Kayak

A two-seat boat with no engine and no fuel: cheap at a Level 1 bench, quiet and slow. Pack a paddle, or it never leaves the beach.

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Characteristics

Category: Items

Stack size: 1

Durability: 100

Workbench: Level 1

Craftable: Yes

Researchable: Yes · 15 Scrap

Health: 200

Overview

In-game description

An improvised wooden kayak. Seats two and requires a Paddle to operate.

Paddling along the coast beats walking along it when the only road inland is camped. The kayak burns no fuel and makes little noise, so it suits a careful player more than a fast one: a duo slipping out to a coastal monument, a solo hopping to an island to hide a stash, a trip home with loot nobody saw you carry.

It goes nowhere unless someone aboard has a paddle. That is the classic first-trip mistake: the boat waits in the shallows, the paddle waits in a box at home. Two people fit, which also means a second pair of eyes on the shore.

Building one is easy on resources. The only part that asks for a detour is the cloth, so pull some hemp on the way; the rest is wood and a few frags at a Level 1 workbench, and the research costs very little scrap.

Speed is the weak spot. A motorboat or a hull from the boat building station catches you easily, and sitting in a kayak gives you no cover from a shot. Stay near the shore and beach it the moment trouble shows up.

Raid cost

Explosive	Quantity	Sulfur
High Velocity Rocket cheapest	2	400
Satchel Charge	1	480
Beancan Grenade	4	480
Explosive 5.56 Rifle Ammo	20–23	500–600
Rocket	1	1,400
Timed Explosive Charge	1	2,200
Other ways: siege weapons, vehicles and loot
Torpedo	2	60
Homing Missile	1	200
Mortar Shell	2	600
Propane Explosive Bomb	1	900
Survey Charge	15	900
MLRS Rocket	1	—
40mm HE Grenade	4	—
Hammerhead Bolt	7	—

Direct hit, hard side, no duds. Satchel Charge is a dud 20% of the time. Beancan Grenade is a dud 15% of the time. A range runs from point blank to the far end of the bullet's falloff, fired from an Assault Rifle.