General items

A list of some of the most common items you will find during a shift on the station. All jobs will have access to these items in one way or another, either through finding them throughout the various departments or by creating them from an Autolathe.

Items

Paper Found in: Paper Trays and office desks throughout the station. Used for: Writing stuff down. Strategy: Make it look professional! A useful and very over looked feature of paperwork is the '[sign]' Signature command, as you can't fake someone else's signature Description You write on it with a pen. Mostly used for various forms of paperwork.

Pen Found in: Any PDA, Office desks. Used for: Changing your trajectory in space. Writing on paper. Strategy: Aim for the eyes, remember that the readers want sex and violence. Description You can write on paper with a pen, but also on robots and bookshelves. You'll usually be able to find one in your PDA, if you haven't thrown it out to replace with something else.

Epinephrine MediPen Found in: All internals boxes, First-aid kits ( ) Used for: Quickly delivering 10 epinephrine to someone. Strategy: Use it on someone, preferably on a person in critical condition Description "A rapid and safe way to stabilize patients in critical condition for personnel without advanced medical knowledge." It heals those in critical condition until they leave crit or the epinephrine runs out. The medipen also contains formaldehyde, which will keep a person's organs from decaying for a bit after they've died.

Crayon Found in: Art Storage, Crayon Boxes. Used for: Used for drawing letters/symbols on the ground or coloring clothing items. Strategy: Washing clothing with a crayon will dye it the crayon's color. You can also write messages on the ground for other crew members. Description Comes in 8 colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, mime and rainbow. They come in a Crayon box.

Cigarettes Found in: Cigarette machines. Used for: To look cool or have medication through it, scratch that itch. Strategy: Light it with a fire source and put it in your face. Description A roll of tobacco and nicotine. You can light and smoke these. Can also be filled with 15 units of any chemical. It's possible to find rare brands that contain special ingredients which have unique effects on the smoker. A nicer, and much rarer, variation of these is the Cigar. It can hold up to 30 units of any chemical. There are several kinds of cigars, some even more sophisticated than others.

Zippo Found in: Cigarette machines. Used for: Lighting things up. Strategy: Use it on stuff to light it on fire. Description The zippo. A cheaper version of this is the Cheap Lighter, which comes in four different colors. A more primitive version of these is the Match, which can be found in Matchbooks inside the Cigarette machines. Make fire with the match by using it on the matchbook.

Flashlight Found in: Emergency Toolbox, Engineering, Autolathes. Used for: Lighting up the darkness. Strategy: Good for when you're planetside or on an asteroid and there's no light. Description It sheds light when you click on it, even if it's on your belt or in your pocket. This light is mostly directional, and will shine in the direction you're facing for a ways. Can be used to tell if non-human creatures are dead or not, with a simple flash of the eyes. Also of note are File:Lantern.png Lanterns, which are brighter than flashlights.

Hand Labeler Found in: Cargo, Chemistry. Used for: Used for labeling items for easier recognition. Strategy: Useful for when making multiple kinds of grenades or bottles and wanting to keep track of which is which. Description Used to stick a label onto something's name. E.g., Cuban Pete (HONK). Can not be used on people. Can be turned on/off by clicking it in your hand. If you use it on something with no label set, you can remove the label.

Camera Found in: Autolathes. Used for: Taking pictures. Strategy: Use this to record important/amusing/cute situations for the benefit of your highlight reel. Description Can take 10 pictures before having to get a new roll of File:Film.png film. Pictures can then be attached to news reports created on a newscaster console.

Universal Recorder Found in: Autolathes. Used for: Recording and translating speech. Strategy: Use it to start recording, use it again to stop. Description A device that can record to cassette tapes, and play them. It automatically translates the content in playback. Can be loaded with a new File:Tape.png tape after the previous one is full. Note that the translated text is played back in Common.

Station Bounced Radio Found in: Emergency Toolbox, Autolathe. Used for: Used for communications on ships without subspace telecommunications. Strategy: Keep one of these on you if you leave the ship while docked in space/planetside so they don't leave without you. Description The station bounced radio will function similarly to a standard radio headset if you put it in your pocket or in your hand; thus you can use the say ";radio message" function as normal without turning on the microphone to broadcast. Using multiple radios can be done with say ":l message" for left hand and say ":r message" for right hand depending on the hand used to hold each radio. Turning on the microphone will pick up all sounds from the surrounding area and broadcast them. Can be hacked.

Grenade Casing Found in: Made from 1 Metal. More advanced versions can be made at R&D with the appropriate research. Used for: Grenade construction. Strategy: Attach a (trigger)-Igniter Assembly and insert payload. Description Can hold two Bottles or Beakers. See the Grenade page for more details.

