Metal Pipe

Half the early guns and every rocket need pipes. Before a Level 3 bench they only come from loot, so where each one goes matters all wipe.

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Characteristics

Category: Component

Stack size: 20

Workbench: Level 3

Craftable: Yes

Researchable: Yes · 60 Scrap

Overview

In-game description

Metal Pipe.

Pipes are what turn frags into guns. One goes into a revolver at a Level 1 bench, two into a double barrel, two more and a spring into a pump shotgun. So the three pipes you carry home from a road run on day one are the whole arsenal you will have that evening, and it pays to plan them: a revolver for the roam and a double barrel for the door use all three.

Crafting them yourself waits for a Level 3 workbench, where each costs two HQM and 20 scrap. Until then they come from roadside barrels, crates and the junk guns you recycle. After that the demand changes shape. Every rocket eats two pipes, the launcher itself four, a bolt or an L96 several more, and a group saving for a raid goes through pipes faster than it expects.

Watch out

Pipes look like easy scrap. The ordinary recycler gives five scrap and a piece of HQM for one, which is a poor deal on day one, when that pipe is half a gun, and a worse one before a raid, when it is half a rocket.