Locks, repair & towing

Code lock

The lock is a separate item, 5,000 $ from the tools trader. It also drops as loot.

To fit it: hold the lock, walk up to the vehicle, use "Attach code lock". The code is four digits. The vehicle must be empty.

A locked vehicle gives nothing at all: no entry, no cargo, no engine, no repairs, no towing, no selling.

You lock and unlock your own vehicle with U — once you have entered the code at least once.

Mission vehicles and quad bikes cannot be locked.

Hacking someone else's vehicle

With a crowbar. You must hold it for 2 minutes without moving, within 2.5 metres. Success chance is 100 %.

A repeat attempt on the same vehicle is possible after 20 seconds. The crowbar is not consumed.

Code entry has a 5 second pause between attempts, so guessing the code is not viable.

Repair and fuel

• Repair wrench — 5,000 $ from the trader.
• Jerrycan — 1,200 $.
• Repair trucks (Ural or M923A1 Repair, 150,000 $) repair to full with no supply cost.
• Tankers (Ural / M923A1 Tanker, 140,000 $) carry fuel.

There are three ways to refuel: at fuel stations scattered around the map, from a jerrycan or from a tanker truck. Carrying a jerrycan is worth it — stations are not everywhere, and a tank runs dry faster than you expect.

Repair and refuelling do not work on a locked vehicle — remove the lock first.

Towing

A broken or empty vehicle can be dragged with a rope.

1. Walk to the front or rear bumper → "Take tow rope".
2. Carry the rope to the second vehicle — 10 metres maximum. Go further and the rope snaps.
3. At the second vehicle → "Attach tow rope".

The vehicle with a driver pulls. The one without a driver is towed. With drivers in both, the rope just hangs.

Either vehicle can release the rope.

You cannot tow:

• a vehicle with someone else's driver inside;
• a destroyed vehicle;
• mission vehicles and quad bikes;
• anything locked with a code lock.

The rope breaks by itself if stretched more than three times its length, if the vehicle is deleted or if the rope carrier dies.

Quad bike

A personal vehicle handed out for free from the F2 menu → "Server info".

• You may have only one — spawning a new one deletes the old.
• It appears next to you; it cannot be spawned inside someone else's territory.
• It is deleted when you log out and does not survive a restart.
• It cannot be stored in the garage, locked or towed.
• Top speed is around 72 km/h.

Rolling it throws you out of the saddle without damage. Impacts only turn lethal around 220 km/h — so normal riding will not kill you.