Armor9 Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Am I missing something or have many of the brass elements been taken out of the game? I know I can get a radiator from looting cars and some random brass knobs from trash, etc., but is that the extent? Am I missing brass somewhere? Wrenching cars has not gave any brass. Wrenching A/C has not given brass. Doors and lights no longer give brass. Any help? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiked_Coffee Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 With the right book you can axe all household doors for brass doorknobs, wrenching sinks gets you scrap. Also there's a book to find more brass in the trash. My ~Mechanic~ level is only 2 and I don't get many radiators, so I'm saving cars and AC and house radiators until level 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RolandDT Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Am I missing something or have many of the brass elements been taken out of the game? I know I can get a radiator from looting cars and some random brass knobs from trash, etc., but is that the extent? Am I missing brass somewhere? Wrenching cars has not gave any brass. Wrenching A/C has not given brass. Doors and lights no longer give brass. Any help? Thanks! Vehicles and air conditioners have a chance to drop Radiators when using the wrench - that is the source of the brass. There is a special magazine/perk found in the game that allows you to loot doorknobs from doors, which generates another source. Also, you can now smelt Dukes down in a forge for a 1:1 ratio - 100 Dukes = 100 brass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RipClaw Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Am I missing something or have many of the brass elements been taken out of the game? I know I can get a radiator from looting cars and some random brass knobs from trash, etc., but is that the extent? Am I missing brass somewhere? Destroy the radiators on the walls with the pickaxe. Then you get a brass radiator. By the way, you can smelt down your coins. One coin gives one brass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armor9 Posted October 28, 2019 Author Share Posted October 28, 2019 Awesome, thanks guys. I'll start saving the cars. Sweet, that Dukes tip will help, I have like 4-5,000 of them, tend not to buy anything so that will be a huge source for me. Thanks again. - - - Updated - - - Destroy the radiators on the walls with the pickaxe. Then you get a brass radiator. By the way, you can smelt down your coins. One coin gives one brass. Radiators on the walls? You mean the ones inside the houses? Cool, did not know that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orclover Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 I blew 20,000 dukes for brass for our last horde night. We used up all our ammo before the second hour was done It was quite depressing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balls-ofyre Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 You can really burn up your money in the game now, and, I think it adds to the challenge. Making brass hard or expensive to come by is a plus, not detrimental to play, to me. Most games are much too easy, and brass is now a prized resource, as it should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armor9 Posted October 28, 2019 Author Share Posted October 28, 2019 I do not disagree, just wasn't sure where it dropped now and if I was missing some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam the Waster Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 You can really burn up your money in the game now, and, I think it adds to the challenge. Making brass hard or expensive to come by is a plus, not detrimental to play, to me. Most games are much too easy, and brass is now a prized resource, as it should be. you burn money to kill or to make more money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCrook1028 Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Am I missing something or have many of the brass elements been taken out of the game? I know I can get a radiator from looting cars and some random brass knobs from trash, etc., but is that the extent? Am I missing brass somewhere? Wrenching cars has not gave any brass. Wrenching A/C has not given brass. Doors and lights no longer give brass. Any help? Thanks! Lights DO give brass when wrenched IF they are brass colored lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synvastian Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 look at the light fixtures outside a house/poi, if they are brass colored there is a good chance the ones inside will be too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hek Harris Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Where the hell is brass ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synvastian Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 the amount of brass is kinda staggering, especially if you never had a use for it before (cheesy base designs that allow bows to be useful for much longer than normal, or melee bases with junk turret) A18 i'm literally swimming in it (especially with dukes being a source now) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limdood Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 I mean, you can literally turn any resource that a trader will buy into brass....hell, mine STONE and vendor it for dukes for brass for bullet casings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scyris Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 Am I missing something or have many of the brass elements been taken out of the game? I know I can get a radiator from looting cars and some random brass knobs from trash, etc., but is that the extent? Am I missing brass somewhere? Wrenching cars has not gave any brass. Wrenching A/C has not given brass. Doors and lights no longer give brass. Any help? Thanks! 