How do I steal keys for duplication?

[Log By Bolb]

Question pretty much in the title, I'm yet to escape but I cannot find keys anywhere.

Am i supposed to beat up the guards for them? If so that's going to be a problem since I usually find myself in the infirmary before my hp even reaches 0 when I initiate combat with guards.

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On a separate note i'd like to be able to have my friends on the outside send me assistance (eg the cliche file inside the cake routine). They could be contacted via the payphones in the yard. for all I know this could already be in game, but I haven't seen any evidence of this so far.

Thanks for reading, help/opinions greatly appreciated.

[asmileyfish]

use molten choclate or your fist's to lay out a guard. If he has the key you want then VERY quickly take the key with putty in your inventory and use them both in the craft menu. And then put the key back!.

Then when you have the key mould you will need molten plastic to make the key. You MUST put the key back, you cant keep it or the guards will take you down.

[itsZazzles]

Yes you do need to beat a guard up. Or get a prisoner to beat the guard up. Get a good weapon. And a good strenght stat. And just beat him up.

[Log By Bolb]

Thanks for the responses. Conveniently enough, I just got the molten chocolate recipe this morning. Can't wait to escape B-)

[asmileyfish]

Originally posted by The Crimson Chin:

Thanks for the responses. Conveniently enough, I just got the molten chocolate recipe this morning. Can't wait to escape B-)

Good luck!

[itsZazzles]

I tried digging out. Then got caught. I am not digging all that again. Just no.

[Log By Bolb]

Im struggling to guess how to make fake vents / molten plastic. I figured molten plastic was 'plastic fork + cup + lighter' but apparently nope :')

[asmileyfish]

x2 paper machey. 1 glue 1 bog roll per piece.

[Log By Bolb]

Originally posted by asmileyfish:

x2 paper machey. 1 glue 1 bog roll per piece.

I would never have figured that out without a recipe XD Thanks :)

[asmileyfish]

Np

[FluffyGuy]

wiki, duh

[kainfury]

To answer each of you questions:

1. Finding the Key

A. Get a good weapon and at least 50 strength and 50 speed. I suggest the Super Mace, which you can craft by using a Sock and a Battery. You can find both in other inmate's dressers.

B. You need Putty. To craft putty, you need: 1 Bottle of Talcum Powder (found in inmates dressers or you can sometimes buy it for 5-10$) and 1 Bottle of ToothPaste (easily found in almost every inmate dresser). CAUTION: Putty is contraband. Do not walk through metal detectors, unless you are carrying a contraband pouch.

C. Beat up a guard. Make sure to beat them up in a place where other guards won't come. Some of the good places : Near the public bathroom, in front of the Job Application office, in the Cell corridors, in the Library, at the end of the corridor, between the showers and the kitchen.

D. Loot the guard. If you're lucky, he will have a key. Take the key (and while you're at it, the police Baton - it's a decent weapon). Immediately open your craft window and mix 1 Key and 1 Putty. You will get a Key mold. Put the Key Mold and The Original Key in your inventory.

E. Loot the guard again. Put the Original Key back on him.

F. Leave. If you cross the guard again, he'll be mad and try to beat you up. Just run away from him for a while, until you gain enough distance (protip : running in diagonal is faster). He'll eventually abandon the chase.

G. Make molten plastic. You need 1 Comb (or 1 Toothbrush) and 1 Lighter. Both can be found in inmates dressers. Combine the two items, and you get Molten Plastic (contraband).

F. Combine the Key Mold and the Molten Plastic. You get a Plastic Key, with the corresponding color of the Original. The key has 5 uses, meaning youcan unlock 5 doors with it. The Key is obviously contraband too, and will alert the guards if you go through a metal detector.

[Log By Bolb]

Originally posted by FluffyGuy™:

wiki, duh

With it being such a new game, I naturally assumed there wasn't a complete wiki yet. Indeed, I should have checked.

Originally posted by kainfury:

To answer each of you questions:

1. Finding the Key

A. Get a good weapon and at least 50 strength and 50 speed. I suggest the Super Mace, which you can craft by using a Sock and a Battery. You can find both in other inmate's dressers.

B. You need Putty. To craft putty, you need: 1 Bottle of Talcum Powder (found in inmates dressers or you can sometimes buy it for 5-10$) and 1 Bottle of ToothPaste (easily found in almost every inmate dresser). CAUTION: Putty is contraband. Do not walk through metal detectors, unless you are carrying a contraband pouch.

C. Beat up a guard. Make sure to beat them up in a place where other guards won't come. Some of the good places : Near the public bathroom, in front of the Job Application office, in the Cell corridors, in the Library, at the end of the corridor, between the showers and the kitchen.

D. Loot the guard. If you're lucky, he will have a key. Take the key (and while you're at it, the police Baton - it's a decent weapon). Immediately open your craft window and mix 1 Key and 1 Putty. You will get a Key mold. Put the Key Mold and The Original Key in your inventory.

E. Loot the guard again. Put the Original Key back on him.

F. Leave. If you cross the guard again, he'll be mad and try to beat you up. Just run away from him for a while, until you gain enough distance (protip : running in diagonal is faster). He'll eventually abandon the chase.

G. Make molten plastic. You need 1 Comb (or 1 Toothbrush) and 1 Lighter. Both can be found in inmates dressers. Combine the two items, and you get Molten Plastic (contraband).

F. Combine the Key Mold and the Molten Plastic. You get a Plastic Key, with the corresponding color of the Original. The key has 5 uses, meaning youcan unlock 5 doors with it. The Key is obviously contraband too, and will alert the guards if you go through a metal detector.

This is the kind of post that should be stickied, thank you.

Currently in the process of gathering all the keys, i put sheets up at night and file away more of the grates in the vent system while keeping my contraband in the vents themselves.

I've also got all 3 stats to 100, I only need to spend <2 hours a day keeping them topped up. The escape draws near \o/ .

[Shortstop]

I discovered the hard way guards don't like it when you take their keys. They put you in Solitary Confinement. Be careful.

[Empire]

Do you need to have the recipe in order to craft an item?

[Martyin]

Originally posted by Mercedes:

Do you need to have the recipe in order to craft an item?

Nope. You can just craft the recipe, and then you'll have the recipe in your crafting folder.