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Action points are needed to carry out several important activities in Die2Nite. 

You have a normal maximum of 6. Given that most food and drink replenish 6 AP, the usual practice is therefore to use 6 {{AP}}, eat food, use 6 {{AP}}, drink a {{MetaInline|Water Ration}}, use 6 {{AP}}, use [[Food#Alcohol|alcohol]] or [[Drugs|drugs]]. Often, people only eat and drink. If there is no food, people might not eat, and if [[Water Ration|water levels]] are low, people may skip drinking.

== Restoring AP ==

* Eating [[Food#Food|food]] restores your {{AP}} to the maximum.
* Eating [[Food#Premium Food|premium food]] restores your {{AP}} to the maximum, plus one. This is 7 {{AP}} for a healthy individual.
* Drinking a {{MetaInline|Water Ration}} restores your {{AP}} to the maximum.
* Drinking[[Food#Alcohol|alcohol]] restores your {{AP}} to the maximum. 
* Drinking {{MetaInline|Bloody hot coffee}} restores 4 {{AP}}, but does not restore your {{AP}} over its maximum amount. For example, drinking {{MetaInline|Bloody hot coffee}} with 2 {{AP}} left restores you to 6 {{AP}}, but drinking it with 3 {{AP}} left still only restores you to 6.
* Taking {{MetaInline|Anabolic Steroids}} restores your {{AP}} to the maximum.
* Taking {{MetaInline|Twinoid 500mg}} restores your {{AP}} to the maximum, plus 2. This is 8 {{AP}} for a healthy individual.
* Taking {{MetaInline|Unlabelled Drug}} or {{MetaInline|Betapropine 5mg (expired)}} has a chance of restoring your maximum {{AP}} or your maximum {{AP}} plus 1.
* Rolling {{MetaInline|Dice}} has a chance of restoring 1 {{AP}}.
* Playing with the {{MetaInline|Incomplete Deck of Cards}} has a chance of restoring 1 {{AP}}.
* Using the {{MetaInline|EMS System}} will [[Wounded|injure]] you and restore your {{AP}} to the injured maximum of 5 {{AP}}.
* Heroes can build [[House#Siesta Time™|Siesta Time]]. This will have a chance of restoring 2 {{AP}}.

Note that you may only eat, drink, roll the {{MetaInline|Dice}}, play with {{MetaInline|Incomplete Deck of Cards}}, and use [[House#Siesta Time™|Siesta Time]] once per day. You may use [[Food#Alcohol|alcohol]] every other day.

== Uses for AP ==

* Upgrading your [[House|home]]. This costs 2 {{AP}}.
* Construction. Each player can contribute as much {{AP}} as desired to [[Construction Sites|buildings]].
* Moving around in The [[World Beyond]]. It costs 1 {{AP}} per step.
* Opening and closing the town gates. It costs 1 {{AP}} to open them, and 1 {{AP}} to close them.
* Using a {{MetaInline|Repair Kit}} or {{MetaInline|Kwik-Fix}}. This costs 1 {{AP}}.
* Clearing debris from a [[Special Zones|building]]. It costs 1 {{AP}} to clear one piece of debris from the building. 
* Fighting zombies barehanded in the [[World Beyond]]. It costs 1 {{AP}} per attempt.
* Dragging the corpse of a dead citizen out of town. This costs 2 {{AP}}.
* Converting materials in the [[MetaInline|Workshop]]. This costs 3 {{AP}} normally, 2 {{AP}} with either the {{MetaInline|Factory}} or the {{MetaInline|Hacksaw}}, and 1 {{AP}} with both the {{MetaInline|Factory}} and {{MetaInline|Hacksaw}}.
* Attacking other citizens, in 100+ SP towns. This costs 3 {{AP}}.
* Using the {{MetaInline|Primitive_Catapult}}. This costs 4 {{AP}}. Building the {{MetaInline|Calibrated Catapult}} reduces the {{AP}} need.

== Free actions not requiring AP ==
* Collecting your daily [[Water Ration]] from the town's [[Well]].
* Estimating the night's zombie attack at the [[Watchtower]].
* Eating/drinking (including alcohol)/taking drugs.
* Combining items (e.g. {{MetaInline|Can}} + {{MetaInline|Screwdriver}}= {{MetaInline|Open Can}})
* Tidying your house and cleaning your clothes.
* Using most weapons.
* Searching an area for items, and subsequently autosearching it every two hours.
* Stealing from fellow citizens.

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