Vehicles, How to get “started” and where to find them
- Introduction and Vehicle Statistics/Visuals.
- Homemade Helicopter.
- Vehicle Parts, Crafting & Repair
- Car Spare Parts & Engine Repair Kits (ERK).
- Crafting Vehicle Parts & Statistics (Engines, Wheels and Armour).
- Engine Repair.
- Vehicle Colour Change and Paint.
- Paint Guide Video.
- Fuel Types and Crafting.
- Oil Production.
- Car/Oil Well/Gas Station Locations.
The Vehicles
There are 6 types of vehicle in the game and when found they will be missing all 4 Wheels, an Engine, Battery and will also require Fuel. These items can be found through looting or at Traders through bartering or redeeming Trophy rewards (Zombie parts).
There are also 2 types of Bicycle which require no parts or fuel.
To install the various parts into the car, go to the front of the vehicle.
To store items, fill with fuel or flip the car, go to the rear of the vehicle.
To drive the vehicle, stand on the left side of it and access the front seat. Once seated it is standard controls with “T” as the lights and “SPACE” as the handbrake. The Police Car will sound a siren and flash the top lights as long as its lights are on.
Update (0.0.8.7) changed the engine noises of most cars.
Update (0.0.0.8.9) added the gradual stopping of the vehicle upon sudden player exit.
Use caution when storing items in vehicles that you have not fully repaired as the cars can despawn without warning and items will be lost!
Vehicle Statistics
Inventory Size is the amount of squares in the vehicles UI. A Large Backpack takes up 6×6 squares.
Images- Vee @313VeeGaming
Homemade Helicopter
Update 0.0.9.2 introduced the Homemade Helicopter as a new means of transport. It has a 100L Fuel tank.
- Controls:
- LMB= UP
- RMB= Down
- With Player Movement keys:
- Forward.
- Backward.
- Turn+Bank Left.
- Turn+Bank Right.
It is unlocked in the Technology Tree behind the Car Engines and requires Electrical 5, Mechanical 5, x5 Copper Ingots and x3 Advanced Parts.
Heli’s will use Fuel whilst hovering and the choice of Engine does impact the speed a little.
Currently, the Battery is used faster than fuel….
Once unlocked, it is found in the “Outdoor” tab of the Building Menu using the Building Hammer and must be built on flat ground.
It requires x20 Aluminum Ingots, x15 Advanced Parts, x15 Electrical Wire, x20 Electronic Components, x20 Steel Ingots, x10 Silver Ingots, x10 Copper Ingots and x10 Toolboxes to construct.
A Basic “How to Fly” Video>
Vehicle Parts and Repair
Car Spare Parts – Engine Repair Kits (ERK)
Car Spare Parts are used in the crafting of Engine Repair Kits (ERK) and are found mostly in Cars and some Industrial Buildings. ERK’s can also be found in Bandit Camps.
In Update (0.0.8.7) Car Repair Kits (CRK) was renamed to Engine Repair Kits as their function had changed from a previous update.
ERK’s can be bartered for at Traders (C2 & D5 Map 01), (SW of Airfield Map 02) and (G1 & H5 Map 03).
Engines, Tyres, Battery and Simple Armour can also be traded for Zombie Trophies (Teeth) at all Traders.
| Item | Teeth |
| Engine | 50 |
| Tyre | 15 |
| Battery | 15 |
| Armour | 40 |
Crafting
More information on Technology Tree is here, more information on Power is here and more information on Workbenches is here
Engines, Tyres and Armour can be crafted in the Machine Table.
Engines require Copper ingots, Advanced Parts and Car Spare Parts with the Turbo Engine and ECU Engine also requiring Blueprints.
Armour requires Copper and Iron ingots.
Tyres require Rubber, Copper and Iron Ingots .
ENGINES
Since 0.0.8.4 Update– WARNING-Once an Engine reaches zero durability it will explode dealing 20 damage to any occupant and ejects them from the vehicle. It also destroys the Tyres, Battery, Engine and any Fuel.