1: Dukes can be smelted down into brass now at a 1 to 1 ratio. T3-5 quests usually award over 1500-2000 dukes each without any special perks. Thats 1500 to 2000 brass smelted in a forge. 2: In poi's you see those radiators on walls? smash them with a pickaxe, or even a sledge to get a radiator out of it which can be smelted or scrapped into brass. Its a guarnteed radiator per. Might get 2 if you have salvage ops at 5/5 thou. but since when a quest poi is reset those also respawn, shouldn't need it. 3: As mentioned there are books that get you doorknobs for smashing doors. For me gunpowder is actually the major crux for bullets. Lead and brass are super easy to get now, in fact I find more lead nodes in the forest than any other type usually. Brass can be smelted from dukes, which later on your going to have more than you ever need. - - - Updated - - - the amount of brass is kinda staggering, especially if you never had a use for it before (cheesy base designs that allow bows to be useful for much longer than normal, or melee bases with junk turret) A18 i'm literally swimming in it (especially with dukes being a source now) Yeah, its gunpowder honestly thats harder to get due to its slow craft time now. its 3-4 seconds each which adds up fast when unperked. I never spend any points in intel anymore in my games as I can just get schematics for crafting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hek Harris Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 Yeah, its gunpowder honestly thats harder to get due to its slow craft time now. its 3-4 seconds each which adds up fast when unperked. I never spend any points in intel anymore in my games as I can just get schematics for crafting. Buy or craft three or four chemistry stations to speed up production. I find the duration of the crafts excellent because it forces us to add more stations in our bases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RipClaw Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 Buy or craft three or four chemistry stations to speed up production. I find the duration of the crafts excellent because it forces us to add more stations in our bases. That's funny. When I had many workstations in earlier Alphas, everyone said it was overkill. Now it's suddenly normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hek Harris Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 everyone said it was overkill Source ? (you'll have to quote everyone to prove it ^^) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RipClaw Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 Source ? (you'll have to quote everyone to prove it ^^) Here is an example: https://7daystodie.com/forums/showthread.php?111778-Alpha-18-Dev-Diary!!/page977&p=1002128#post1002128 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aldranon Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 For me the big brass is in POI Radiators! One house had 7 radiators and it was a quest so I "Double Dipped" the place for 14 Radiators! That got me 700 Shell cases in the end! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whorhay Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 Been swimming in brass the entirety of A18 so far. Granted I'm a perception build so have 5/5 Salvage. I've got a chest full of brass things to smelt and something like 3-4 thousand casings already crafted. I only need 300 rounds per horde so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian9824 Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 That's funny. When I had many workstations in earlier Alphas, everyone said it was overkill. Now it's suddenly normal. Well that was forges not workstations. 12 forges for solo is definitely a lot. - - - Updated - - - For me I got the perk that gives you brass doorknobs for breaking doors. Its very nice lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostlight Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 Been swimming in brass the entirety of A18 so far. Granted I'm a perception build so have 5/5 Salvage. I've got a chest full of brass things to smelt and something like 3-4 thousand casings already crafted. I only need 300 rounds per horde so far. 2 player co-op we fired 2000 rounds on day 21 horde (some Shotgun but mostly 9mm and AK rounds). Traps were not set up yet so we had to manually kill but it was still ~2000. That's the kind of Brass numbers we need. It's still a bottleneck despite all the new sources. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hek Harris Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 Here is an example: https://7daystodie.com/forums/showthread.php?111778-Alpha-18-Dev-Diary!!/page977&p=1002128#post1002128 Seems like "everyone" have a beard and in smiling in his a boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scyris Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 Buy or craft three or four chemistry stations to speed up production. I find the duration of the crafts excellent because it forces us to add more stations in our bases. Yeah i'll probally do that. Going to want at least 2 chem labs minimum I think. In my current game I found the chem lab schematic on day 1, but took till day 12 before I finally found the 2 beakers. Getting the schematic early IS nice, but if your missing the beakers the hardest part of it to find, your kinda SOL lol. - - - Updated - - - 2 player co-op we fired 2000 rounds on day 21 horde (some Shotgun but mostly 9mm and AK rounds). Traps were not set up yet so we had to manually kill but it was still ~2000. That's the kind of Brass numbers we need. It's still a bottleneck despite all the new sources. Not really, 1 t4 quest will get you more than 2000 dukes to turn into 2000 brass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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