Bedsheet Found in: Most beds. Used for: Use it as a cape. Strategy: You can put it in your neck slot to wear it as a cape. Description A surprisingly soft linen bedsheet. Comes in many different colors for different places and for each head of department!

Flare Found in: Emergency toolboxes. Used for: An emergency source of light. Strategy: Pull cord, make light. Description A red emergency flare. Activate it in-hand to light it. A DIY-version of this a File:Torch.png Torch. You can make one by combining a log with a dried wheat or ambrosia.

Janitorial Supplies

Supplies used for cleaning. Most of these are readily available to crewmembers.

Mop Found in: Custodial Closets, Maintenance. Used for: Used to clean the floor, angering the entire crew when they slip while running on wet floors. Strategy: Fits nicely in a backpack. Dip in the Janitorial Cart, Bucket or in a sink to make it wet. Try mixing ammonia with the water to make a nonslip cleaner. Description A simple mop that can be used to clean messes. Use it on the floor or an object to clean it.

Space Cleaner Found in: Custodial Closets, Medical. Used for: A better cleaner than water. Doesn't cause people to slip. Can also be used to clean clothing. Strategy: You can use the bottle in-hand to switch nozzle pressures. Description Not to be confused with the liquid created in Chemistry. This is in the end just a spray bottle, and can be filled with anything. You can make more by combining one part ammonia with one part water.

Bucket Found in: Custodial Closets, Hydroponics, Autolathes. Used for: They can be used by several different jobs as part of their actual duties. Most commonly used by botanists and janitors. Strategy: Fill it with water then use it to wet a mop/water plants. Turn it into a cleanbot. Description A bucket holds liquids, most commonly water. It holds up to 70 units.

Light Replacer Found in: Custodial Closets, R&D. Used for: Replacing broken light bulbs quickly. Strategy: Fill with light bulbs or glass sheets and replace lights. Description An item which uses magnets to easily replace lights. Perfect for the lazy janitor! Can be emagged to fill replaced lights with plasma.

Light Tube Found in: Custodial Closet, Emergency Storages, Maintenance, can be made in an Autolathe. Used for: Replacing broken lights. Strategy: Apply it to a new light fixture or an old one if its light is broken. Description A replacement light tube. Bulbs are the lesser used light-source on the station. If you use it on a light fixture with a broken tube, you'll swap out the tubes.

Mousetrap Found in: Custodial Closets, can be made with cardboard and iron rods. Used for: Used for pest control and Grenade construction. Strategy: Place them where mice might show up, or use them to make traps with grenades. Description Click it in your hand to activate it, then drop it on the floor.

Soap Found in: Custodial Closets, Bathrooms. Used for: Used to clean floors and objects. Strategy: Place it on the floor to slip anyone who walks over it. Clean blood/dirt/vomit with it. Description Hold it in your hand and click on the surface you'd like to clean. Soap runs out after 100 uses (300 for NT soap), but more can be created in chemistry.

Basic Devices

These items are usually found strewn about Maintenance or from Vendomats. You can use a Screwdriver on all of these to make them attachable to other devices, which are mainly used in the creation of bombs or grenades.

Timer Found in: Hacked Vendomats, Autolathes. Used for: Used mostly for making bombs and Grenades. Strategy: Apply to a TTV bomb, start it, and run. Description A timer... it counts down... 3... 2... 1... boom? Use a Screwdriver to secure/unsecure it.

Proximity Sensor Found in: Vendomats, Autolathes. Used for: Used mostly for making bombs/Grenades or robots. Strategy: Screwdriver it, attach it to whatever you want to react to people's presence. Description This is used to detect people getting close. This is also used in basic robot construction. Use a Screwdriver to secure/unsecure it.

Remote Signaling Device Found in: Vendomats, Autolathes. Used for: Can be attached to Igniters for Grenade construction, TTV assemblies for bomb construction, and wires on doors. Strategy: Can be attached to wires on anything with a panel and work like a remote Multitool. If used right, two of these can be used in place of a Multitool. You can also use it to remotely bolt doors, if you know the right wire. Description Sends a pulse when it receives a signal with the right code and frequency. Can be attached to a Proximity Sensor to make a simple alarm system. Use a Screwdriver to secure/unsecure it. Hitting a Remote Signaling Device with another one will copy its frequency to it.

Igniter Found in: Vendomats, Autolathes. Used for: Used mostly for starting fires making bombs/Grenades, or stunprods. Strategy: You can heat up beakers with this by using it on them in-hand. Description Use a Screwdriver to secure/unsecure it.

