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{{Infobox/Item
|image = Car Battery icon.png
|item type = tool
|weight = 15.00
|harvest = 30 min
6 x [[Scrap Lead]] with a [[Hacksaw]]
|name=Car Battery|renewable=No|wintermute=yes}}
{{quote|Useless in the abandoned vehicles around Great Bear Island, car Batteries can still be Harvested for Scrap Lead.|In-game description}}

'''Car Batteries''' are a crafting item in '''''The Long Dark'''''.

==Overview==
Car Batteries are the heaviest object in the game, weighing 15kg (33lbs), found under the hoods of a [[Car]] or [[Truck]] in any region that has them. Regions such as [[Mountain Town]], [[Bleak Inlet]], and [[Coastal Highway]] have the most cars, thus have the most Car Batteries to loot.

=== Harvesting ===
They can be harvested with a [[Hacksaw]] for [[Scrap Lead]], required for crafting ammunition with the [[Gunsmithing]] skill at the [[ammunition workbench|Ammunition Workbench]]. It takes 30 minutes to harvest a Car Battery. One Car Battery will always yield six Scrap Lead; each piece of Scrap Lead may be crafted into six [[Bullet|Bullets]] at an [[Ammunition Forge]], so one Car Battery always allows the crafting of 36 Bullets.

=== Transmitters ===
For players that have the [[Tales from the Far Territory]] DLC installed, one car battery will be needed to fix each [[Transmitter]]. These batteries usually spawn near the transmitting stations, but may have to be looted from nearby vehicles:

* A Battery spawns in a [[Supply Bin]] near the [[Shortwave Tower East]] Transmitter in [[Forlorn Muskeg]].
* The [[Radio Tower]] Transmitter does not have a Battery near it in [[Mountain Town]]. One must be scavenged near the town and brought up to the Transmitter.
* [[Signal Hill]] has a Battery inside the Radio Control Hut in [[Pleasant Valley]].
* The [[Control Tower]] has all the materials needed to repair the Transmitter nearby in [[Forsaken Airfield]].
* [[Old Substation]] has a battery inside the substation for the Transmitter in [[Blackrock]].
* [[Hibernia Processing]] has multiple inside for the Transmitter in [[Desolation Point]].

=== Trading ===
The [[Trader]] also requests 1 battery in his trades for [[Recipe Cards]] or Blueprints.

=== Special Locations ===
A select number of special areas contains around 5 Batteries in an indoor space. These batteries are typically not located near a Transmitter, and are useful if the player has run out of Car Batteries to use for trading or Gunsmithing.

* [[Main Hangar]] in [[Forsaken Airfield]]
* [[Hibernia Processing]] in [[Desolation Point]]
* [[Blackrock Prison]] (inside the prison) in [[Blackrock]]

== Products ==
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==Tips==

Eventually all [[hunting rifle|Hunting Rifle]] and [[Revolver]] ammunition will become depleted; crafting is the only way to obtain more ammunition outside of trading with the Trader.

* Car Batteries may be found by lifting the hoods of cars and trucks. Not all vehicles have batteries, only ~50% will have one. At least on Interloper mode you should be prepared to haul car batteries from other maps to transmitters you want to repair.
* They weigh 15kg, but can be harvested with a [[Hacksaw]] into 6 pieces of Scrap Lead weighing just 1.5kg. A convenient and safe way harvest Car Batteries is inside of their vehicle.
* In prior versions, Car Batteries and Scrap Lead were useless on Interloper difficulty because firearms never spawn. This was changed with the introduction of Transmitters.
** They are still useless in [[Wintermute]] episodes 1, 2, 3, and 4 because there is no [[ammunition workbench|Ammunition Workbench]].
* Car Batteries and Scrap Lead are finite and non-renewable.
*A [[Travois]] is extremely useful for hauling car batteries over longer distances.

==Trivia==

* The Errant Pilgrim update introduced [[Gunsmithing]].
* 12-Volt Lead-acid car batteries have 6 cells inside (2 volts per cell), which is why a Car Battery can be harvested for 6 pieces of Scrap Lead (one per cell).
* The car battery bears the logo of the in-game company "ZAP." The same logo can be found on the [[Energy Bar|energy bar]].
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imported>ChelodojMolovek at 14:56, 15 January 2026