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The Firestriker is a tool for lighting fires.
Overview[]
A powerful, reusable fire starter, this tool increases the probability of lighting a fire by 15%.
Discovered in random states of condition. Each try to light a fire or a Torch reduces its condition by 2% so a new Firestriker can be used 50 times before it breaks down. Firestrikers cannot be repaired.
Spawn Locations[]
Timberwolf Mountain[]
- Commonly inside the fire-starting Cargo Containers on Timberwolf Mountain.
Coastal Highway[]
- Inside Quonset Garage.
Pleasant Valley[]
- Inside the radio control building at Signal Hill.
Forlorn Muskeg[]
- Inside a Cave to the Far South by Southwest of Forlorn Muskeg. The one near the fallen Signal Tower.
Mystery Lake
- Inside the train derailment car
Rarely spawns on shelves or tables in place of more common Lantern Fuel. Rare discovered while searching large toolbox drawers. Found in one of the randomly occurring Prepper Caches that is dedicated to fire and fire starting implements.
Tips[]
- Firestrikers are preferable to Matches at low Firestarting Skill. This will likely save matches from failed fires, thanks to the firestriker's higher Bonus Chance.
- Using a lit Torch to start Campfires is an effective way to save Matches/Firestriker durability.
- Firestrikers are more weight-efficient than wood matches at 20% durability and higher (10 matches weighs 0.10kg), and less weight efficient below 20% durability.
Trivia[]
- Modeled after ferrocerium-and-steel type fire starters that provide oxidizing cerium sparks as a temporary ignition source. Popular amongst outdoorsmen and survivalists due to their compact size, durability, and resistance to water.
- The Firestriker is based off the Aurora Fire Starter 440C.
- In real life, modern ferrocerium firestrikers can typically be used several thousands of times, as each strike only scrapes off a very small amount of material.
- An item that was unreleased for the Pre Alpha versions of the game, Flint and Steel, was eventually cut and replaced with the Firestriker.
Game History[]
- UPDATE 16 October 2015 (Update):
- Non-stackable Firestarting tools (ex. Firestriker) now show their Condition value, vs. simply saying "None", in the Firestarting UI.
- UPDATE 17 December 2014 (Update):
- Reduce per-use decay on the Firestriker Tool.
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