Voice Analyzer Found in: Hacked Vendomats, Autolathes. Used for: Password controlled doors and Grenade construction. Strategy: Click it to configure trigger word and then attach it to a door's bolt wire or a TTV bomb. Description A small electronic device able to record a voice sample, and send a signal when that sample is repeated. Use a Screwdriver to secure/unsecure it. Use a Multitool to toggle between the four modes of use: Inclusive Exclusive Recognizer Voice Sensor

Infrared Emitter Found in: Autolathes. Used for: Grenade construction. Strategy: Create trip mines by combining these with grenades. Set up door chimes for public areas like the medbay lobby. Description Emits a visible or invisible beam and is triggered when the beam is interrupted. Use a Screwdriver to secure/unsecure it.

Health Sensor Found in: Vendomats. Used for: Sending a signal to assemblies when either you a.) die or b.) enter a critical state. Strategy: May be used in conjunction with bomb assemblies to trigger their activation upon your death. Description Can be used in most assemblies to trigger something upon your death or critical injury. Use a Screwdriver to secure/unsecure it. Activate it in hand to toggle it between on and off. Alt-click it to toggle between the two modes of use: Detect death Detect critical state

Containers

Mechanical Toolbox Found in: Engineering, Engine Rooms, many other places. Used for: Contains that which are needed whenever you want to construct or deconstruct something. Strategy: It is very heavy, useful for the beating up of people. Contains the tools most mechanical engineers will need to do their jobs. Contents Description This toolbox contains many tools needed in the day-to-day lives of engineers. If you want to do electrical work, you'll need an electrical toolbox too.

Electrical Toolbox Found in: Engineering. Used for: Contains tools which you'll need when fixing or breaking electrical equipment. Strategy: These toolboxes are good for when you need to wire up a new room or build new machines. Contents Description The electrical toolbox's contents are intended to help fix (and break) electrical equipment. Insulated gloves should be worn when working on electrical equipment. You can also turn off the power if you don't have any gloves. Yellow toolboxes have a 1 in 20 chance of containing a pair of insulated gloves.

Emergency Toolbox Found in: Emergency lockers. Used for: Contains tools which are useful in emergencies. Strategy: It is very heavy, useful for the beating up of people. Has a flashlight and a crowbar for workingin unpowered areas. Contents Description or a The toolbox contains a flashlight (50% chance of a flashlight, or a flare), a crowbar, a station bounced radio, a fire extinguisher, and an emergency welding tool. All of these are useful to have if/when something goes wrong and the ship starts exploding.

Artistic Toolbox Found in: Maintenance. Used for: Contains art supplies. Strategy: It is very heavy, useful for the beating up of people. Contains a lot of wires, useful for wire art or wiring machines. Contents Description x8 This toolbox provides you with art supplies that you can use for art or wiring. A crayon box, wires for wire art, and a crowbar to remove the tiles so that you can lay cable. All wires have a fixed color, as opposed to the random colors in art storage and the vending machines. The colors are: red, yellow, darkblue, green, purple, brown, cyan, white.

Box Found in: Your backpack, several departments. More can be made out of Cardboard. Used for: The box is a container that can hold seven items and be stored inside of a backpack. Strategy: Improve your inventory space drastically at the expense of accessibility. Store junk in it. Description Can be folded flat for cardboard by clicking it in your hand when it's empty. It can only hold tiny and small items. Everyone starts with a box that contains a breath mask, an emergency oxygen tank and a medipen, commonly referred to as your "internals box". Boxes can come in many forms, all holding different types of items. A Crayon box holds Crayons.

Briefcase Found in: Offices. Used for: A briefcase is a bulky item that can hold up to seven tiny, small, or normal items. Strategy: Fill it with seven boxes and carry the entire station in one hand. Description By default it is filled with one pen and six sheets of paper. They are very sturdy, so they make a decent weapon when applied to the side of the head.

Clothing Backwear Items with Additional Storage Capabilities

Clothing Belt Items with Additional Storage Capabilities

Equipment

Locker Closet Found in: Most areas and departments where things are stored. Used for: Storage for items. Some larger items can't fit inside, but most smaller items can. Strategy: Store away your wares within these, or send them out to Cargo so they can sell it and it's contents for money. Description Lockers and closets are among the most common and arguably the most useful of containers on the station. Nearly anything can fit inside, barring other lockers, crates, and certain especially large objects. You can walk into them and close them to hide inside with reduced vision. Use a Wrench on them while they're shut to bolt them to the floor, or use a Welding Tool to seal them shut. They can be wrapped with packaging paper to be mailed to other departments using Disposals. You can craft a locker using Metal Sheets.

