Newspaper
A Newspaper is printed in batches: at the Printing Press, a Story of any grade and 10 Clean Paper make 20 (30 with the Paper Maker perk), with Book writing mastery 8. The recipe comes with Newspaper (30 red, 10 green, 20 blue), which waits on 30 reputation with Gunter the astrologer.
Newspapers are fuel for the PR Machine, which calms the townsfolk and raises how many zombies you can keep: its stronger programs take 10, 20 or 100 newspapers, the upper ones better grades, with or without Charged hypno-devices. 20 first-grade newspapers and a 2-star Story reprint as 20 of the second grade.
Variants (3)
| Quality | |
|---|---|
 | ★ |
| ★★ |
| ★★★ |
How to obtain
Craft
| Workbench | Ingredients | Yields | Mastery | Duration | Tech points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Printing Press |  Story any quality ×1  Clean Paper ×10 | ★–★★★ × 20 ( Paper maker +10 · Dead printer +10 ) |  8 | 10 | 44 |
| Printing Press | Newspaper ★ ×20 Story ★★ ×1 | ★★ × 20 ( Paper maker +10 · Dead printer +10 ) | 9 | 12 | 44 |
| Printing Press | Newspaper ★★ ×20 Story ★★★ ×1 | ★★★ × 20 ( Paper maker +10 · Dead printer +10 ) | 10 | 16 | 44 |
Other sources, out of reach (1)
Craft
| Workbench | Ingredients | Yields | Duration | Tech points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Story any quality ×1 Clean Paper ×3 | ★–★★★ × 3 ( Paper maker +1 · Dead printer +1 ) | 10 | 22 |
Used for
Ingredient for
| Workbench | Ingredients | Outputs | Mastery | Duration | Tech points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Printing Press | Newspaper ★ ×20 Story ★★ ×1 | Newspaper ★★ × 20 ( Paper maker +10 · Dead printer +10 ) | 9 | 12 | 44 |
| Printing Press | Newspaper ★★ ×20 Story ★★★ ×1 | Newspaper ★★★ × 20 ( Paper maker +10 · Dead printer +10 ) | 10 | 16 | 44 |
| PR Machine II PR Machine III PR Machine IV PR Machine V | Newspaper any quality ×10 | — |  1 | 8 | — |
| PR Machine III PR Machine IV PR Machine V | Newspaper ★★–★★★ ×20 | — | 1 | 11 | — |
| PR Machine IV PR Machine V | Newspaper ★★–★★★ ×100 | — | 1 | 14 | — |
| PR Machine V | Newspaper ★★★ ×100 | — | 1 | 17 | — |
Study
| Study requires: | Tech points | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| ★ Science ×10 | 40 | 6 ( Researcher −2 ) |
| ★★ Science ×15 | 50 | 6 ( Researcher −2 ) |
| ★★★ Science ×20 | 75 | 6 ( Researcher −2 ) |
Each item is studied once, on the Study Table. Studying does not use the item up. With the Scientist perk, a 30% chance of a Story.
Notes
- The grade comes from the stars of the print run, as with cooking.
- Studying one costs 10 Science and gives 40 blue.