Flashlight

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Flashlight is a drainable item that provides a source of light.

Usage

The flashlight is an item that can be used to provide light for the player when it is dark. To use it, the player must first equip it in either their primary or secondary hand. If the player has an item such as a weapon already equipped, equipping the flashlight will make the player hold the item one-handed if possible, otherwise it will be unequipped.

The light can be toggled by pressing F. The light will shine in a cone reaching up to 25 tiles in front of the player. The flashlight is significantly brighter than the hand torch and is the strongest equippable light source in the game.

Flashlights require a battery to function. There is a chance that the flashlight will spawn with one already installed. While the light is turned on, the battery will gradually drain. When the battery is low, the light will begin to flicker and once completely drained the battery will be consumed. If the player has another battery, they can install it to continue using the flashlight. A full battery can also be taken out of a flashlight if needed for another device.

Crafting

Product	Ingredients	Tools	Requirements	Workstation	XP
Flashlight	Flashlight ×1 Battery ×1	none	none	none	none
Battery	One of: Flashlight ×1 Hand Torch ×1 Rubber Duck ×1	none	none	none	none

Carpentry

Product	Ingredients	Tools	Requirements	Workstation	XP
Lamp on Pillar	Plank ×2 Nails ×4 Rope ×1 Flashlight ×1	Hammer (tag)	Carpentry 4	none	1.25 Carpentry

Trivia

While the torch and flashlight are two separate items in game, they often refer to the same real world item. Flashlight is the more common term in North America, while torch is most common in other English-speaking countries.

Gallery

A player holding a flashlight at night

Distribution

The loot distributions can be found in the table(s) below.

Torch distribution Show / Hide

Effective chance calculations are based off of default loot settings, and median zombie density. The higher the density of zombies in an area, the higher the effective chance of an item spawning. Chance is also influenced by the lucky and unlucky traits.

Containers
Building/Room	Container	Effective chance
Electrician	crate	10.78%
Electrician	metal_shelves	10.78%
all	crate	0.53%
all	junk	1.61%
all	metal_shelves	2.1%
all	militarycrate	10.78%
all	other	2.81%
armyhanger	counter	10.78%
armyhanger	metal_shelves	10.78%
armystorage	metal_shelves	10.78%
armysurplus	counter	10.78%
armysurplus	metal_shelves	10.78%
armysurplus	shelves	10.78%
bedroom	crate	0.65%
bedroom	crate	10.78%
carsupply	metal_shelves	10.78%
carsupply	shelves	10.78%
closet	crate	0.65%
closet	crate	10.78%
controlroom	counter	10.78%
departmentstorage	metal_shelves	10.78%
electronicsstorage	metal_shelves	10.78%
electronicsstorage	shelves	10.78%
electronicsstore	counter	10.78%
electronicsstore	shelves	10.78%
empty	crate	10.78%
garagestorage	crate	0.65%
garagestorage	crate	10.78%
generalstore	shelves	10.78%
generalstorestorage	shelves	10.78%
gigamart	shelves	10.78%
hall	counter	10.78%
housewarestore	shelves	10.78%
jewelrystore	counter	10.78%
kitchen	counter	10.78%
kitchenwares	shelves	10.78%
livingroom	counter	10.78%
livingroom	crate	10.78%
lobby	counter	10.78%
mechanic	crate	10.78%
mechanic	metal_shelves	10.78%
mechanic	wardrobe	10.78%
pawnshop	counter	10.78%
pawnshop	crate	10.78%
pawnshop	metal_shelves	10.78%
pawnshop	shelves	10.78%
pawnshopoffice	crate	10.78%
pawnshopoffice	metal_shelves	10.78%
pawnshopstorage	crate	10.78%
pawnshopstorage	metal_shelves	10.78%
plazastore1	counter	10.78%
storageunit	crate	0.65%
storageunit	crate	10.78%
storageunit	metal_shelves	0.65%
storageunit	metal_shelves	10.78%
toolstore	counter	10.78%
toolstore	shelves	10.78%

Vehicles
Type	Container	Effective chance
Transit	Trunk	6.29%

Code

Code snippet! This section contains source code from Project ZomboidShow / Hide

Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\items.txt

Retrieved: Build 41.78.16

item Torch
	{
	    DisplayCategory = LightSource,
		LightDistance	=	25,
		Weight	=	1,
		DisappearOnUse	=	FALSE,
		Type	=	Drainable,
		TorchCone	=	TRUE,
		UseDelta	=	0.0009,
		LightStrength	=	2,
		TorchDot = 0.66,
		DisplayName	=	Flashlight,
		ActivatedItem	=	TRUE,
		Icon	=	Flashlight,
		MetalValue = 10,
		cantBeConsolided = TRUE,
		StaticModel = FlashLight,
		primaryAnimMask = HoldingTorchRight,
        secondaryAnimMask = HoldingTorchLeft,
        WorldStaticModel = FlashLightGround,
	}