Supply Crate Found in: Most areas and departments where things are stored. Cargo. Used for: Storage for items, but with a crate. Strategy: Store away your wares within these, or send them out to Cargo so they can sell it and it's contents for money. Description Crates are the second most common storage container on the station. They can store quite a few items and are worth quite a bit when sent out using the cargo telepad. When open and on top, you can Rest and then close the crate to hide inside the crate with reduced vision. Use a Wrench on them while they're shut to bolt them to the floor, or use a Welding Tool to seal them shut. Can also be wrapped and mailed using Disposals.

Intercom Found in: One is found in almost every room. Used for: Accessing comms if you don't have a radio or headset. Strategy: Use it to talk to the crew if your ship doesn't have functioning subspace telecomms and you forgot a radio. Description Intercom wall radios are an immobile version of headset radios with the same number of frequencies and functions. The AI can use them to publicly broadcast a clandestine conversation or use it to discreetly spy on the talk around the station themselves. Use say ":i message" to operate these hands-free. Can be hacked.

Wideband Relay Found in: The bridge/cockpit of your ship. Used for: Contacting other ships, screaming to other ships for help. Strategy: Contact other ships via wideband if you want to transfer crew, trade, or otherwise exchange information. Description A special intercom with access to the wideband frequency. This can be used to communicate with other ships, even if they're on the other side of the sector. You can't make a new one, so try not to break it.

Paper Tray Found in: Office desks. Used for: Making paperwork, annoying people with paper airplanes. Strategy: Take Paper and set your paper-cutting master plans in motion. Description Paper Paper Paper. Click it to take a piece of paper, or drag it to your sprite to pick the whole thing up.

Janitorial Cart Found in: Custodial Closets. Used for: Wetting the Mop and transporting the Garbage Bag, Mop, Space Cleaner, Light Replacer and Signs around. Strategy: If you're the Janitor, fill this with your stuff and drag it around while feeling lightweight. Description This is the alpha and omega of sanitation. The container inside can be filled with Space Cleaner instead of plain water.

Water Tank Found in: Many different departments. Used for: Used to fill something with water. Strategy: Use a container (syringe, beaker, bottle, bucket) on it to get water. Description Starts with 1000 units of water. High-capacity water tanks () start with 10000 units of water. These are found in Hydroponics and Atmospherics. You can refill Fire Extinguishers with these.

Fuel Tank Found in: Engineering, Maintenance, Cargo. Used for: Refill welding tools with this. Strategy: Do not attempt to refill a welder while it is lit. Causes minor toxin damage when ingested. Description Starts with 1000 units of welding fuel. Use an unlit Welding Tool on it to refill the Welding Tool.

Filing Cabinet Found in: Most offices or living areas. Used for: Store papers, folders and photos in these. Strategy: Store forms and papers in these. Description You can put papers and paper-like objects in these, if you really need to store that much paper.

Condiment Dispenser CondiMaster Found in: Kitchens. Used for: Dispensing condiments. Strategy: Make a mix of condiments and dispense a packet or bottle of it. Description Condiment packets and bottles are used in cooking. Very useful if you need to separate ingredients or extract potent chemicals. Condiments produced: See here for a list of condiments.

Bathroom Equipment

Sink Found in: Most areas that need water, bathrooms/restrooms. Used for: Cleaning your hands and face or other equipment. Strategy: Click on a sink with empty hands to wash yourself, or have a tool in hand and click on sink to wash it. Description If you have nothing in your active hand, you will wash your face (if targeting the head, eyes or mouth) or your hands (if targeting anywhere else). Suggested uses include washing tools, clothing, or utensils. Some sinks have a cosmetically different appearance but all of them work identically.

Shower Found in: Restrooms, Medical, Engineering. Used for: Cleaning yourself, extinguishing people on fire, creating slip hazards. Strategy: You can wash blood-stained items and clothes under a shower as well as yourself. You can use a wrench to set the shower to very cold, then apply cryoxadone for an improvised cryotube. Description Your classic shower head with basic on/off controls. Switch the shower on and off with an empty hand. Use a wrench to adjust the shower water temperature from normal to freezing, from freezing to boiling or from boiling to normal. Use an analyzer to identify the shower's water temperature without risking burns. A shower with freezing water can provide a suitable environment for cryoxadone, which will heal more than the burn damage caused by the freezing temperature.

Mirror Found in: Locker rooms, Medical, Dormitories. Used for: Personal grooming. Strategy: Click it to change your hairstyle. Description If broken, you can repair it with a welding tool.

Toilet Found in: Restrooms and bathrooms. Used for: Sanitation, secret storage. Strategy: Use a container on a toilet to fill it with water. Use a crowbar on it to loudly pry off the cistern lid and store up to 2 items in the cistern. Description Your classic toilet. Prying off the cistern lid with a Crowbar will allow you to store up to two small items inside. This will create a loud noise when doing so, so make sure nobody is around when stashing your contraband.