the COOL zone Guide: Getting into the spawn menu
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OverviewThe COOL zone is a Garry's Mod-style sandbox game where you spawn a huge variety of items, build things, and mess around — ideally with friends. This guide covers how to get started with the spawn menu, which items to know about, how to survive trickier situations, and what the badges ask you to do.
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Getting into the spawn menu
Step
Every item in the game comes out of the spawn menu, so getting comfortable with it is the first thing worth doing. It holds over 20 main sections, each split into sub-sections, covering everything from firearms to farming tools to emotes.
- Open the menu press Q or click the box icon in the on-screen GUI.
- Pin it open press the minus key (-) to toggle whether the menu stays open while you do other things.
- Star your favourites click the star icon in the top-right corner of any item to add it to the Favorites section, which sits at the very top of the menu so you can grab frequently used gear instantly.
- Build a loadout go to Loadouts in the utilities panel, pick a slot to edit, press Add Tools, click the items you want from your inventory, then save. You will spawn with those tools every time without needing to dig through the menu.
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Item categories worth knowing
Table
The spawn menu is big enough that wandering through it at random takes forever.
| Vladmir's Armoury Remastered | shotguns, handguns, assault rifles, sniper rifles, and more conventional firearms |
| Team Fortress 2 | weapons and items tied to TF2 classes, including the Medi-Gun for healing allies |
| Doc's Medicals | bandages, first aid kits, healthshots, a defibrillator for reviving teammates, and the equippable Medic Bag |
| Foods and Drinks | consumables that restore health and can be used multiple times |
| Emotes | dances and animations triggered from this section or by pressing G |
| Farming | seeds, a watering can, a scythe, and other tools that pair with the Farming entities |
Staying alive and helping teammates
Tips
Combat in the COOL zone can get chaotic fast, especially on maps with waves of enemies. A few habits keep you and your friends in the fight.
- The Medi-Gun and Doctor's Bag let you heal nearby players.
- The Defibrillator and Inspire Aced can revive a downed teammate.
- If you want to stop dying altogether, activate god mode through the GUI — doing so also earns you the 'i hate dying' badge.
- Press K immediately after loading in if you just want to get the 'ouch oof' (dying) badge out of the way quickly.
- On McBorgers maps, surviving 30 waves without god mode or noclip is the requirement for the wave-survival badges.
Map events and location-specific secrets
CheckThe COOL zone has over 45 maps, and a handful of them hide events or locations tied directly to badges.
- Blood moon on McBorgers wait for the event to end naturally; if it is taking too long, the Lighting Editor under Tools > Special Tools can force one to start.
- Space Shoots minigame go to Katherine's house, head to the basement, and beat the minigame to earn the 'professional pilot' badge for defeating the galactic bandits' mothership.
- Null zone launch get flung far enough from the map's origin point that rendering starts to glitch out; this triggers the badge for seeing weird things.
- The Spooky Zone inside Bethany's room in Katherine's house, pressing the like button on the image gives you a tag if you are the first person in the session to do it.
- Area 51 elevator a tall drop combined with the Fallen King outfit equipped and landing in water recreates the 'fall from grace' badge condition.
- Rain plus oil in any map, apply oil to yourself while it is raining to get launched into the air.
Fishing for the fish crew badge
Step
The 'fish crew abduction' badge requires catching four specific fish: Katfish, Lazy Turtle, Wreckerfish, and the Pink Fancy Lambfish. Katfish, Lazy Turtle, and Pink Fancy Lambfish are caught in normal water pools; Wreckerfish is only found in the blood pool. Fishing poles cannot have their stats edited.
- Grab a fishing pole the Fishing Pole, Farmer's Fishing Pole, and Retro Fishing Pole are all in the Fishing sub-section under Other in the spawn menu.
- Catch Katfish, Lazy Turtle, and Pink Fancy Lambfish from a normal pool.
- Catch Wreckerfish from the blood pool.
- Keep all four fish in your inventory at the same time to trigger the badge.
VIP and private server access
Summary
A large portion of the spawn menu is available to any player without spending anything. Some items are restricted.
- VIP Exclusive Barrett M82, GM6 Lynx, Invis Watch, Fury Potion, The Crucible, and several German Imports drinks among others
- Superadmin / Private Server Exclusive Admin Cuffs, Admin Taser, certain Crucible variants, and a handful of emotes
- Private server ownership grants Superadmin rank and unlocks every spawn menu item for that owner
Badge overview
TableThese are the currently obtainable badges. Badges marked as no longer obtainable are left out.
| Badge | How to get it | Reward or note |
|---|---|---|
| welcome to the COOL zone | Join the game | First badge, automatic |
| ouch oof | Die (press K right after loading in to do it fast) | Nothing special, just the badge |
| better with friends | Follow a friend into the game or have a friend follow you | |
| respect your elders | Accumulate 250 total hours in the game | Long-term milestone |
| retirement eligible | Accumulate 1000 total hours in the game | Very long-term milestone |
| dancing make you lose control | Press G | |
| dressin' dapper today | Equip any outfit in the Outfitter menu | |
| i hate dying | Activate god mode via the GUI | |
| fish crew abduction | Catch Katfish, Lazy Turtle, Wreckerfish, and Pink Fancy Lambfish and hold all four | Wreckerfish needs the blood pool |
| the moon rises red | Survive until a blood moon ends on the McBorgers map | Use Lighting Editor to force one |
| professional pilot | Beat the Space Shoots minigame in Katherine's house basement | Defeat the galactic bandits' mothership |
| welcome to the NULL zone | Get launched far enough to break rendering | |
| the fall from grace | Wear the Fallen King outfit, fall from a height, ragdoll into water | Area 51 elevator works well for this |
| road trip | Change the map via settings | Another player can trigger this for you |
| we have lift-off | Apply oil to yourself while it is raining | Works on any map |
| 30 days with a couple accidents | Survive 30 waves on any McBorgers map without god mode or noclip | |
| oops | Join after the developer makes a mistake, such as the game going down | Timing-based, outside your control |
| h | Only awarded during special events | Rare, event-only |
| he said it | Play on November 27th | Annual date-based badge |
Glossary
Glossary- Spawn menu
- The panel you open with Q or the box icon that lets you pull any item into your inventory.
- Favorites
- A section at the top of the spawn menu that collects items you have starred for quick access.
- God mode
- A toggle available in the GUI that makes your character immune to damage.
- Blood pool
- A red liquid pool, and the only place to catch Wreckerfish.
- Blood moon
- A night-time event on McBorgers where the rivers turn red and extra monsters spawn.
- Null zone
- The area so far from the map's origin point that the game's rendering breaks down visually.
- Superadmin
- The permission level given to private server owners, which unlocks every item in the spawn menu.
- Outfitter
- The in-game menu where you can wear preset outfits.
Common questions
FAQCan I play on mobile or a low-end PC?
The game does not support mobile at all. Low-end PCs will also struggle — the developers themselves say the optimization is poor.
How do I play with friends?
You can just join the same public server, or one of you can open a private server and invite the others. The private server owner also gets Superadmin access and the full spawn menu.
Do I need to spend Robux to have fun?
No. The large majority of weapons, healing items, emotes, and tools are available without any purchase. VIP and Superadmin items exist but cover only a slice of the full catalogue.
Why can't I stat-edit my fishing pole?
The ability to edit fishing pole stats was removed by the developers.
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