Prybar

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A beat up prybar. Useful for opening locked containers. In-game description

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Prybar is a tool in The Long Dark for opening some locked objects, breaking holes in the ice for fishing, and self-defense against wolves.

Overview

Prybar is a Tool used to open locked containers, such as lockers and Car trunks (they cannot be used to open Cargo Containers). It is additionally used to break the ice on ice-fishing holes, and as a weapon during Struggles. They cannot be repaired but can be harvested for some Scrap Metal. Prybars are fairly common and can be found in almost any condition. It's one of the most important early game gear allowing you to open locked containers which usually have better gear.

Prybar are not repairable or craftable.

Uses of a Prybar

• Open locked Lockers and locked Car Trunks of Cars
• 4 Locked Doors on the Island can only be opened with a Prybar
  • Front and Back door of the Orca Gas Station in Mountain Town
  • The tunnel door at Surfeit Trestle in Far Range Branch Line
  • Front door to the Headframe Building in Zone of Contamination
• Open or maintain holes in the ice for Ice Fishing (bladed tools break ice faster, but take more condition loss).
• Self Defense during a Wolf Struggle.
• The elevator doors during the mission Renewed Hope in Episode 2: Luminance Fugue need a Prybar to open.

When carried and selected for self-defense at the start of a Wolf Struggle, Prybar deal low damage with a low chance per-hit to cause the wolf to flee, and a high chance to inflict Blood Loss (which is lethal to the Wolf over time). Prybar are almost as effective at filling the Struggle Meter as the Hunting Knife, and slightly more effective than the Improvised Knife, especially on difficulty modes other than Interloper. Prybar take low damage from being used in a struggle. For more information on Struggles, see: Wildlife Struggles.

Locations

Prybar are most commonly found in industrial locations, fishing huts, mines, vehicles or near frozen corpses. They may be found within frequently tool chests or lockers.

Mountain Town

• Inside the Milton Credit Union, next to a corpse and a backpack.
• Inside the shed at the Paradise Meadows Farm, which is also one of the potential spawns for the key to the farmhouse.
• In the back of a pickup truck at Paradise Meadows Farm.
• In a truck at the entrance to Milton park
• Under the potbelly stove in the Milton Park office.
• Next to a corpse near orca gas station.

Gallery

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Cooking	Can Opener  Cooking Pot  Cooking Skillet  Insulated Flask  Recycled Can
Ice Fishing	Equipment  Hook  Line  Fishing Tackle Lures  Simple  Acorns  Wire Bundle  Shell Casing Other  Fishing Bait  Fishing Tip-Up
Hand Tools	Standard  Hacksaw  Hatchet  Heavy Hammer  Hunting Knife  Prybar  Survival Knife Improvised  Improvised Hatchet  Improvised Knife  Cougar Claw Knife
Weapons	Rifle  Hunting Rifle  Barb's Rifle  Bunker Rifle  Curator's Rifle  Vaughn's Rifle Bow  Survival Bow  Bushcraft Bow  Sport Bow  Woodwright's Bow Revolver  Revolver  Forester's Revolver  Hunter's Revolver  Warden's Revolver Other  Distress Pistol  Noisemaker  Stone Ammunition  Flare Shell  Revolver Ammunition  Rifle Ammunition  Simple Arrow  Fire Hardened Arrow  Manufactured Arrow
Light	Flare  Marine Flare  Flashlight  Miner's Flashlight  Magnifying Lens  Spelunker's Lantern  Storm Lantern  Jerry Can  Lantern Fuel  Torch
Mending	Firearm Cleaning Kit  Fishing Tackle  Quality Tools  Sewing Kit  Simple Tools  Whetstone
Sleep	Bear Skin Bedroll  Bedroll  Improvised Down Bedroll
Transmitter Parts	Car Battery  Replacement Fuse  Wires
Camera	Camera  FastFilm-500  FastFilm-500BW  FastFilm-500SPA
Research	Survive the Outdoors!  Field Dressing Your Kill, Vol. I  The Frozen Angler  Wilderness Kitchen  Frontier Shooting Guide  Advanced Guns Guns Guns!  Stay on Target  A Sewing Primer  Small Arms Handbook  Practical Gunsmithing
Other	Broken Arrow  Broken Fire Hardened Arrow  Broken Manufactured Arrow  Can of Gunpowder  Charcoal  Elevator Crank  Gold Nugget  Handheld Shortwave Radio  Mountaineering Rope  Snare  Spray Paint  Spray Paint - Glyph  Travois  Woodworking Tools
Sutherland's Tale	A Skeleton And Note  Broken Hatch Wheel  Document Stash 1  Document Stash 2  Document Stash 3  Wyatt's Skeleton
Wintermute	Episode 1  Astrid's Backpack  Astrid's Hardcase  Distress Pistol Kit  First Aid Kit (tool)  Emergency Food  Scrap Metal Shard Episode 2  Broken Bear Spear  Spear Head  Bear Spear Episode 3  Bolt Cutters  Burned Out Fuse Episode 4  Elevator Crank  Valve Socket Handle  Bolt Cutters
Removed	Brand  Hunting Lodge Rifle  Jeremiah's Knife
Unused	Document Stash 4