
2 | — |
|
2 | — |
Direct hit, hard side, no duds. Beancan Grenade is a dud 15% of the time. Satchel Charge is a dud 20% of the time. A range runs from point blank to the far end of the bullet's falloff, fired from an Assault Rifle.
Crafting
- Workbench level
- Level 2
- Crafting time
- 25 s
- Research cost
- 15 Scrap
Recycling
At power grid stage 2 a green recycler works at 60% instead of 50%. Yields depend on the recycler.
Used in
How to get
-
Craft
at a Level 2 Workbench
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Research
15 Scrap at a Research Table
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Recycle from