How do I make a chainsaw in Die2Nite? Or is it something that I have to pick up?
Best Answer
You have to find the incomplete chainsaw. Then you also have to find an incomplete engine and build that. Then you combine the two. The net cost is 2 nuts & bolts plus a handful of other items, which is hard for a lot of people to swallow for a simple weapon. But man does it rip through zombies. Each attack kills 3 zombies, and you need to feed it a new battery about 1 in 3 attacks. Best of all, after you've spent the batteries, your inventory is now free to carry back items.
You may now purchase days of Hero time on the Die2Nite website.
There's also another way to become a hero: manage to pull out of a town that has lasted for five complete days as the Last Man Standing, and you'll be rewarded not only with a special distinction but also with a certain amount of Hero days depending on how long you survived. You can read up on Last Man Standing and the rewards here.
Do you need APs to kill zombies with them? No. Caveat: There are town-based weapons that require AP to fire out of the town,but personal weapons are fired at no AP cost.
How many zombies can you kill with one? It varies; some 1 only, some more than one. I think there is a random element with some weapons.
How do weapons differ from each other? I think each have a probability of a successful attack, a probability of failing/breaking and a quasi-random element of damage (i.e. you may kill more or less Zs with similar attacks)
Which weapons are effective, and which should I ignore? The $64k question. The most devastating weapons costs more in terms of resources - resources that may be better used elsewhere. In my limited experienced, the weapons are fairly well-balanced - I haven't discovered a preferred weapon yet.
What are the risks of attacking zombies with weapons? There is a very serious risk that one or more zombies will get hurt! In reality, you won't used weapons until as a last resort when you are trapped. I've never been injured while attacking with a weapon, but I imagine it is possible with certain weapons, but unlike hand-to-hand, I suspect the probability is very low.
Best Answer
You have to find the incomplete chainsaw. Then you also have to find an incomplete engine and build that. Then you combine the two. The net cost is 2 nuts & bolts plus a handful of other items, which is hard for a lot of people to swallow for a simple weapon. But man does it rip through zombies. Each attack kills 3 zombies, and you need to feed it a new battery about 1 in 3 attacks. Best of all, after you've spent the batteries, your inventory is now free to carry back items.