Can't find a single can opener

[Justy]

Okay, so I've amassed what is probably several months' worth of canned food, but even after looting dozens of houses I have yet to find a single can opener, even though the spawn rate is supposed to be quite high in kitchen counters.
Game is 100% vanilla Builder. Did the people in this town treat canned food as some sort of bizarre collectible, never to be opened?
Because at this rate I might actually starve despite sitting on top of a mountain of canned food, because for some mysterious reason I can't use any alternative tool to get them open like, say, a knife or a screwdriver.

[Shady Allie]

Options:

keep looking.
debug one in if you can't wait.
get a mod that allows alternate can opening code.

[Monkey Magic]

If you wanna stay Vanilla, tough it out - you'll find one eventually. Otherwise check out Common Sense which adds some QoL stuff, including opening cans with a knife or screwdriver.
(link below)

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2875848298&searchtext=common

[Puppers]

Originally posted by Justy:

Okay, so I've amassed what is probably several months' worth of canned food, but even after looting dozens of houses I have yet to find a single can opener, even though the spawn rate is supposed to be quite high in kitchen counters.
Game is 100% vanilla Builder. Did the people in this town treat canned food as some sort of bizarre collectible, never to be opened?
Because at this rate I might actually starve despite sitting on top of a mountain of canned food, because for some mysterious reason I can't use any alternative tool to get them open like, say, a knife or a screwdriver.

I am guessing being zombiesnackalypse people took them with them. I find them in trailer parks a lot, have you tried there? This is using the insane and extremely rare loot vanilla options

[Justy]

Originally posted by Puppers:

I find them in trailer parks a lot, have you tried there?

Yeah, went to check out some more trailers now that you said that, no luck.
I think something got borked in this playthrough, I legitimately have three cupboards full of canned food back at the safehouse.

[1ostcat]

Are you checking on top of kitchen counters too? Probably you are, but it seems like half the can openers I see are sitting on top of counters, which means they don't show up in the counter container's inventory.

[Justy]

Oh I think I figured it out.
Builder changes spawn rate of survival essentials to "extremely rare".
lol

[Петя Водокачка]

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[Puppers]

Originally posted by Justy:

Oh I think I figured it out.
Builder changes spawn rate of survival essentials to "extremely rare".
lol

lol can opener has mastered inconspicuous trait

[Armagenesis]

If you play in Builder mode or any single player playthroughs with extremely rare setting, I suggest you pick Lucky trait. That thing helps a long way.

[taxhelp_pro]

Ha ha I am glad I am not the only one this happens to! If you keep looking one will turn up eventually. The only thing worse than can openers is candles. I think the program has something in it where items that start with the letters "ca" are hard to find

[Justy]

Originally posted by Armagenesis:

If you play in Builder mode or any single player playthroughs with extremely rare setting, I suggest you pick Lucky trait. That thing helps a long way.

Ye I might have to do that, among other things I only managed to find one (1) set of cardboard matches during this run and literally no other means to start a fire. It's just that there was never a pressing need to start a fire with electricity still running, so I kinda missed that *other* obvious red flag.

[Armagenesis]

Originally posted by Justy:

Originally posted by Armagenesis:

If you play in Builder mode or any single player playthroughs with extremely rare setting, I suggest you pick Lucky trait. That thing helps a long way.

Ye I might have to do that, among other things I only managed to find one (1) set of cardboard matches during this run and literally no other means to start a fire. It's just that there was never a pressing need to start a fire with electricity still running, so I kinda missed that *other* obvious red flag.

You can start a fire using notched plank and sturdy stick if the need arise. Being a smoker in that scenario on the other hand, boy oh boy.

[fractalgem]

Originally posted by Justy:

Originally posted by Armagenesis:

If you play in Builder mode or any single player playthroughs with extremely rare setting, I suggest you pick Lucky trait. That thing helps a long way.

Ye I might have to do that, among other things I only managed to find one (1) set of cardboard matches during this run and literally no other means to start a fire. It's just that there was never a pressing need to start a fire with electricity still running, so I kinda missed that *other* obvious red flag.

For the record, if you can find some chipped stones, you can turn a log or a plank into a notched wooden plank. You can use that and a stick or a straight stick to start a fire.

edit: and i got 8 hours ninjad because i didn't bother refreshing the page. whoops.

[random]

I just started playing this game. Playing the builder scenario. Took hours to find a can opener. Buy that time I was infected and didn’t give a ♥♥♥♥ anymore. Also couldn’t find lvl1 carpenter book.