Since 0.0.7.9 Update – Contents of its Rear Inventory (Trunk/Boot) are now left untouched and are recoverable.
Currently Engines are the only things repairable.
ENGINE SPEED AND FUEL USE (WIP)
Tyres
Even though tyres look different, once on the car they will appear as default tyres and are not currently repairable.
STOPPING DISTANCE (WIP)
Each signpost has 2.5 lengths of foundation between each one with the car being driven at top speed and only using the Handbrake to stop.
Battery
Batteries can be found in most Industrial Buildings, Cars and Houses. They will use charge as the vehicle is driven (broken Alternator?) but it can be charged in the Battery Table at your base.
Update 0092- Batteries spawned in using the Admin menu now have a 10aH charge.
ARMOUR
There are currently 3 types of Armour available:
Armour is used up before the Engine durability to an extent and is lost once it reaches zero.
As a way to gauge the types: Simple Armour takes 3 grenades to destroy, Medium takes 5 and Advanced takes 7.
Armour is not currently repairable.
ENGINE REPAIR
- Take out an Engine and put it in your Inventory along with a
Car Repair Kit(renamed to Engine Repair Kit) - Right Click on Engine and select “Maintenance”,
- Put Engine back in car.
Front Access- Install Tyres, Engine, Battery and Armour
All items must be installed for vehicle to function but can be of any condition.
Cars spawned in using the Admin Controls will be random and have Armoured Tyres, Advanced Armour and a Turbo Engine all at 100% condition with a Battery at 50/60ah charge.
Rear Access- Inventory, Fuel and Flip
Each car has its own storage space (Inventory).
- The Yellow arrow is where Fuel is dragged from an Inventory and dropped into.
- Take Fuel is to remove fuel from the vehicle and each click will take a 1L bottle until empty.
- The Trash Can symbol allows the deletion of the whole vehicle ands its contents!!! (Update-0.0.8.6)
- The Duel Arrow icon allows the vehicle to be “bumped” clear of any obstacles or uprighted onto its wheels.
Vehicle Colour Change and Paint
To Colour Change the vehicle you need to have one can of paint per use which is made in the Advanced Chemical Lab.
At this time it is not found in loot or at any Trader.
Click on the “Color Change” tab to access the UI.
Paint- Making
@8:40 Start for Paint Guide
@9:38 Start for How to Colour.
Fuel Types and Crafting
3L and Fuel barrels can be crafted in the Chemical Lab Workbench and the Advanced Chemical Lab using 1L bottles of Fuel made from Oil. The 1L bottles needs further unlocking in the Technology Tree.
Oil Production
Oil can looted or collected through unlocking the Oil Well Core and finding and powering an Oil Well. More information on Power is here.
- Find an Oil Well using the Maps below.
- Find the Blueprint:Oil Extractor Maintenance.
- Make an Oil Well Core in a Machining Table.
- Go to Oil Well Site and interact with Oil Derrick,
- Build a Battery Table and insert charged Batteries and/or have a power generation built (Thermal is good if have blueprint). Next connect the Battery Table to the Oil Well.
- Interactact with Oil Well/Derrick again and set pumping. It will produce Oil
as long as it has power or manually shut off. If Game Time Day length is 45 minutes, it will produce 70 Oil using 28 Ah over a 24hr period.
Oil Well/Car/Gas Station LOCATIONS
Other places to loot for Fuel, Oil, Tyres, Engines and Batteries are Cars, Industrial/Engineering buildings and Farm buildings.
- As of Update 0.0.8.3 – Added fixed tyre spawn points in areas such as Farms, Military Bases, and Factories, making it easier for players to acquire Armoured and Off-road tyres.
- As of Update 0.0.8.6 – Reduced the amount of tyre’s spawning in boxes.
- Update 0.0.8.7 – Improved Engine Sounds for different vehicle types.
