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# | This is an action that you can take alone or with [[Followers]] in any map area, and it is also a [[Assignments and Jobs|Job]] that you can assign followers to do on their own. | ||
If doing it yourself with or without Followers, each Scavenge attempt will take an hour (take the '''Investigate Area -> Scavenge Area''' action), and will succeed or fail depending on your own [[Survival]] skill. You will have a reduced chance to find something in '''Safe areas''', whereas in '''Wild areas''' there is a chance you'll attract an attack from a rival scavenger gang (which is the main reason it's worth having your Followers accompany you on Scavenge actions). If your scavenge attempt is successful, there's a small chance that you'll find something unusual (e.g. a shotgun; maybe "finding" things like this is why you get attacked sometimes?) | |||
If assigning personnel to the [[Assignments and Jobs#Scavenger|Scavenger job]], they will do this 9am-5pm; it is theoretically risky, though in practice so far has turned out to be safe; and they will bring back a guaranteed haul unlike a Scavenge action, and their haul will be greater - but that's because a Scavenge action takes only for an hour. They will bring back less if their [[Skills (NPCs)#Survival|Survival]] skill is 20 or lower, and more if it's 60+. They will also bring back extra if they are smart ([[Attributes (NPCs)#Intelligence|Intelligence]] 60+), like you ([[Happiness and Affection|Affection]] 60+), Ikaanos is thriving ([[Prosperity]] 75+), or if they have the [[Traits (NPCs)#Scavenger|Scavenger]] trait. This Trait also means they will have a chance to bring back things other than just standard "[[merchandise]]" ([[Durasteel]], [[tendstims]], [[energy cells]]); otherwise this chance is zero. | |||
Revision as of 20:02, 24 April 2024
This is an action that you can take alone or with Followers in any map area, and it is also a Job that you can assign followers to do on their own.
If doing it yourself with or without Followers, each Scavenge attempt will take an hour (take the Investigate Area -> Scavenge Area action), and will succeed or fail depending on your own Survival skill. You will have a reduced chance to find something in Safe areas, whereas in Wild areas there is a chance you'll attract an attack from a rival scavenger gang (which is the main reason it's worth having your Followers accompany you on Scavenge actions). If your scavenge attempt is successful, there's a small chance that you'll find something unusual (e.g. a shotgun; maybe "finding" things like this is why you get attacked sometimes?)
If assigning personnel to the Scavenger job, they will do this 9am-5pm; it is theoretically risky, though in practice so far has turned out to be safe; and they will bring back a guaranteed haul unlike a Scavenge action, and their haul will be greater - but that's because a Scavenge action takes only for an hour. They will bring back less if their Survival skill is 20 or lower, and more if it's 60+. They will also bring back extra if they are smart (Intelligence 60+), like you (Affection 60+), Ikaanos is thriving (Prosperity 75+), or if they have the Scavenger trait. This Trait also means they will have a chance to bring back things other than just standard "merchandise" (Durasteel, tendstims, energy cells); otherwise this chance is zero.