Characteristics
- Category
- Traps
- Stack size
- 1
- Durability
- 100
- Workbench
- Level 1
- Craftable
- Yes
- Researchable
- Yes · 30 Scrap
- Health
- 50
Overview
A primitive perimeter alarm made from hanging tin cans. Clatters loudly when disturbed, alerting you to any trespassers. Can be rigged with grenades or other throwables.
Cans on a wire are ears for the part of your base you are not watching. Nobody gets hurt when they walk into it. The cans just clatter loudly, and if you are close enough to hear, you know someone is there before they reach your door.
Where it pays off: you are inside smelting at night, the furnaces outside are roaring, and someone crouches through the gap in your compound wall. Set across that gap or just outside a wooden door, the alarm buys you the second you need to grab a gun. Offline it does nothing on its own, because nobody is there to hear it.
The game lets you rig it with grenades or other throwables, and that turns a doorbell into a trap. Hang a beancan grenade on it and the next person to trip it gets a nasty surprise, though beancans are unreliable even when you throw them yourself.
It needs a Level 1 bench, 30 metal fragments, one rope and 100 wood. Cheap enough, but it is one alarm on one spot, and the intruder hears the rattle just as well as you do.
Raid cost
| Explosive | Quantity | Sulfur |
|---|---|---|
|
4 | 100 |
|
1 | 200 |
|
2 | 240 |
|
1 | 480 |
|
1 | 1,400 |
|
1 | 2,200 |
| Other ways: siege weapons, vehicles and loot | ||
|
1 | 60 |
|
1 | 200 |
|
5 | 300 |
|
1 | 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.
Crafting
- Workbench level
- Level 1
- Crafting time
- 15 s
- Research cost
- 30 Scrap
Recycling
At power grid stage 2 a green recycler works at 60% instead of 50%. Yields depend on the recycler.
How to get
-
Craft
at a Level 1 Workbench
-
Research
30 Scrap at a Research Table
