PC Longest you've gone without getting a stun batton?

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ungkor

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I'm on day 12 now.   I've put almost ever point into intellect, electrocutioner, etc.

Just bad luck?   What can I do to get a level 1 stun baton?

 
Check the toilets, JaWoodle has been clogging the plumbing with them.

End loot chests and weapons bags are the best bet, those tend to drop some parts at least. If you got the skills taken, should just be a matter of bad luck.

I think this requires an edit for being misleading: While End loots and weapons bags are a good source for parts and at higher loot stages whole batons, Mo's Power loots seem to have a special chance to yield batons in the early game. Sorry for the inconvenience 😃 

 
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ungkor said:
I'm on day 12 now.   I've put almost ever point into intellect, electrocutioner, etc.

Just bad luck?   What can I do to get a level 1 stun baton?
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loot is based off loot stage

the higher the loot stage the higher percent chance you might get something

example

<lootprobtemplate name="ProbT0">
        <loot level="0,1" prob="0.03"/>

to have a chance at t0 item (0,1 loot stage) only gives you 3% chance of getting something

<lootprobtemplate name="ProbT2">
        <loot level="0,79" prob="0"/>

to even have a chance at a t2 item you would need at least 80 loot bonus

so sounds like overall if you want higher chance to get that stun baton get your loot stage up: bioms prefabs daysalive can effect loot stage

 
Grandpa is correct, it is all about your loot stage to find the higher level gear.  Parts are available at the beginning so unlocking levels for the stun baton will increase the likelyhood of you finding those parts in the loot containers.

One thing I will note, but I can't verify it yet, I believe the chances of finding the Stun baton are around T1 loot stages as the game considers it a T1/T2 weapon compared to other weapons.

 
I never missed it, but I'm probably my own buster, I put a point in food, raise perception to get loot 2, and hunting 2, after that i usually

play till I die. After getting to the level of bacon and eggs, I usually just hunt creatures, I don't usually quest beyond the first dig. mainly

because the way my map is configured. I'm on foot most of the time. Eventually I will get it, maybe. Until then slow and steady, it's weird

though I never got one in a tier 5 either. I do get helmet water filters though.

So is it the pois, that I clear, Highschool, houses, movie theatre, Iv'e not done any of the electronic, or crack a book in a long while,

but I have done shotgun Messiah's.

 
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BFT2020 said:
I believe the chances of finding the Stun baton are around T1 loot stages as the game considers it a T1/T2 weapon compared to other weapons.
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I was thinking the same until I checked, Grandpa's ProbT2 was actually the correct one for the full weapon in the normal sources. Parts can be gotten earlier, and there was a separate group for batons-in-mo-power-boxes, but I didn't follow that rabbit hole to the probabilities, might be sooner in those.

 
Yeah, it is a tier 2 weapon, so you should start having a chance to get it around the time you start seeing iron weapons.  It is still random, of course.  And it really doesn't have a very high drop rate anyhow, from what I've seen.  At least not anymore.

 
Riamus said:
Yeah, it is a tier 2 weapon, so you should start having a chance to get it around the time you start seeing iron weapons. 
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The tiering is weird for batons, searching the xmls seems it's grouped with Steel tier stuff. I too thought it's earlier, but I guess that must be from those Mo's boxes. Or it might've changed since I last looted one, ofc.

Code: 
<lootgroup name="groupWeaponsT2_Melee" loot_quality_template="QLTemplateT2">
	<item name="meleeWpnSpearT3SteelSpear"/>
	<item name="meleeWpnClubT3SteelClub"/>
	<item name="meleeWpnSledgeT3SteelSledgehammer"/>
	<item name="meleeWpnKnucklesT3SteelKnuckles"/>
	<item name="meleeWpnBladeT3Machete"/>
	<item name="meleeWpnBatonT2StunBaton"/>
</lootgroup>
 
They used to be pretty common in Mo' Power trucks/boxes.  Like, I could find multiple by day 3.  But I don't know if that's still the case.

 
theFlu said:
The tiering is weird for batons, searching the xmls seems it's grouped with Steel tier stuff. I too thought it's earlier, but I guess that must be from those Mo's boxes. Or it might've changed since I last looted one, ofc.

<lootgroup name="groupWeaponsT2_Melee" loot_quality_template="QLTemplateT2">
<item name="meleeWpnSpearT3SteelSpear"/>
<item name="meleeWpnClubT3SteelClub"/>
<item name="meleeWpnSledgeT3SteelSledgehammer"/>
<item name="meleeWpnKnucklesT3SteelKnuckles"/>
<item name="meleeWpnBladeT3Machete"/>
<item name="meleeWpnBatonT2StunBaton"/>
</lootgroup>
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MoPower crates do have a chance of finding one in loot early game, so if you are looking for one, look for electronics stores to loot through

And you might be right that it has changed over time, probably pre-MoPower they were easier to find in any weapon crates, now for early game, seek the Power  😉

 
It would be nice if one weapon for each attribute could use the upgrades. I've seen it on multiple streams. I'd love that power for my bow.

 
I never use the stun baton, so I could not say. Generally I do not pay attention and usually sell them or scrap them, so not sure 😅

 
I only tried the stun baton a couple of times. My initial view was that it was useless compared to a club, but with more recent updates someone pointed out it was pretty overpowered. So I tried it again and I agree -- stun locks any zombie. I still don't use it and just sell it all. It just isn't a fun weapon for me.

 
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