Finding Fuel
Fuel was a major part of life before the infection and still is after the infection. You will need fuel to transport yourself around the islands in vehicles and you will need lots of it to operate airplanes and helicopters! But fuel is in short supply so be economic and get ready to fight for it sometimes.
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Fuel Tanks
You can find fuel lying around in various buildings in small jerry cans (20 liter capacity)
or large jerry cans (80 liter capacity)
. Sometimes you may find jerry cans that are empty
and you will need to fill them up. You can fill up empty jerry cans at fuel tanks or at fuel tanker train cars.
Approach the tank with an empty jerry can in your inventory and select 'Fill Jerrycan' from the action menu.
After filling the jerry can you will see a message on your screen letting you know how many liters the jerry can has been filled with.
Crafting Large Jerrycans
There are also large jerry cans
with a capacity of 80 liters (4 times more) than the ordinary jerry can, which makes carrying fuel around easier. You can find them lying around in buildings or you can craft your own. To craft a large jerry can you will need:
- 4x jerry can (either all 4 full or empty) Error creating thumbnail: File missingError creating thumbnail: File missing
- 1x Old rope
Open your gear and right-click any of the jerry cans that you want to use to craft a large one, then select 'Big Jerry Can (Empty)' or just 'Big Jerry Can' depending on if you are using full or empty jerry cans. Your player will craft a large jerry can, the 4 normal ones and the old rope will disappear from your inventory and a big jerry can will be put in their place.
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| You will not lose the fuel in your jerry cans if you are crafting a large jerry can from 4 full normal jerry cans. |
Draining Fuel
You can also drain fuel from any vehicles you find if they have any. To drain fuel from vehicles, simply approach them and select 'Drain Fuel From ...' from the action menu. You will need to have an empty jerry can
in your invenotry to drain the fuel in to.
After draining the fuel a message will appear on your screen telling you how much fuel has been drained from the vehicle. Keep in mind that if a vehicle has more fuel than your jerrycan can hold, the rest of the fuel will remain in the vehicle and you can still drain the rest of the fuel from it in to other jerry cans.
Refueling Vehicles
Refueling vehicles is easy, just approach a vehicle with a full jerry can in your inventory
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and select 'Refuel ... with (Jerry Can) / (Big Jerry Can)' from the action menu - depending on the type of jerry can you have in your inventory. The jerry can you used will become empty and look like this
, you can then go fill it up with more fuel.
Transporting Fuel
Jerry cans are practical for filling up motorcycles and cars, but helicopters and airplanes need hundreds of liters in their fuel tanks to get somewhere and although you can fill them up with ordinary jerry cans the most practical way to refuel them is using a fuel truck - The Rodina, which has two barrels that you can fill up and transport up to 620 liters of fuel at a time.
You can fill the Rodina fuel truck up directly from fuel tanks and then use it to directly refuel other vehicles, such as aircraft which will save you a lot of time and hassle.
Filling Up The Rodina
To refuel vehicles with the Rodina you will first need to find one and repair it to a drivable state. Click here to learn about repairing vehicles.
Then you will need to fill it up with fuel. To do this you will need to have the following items in your tool belt and also find a fuel tank:
1x Fuel Hose
1x Adjustable Wrench
Then you will need to attach the fuel hose to the Rodina. Approach it and select 'Attach Hose' from the action menu.
After that approach the fuel tank and select 'Fill Refuel Truck' from the action menu (Make sure you didn't park the Rodina too far from the tank). You will begin filling the Rodina up.
A message will be displayed every few seconds telling you how much percent the tanks are full. The Rodina can hold a maximum of 620 liters of fuel. To stop just drive away. In this example they are 100% full.
Refueling Vehicles Using The Rodina
To refuel other vehicles using the Rodina you need to attach the fuel hose to it just like when you fill it up. Then you need to park close to the vehicle you want to refuel, approach the vehicle and select 'Refuel using hose' from the action menu.
A message will be displayed wish how many litters the vehicle has been filled up with.
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| When using the fuel hose there is a small probability that it may break and you will have to find a new one. |
Refueling The Rodina Using Itself
You can also refuel the Rodina using the fuel it is transporting in the barrels. Attach the hose and select 'Refuel using hose' from the action menu and it will be refuel from the barrels.
