Stun Baton

Stun Baton
Basic Information
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Group	Ammo/Weapons
Category	Melee Weapon
Type	Baton
Loot Container
Gear Slot
Related Attribute	Intelligence
Related Perk(s)
Related Perk Book(s)
Block Properties
Hit Points
Storage Slots
Lockable
Horizontal Support
Mass
Light Opacity
Upgrades to
Breaks to
Weapon/Tool Properties
Entity Damage	20.2
Power Attack Entity Damage	40.2
Block Damage	6
Power Attack Block Damage	12
Range	2.4
Effective Range
Explosion Range Entities
Explosion Range Blocks
Attacks per Minute	70
Rounds per Minute
Reload Time
Ammo Type
Velocity
Magazine Size
Stamina Usage	15.5
Power Attack Stamina Usage	26.3
Damage Multiplier: Earth	0.1
Damage Multiplier: Metal	0.1
Damage Multiplier: Stone	0.1
Damage Multiplier: Wood
Butcher Tool	Yes
Butcher Damage Multiplier	1
Butcher Resource Multiplier	1
Salvage Tool	No
Vehicle Properties
Vehicle Speed
Vehicle Sprint Speed
Seats
Protection Properties
Cold Resist
Heat Resist
Waterproof
Armor Rating
Explosion Resist
Crit Resist
Mobility Reduction
Stamina Regen Reduction
Noise Increase
Consumption Effects
Effect on Fullness
Effect on Hydration
Effect on max Stamina
Effect on Stamina regen
Effect on Health
Effect on Max Health
Cures
Cure Percentage
Buff
Buff Effect
Buff Duration
Dysentery Chance (%)
Characteristic Properties
Durability (Min Quality)	269
Durability (Max Quality)	673
Degradation per Use	1
Mod Type
Compatible Mods	Stun Baton
Repaired Using	Repair Kit
Electrical Power Required
Unlocks
Base Price	Sell: 70 Buy: 1050
Max Stack	1
Scrapping/Forging Properties
Scrappable	Yes
Scraps into	Baton Parts
Meltable	No
Material
Combustible	No
Burn Time
Farming Properties
Crop produced
Seed used
Grows into
Time to grow
Obtaining
Obtainable Through	Crafting, Looting, Trading

Description

The Stun Baton is a melee weapon affected by Intellect and the Electrocutioner perk.

The baton gains "charges" on each hit, 1 for normal attacks and 2 for power attacks. Upon reaching 4 or more charges the next hit will inflict a shock effect on enemies.

While the enemy is being shocked, they will be unable to move or attack and will take 3 damage every second.

Each rank of Electrocutioner increases the duration of the shock effect and the weapon's base damage. It will not increase the damage per tick of the shock effect, but a longer shock will result in it dealing more total damage.

It may be repaired using Repair Kits.

Strategy

The Stun baton is a surprisingly deadly weapon, able to hold its own even at high Game Stage values where other melee weapons begin to struggle. Even zombie bears are no threat as long as you have a charged baton ready for them.

The most effective application of this weapon is to spread out the shocks on as many enemies as possible. This both takes them out of the fight for a substantial amount of time and allows the damage over time effect of the shock to run its full course, while you deal with other threats. Aiming for the most dangerous enemies first, such as feral or radiated zombies, is ideal.

The Tech Junkie Volume 6 book drastically improves the rate you can build charges with a stun baton. It adds a 25% chance (50% on power attacks) to add 4 additional charges which will instantly charge the baton.

With this book and the maximum rank of Electrocutioner you can apply a shock effect to an incredible quantity of enemies by alternating between power attacks to achieve a max charge, and normal attacks to apply it. Care must be taken to not overextend and run out of stamina while doing this however.

The Nerd Tats candy bought from vending machines will, for 5 minutes, cause Stun Batons to also shock all nearby (1.2m radius) enemies, which can be a powerful buff to apply before a fight with many enemies such as horde night or when doing a Tier 5 mission.

The Stun Baton Repulsor Mod, adds an additional ragdoll effect when a shock is applied which causes the enemy to be flung backwards a short distance. Nerd Tats disables this effect.

They will be able to stand back up during the shock effect, but will be unable to do anything else until the shock ends.

Apart from repositioning dangerous enemies, other applications can include flinging enemies off high places or into hazards such as Wood Spikes or Blade Traps. Simply ragdolling an enemy may be enough to cause them to fall off angled or rounded surfaces, such as ramps or pipes.

However constantly flinging enemies around, while amusing, can make getting consistent head-shots difficult and may limit your damage output against a single enemy.

Trivia

• The Stun Baton yields the full amount of materials when used as a Butchering tool, though it's low block damage to carcasses make harvesting high HP carcasses very slow. In such cases, it may be better to simply craft a Bone Knife while harvesting and use it instead.

Crafting

Required Items

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Stun Baton Recipe

	Item	Name	Count
	Item	Name	Count
			Level
(Parameter=skill)
Quality 1	Quality 2	Quality 3	Quality 4	Quality 5	Quality 6
1x  01:04		Baton Parts	1	2	3	4	5	6
		Forged Iron	5	10	15	20	25	30
		Leather	2	4	6	8	10	12
		Duct Tape	2	4	6	8	10	12
		Electrical Parts	2	4	6	8	10	12
Unlock Options
Tech Planet */100			23	26	30	34	38
And having read
Schematic
Crafted in
Workbench

The recipe above contains the Resources/Magazines needed for each Quality level of the Stun Baton.
A higher Quality item may provide better stats at the cost of increased material and unlock requirements.

Recommended Mods

Image	Name	Affected Part	Description
	Weighted Head Mod	Damage	Adds a chance to stun and slow victims.
	Structural Brace Mod	Durability	Moderately decreases degradation rate.
	Fortifying Grip Mod	Health	When health is below 50% gain additional health regeneration.
	Ergonomic Grip Mod	Health	Decreases melee stamina usage and increases weapon handling of bows.
	Stun Baton Repulsor Mod	Knockback	Send zombies flying on charged hits.
	The Hunter Mod	Special Damage	Increases damage to all animals.
	Rad Remover Mod	Special Damage	Temporarily disables regeneration ability of radiated zombies.

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Trivia

Alpha 19 fixed a bug where if you hit a zombie that was currently being electrocuted, they would be able to move again. It does not appear to completely freeze Bears, but seems to slow them rather significantly.

In the XMLs, there is one other baton visible, planned to be added in a future update. The Plasma Baton is to be the tier 3 baton weapon. It does not currently have an item icon, and only visible as an unfinished test item in the XML. The former Junk Baton was added in Alpha 20 as the Pipe Baton.