# The Bunker **URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/the-bunker/6.md?page=120 [Latest](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/tags.md) **Page:** 121 --- ## [A Ninja's guide to the apocalypse](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-ninjas-guide-to-the-apocalypse/7414)
**Author:** [@FunsizeNinja123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FunsizeNinja123)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2014, 7:16am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-ninjas-guide-to-the-apocalypse/7414 "2014-10-03T07:16:37Z")
\[center\]\[b\]The door creeks as you step into the darkness. You flick on your flashlight and almost have a heart attack from what you see. Guns and ammo line the walls, a room off to the side holds the most stocked kitche… --- ## [Exploding military bunkers](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/exploding-military-bunkers/7493)
**Author:** [@SteelBlueWolf](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/SteelBlueWolf)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2014, 9:33am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/exploding-military-bunkers/7493 "2014-10-02T09:33:00Z")
Not wanting to face the turrets without cover I tried to drill through a military bunker wall. The first tile went without incident but when I tried to drill through the second it appears something exploded and killed me… --- ## [Stats bonus](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/stats-bonus/7480)
**Author:** [@jokaro](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/jokaro)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2014, 11:30pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/stats-bonus/7480 "2014-10-01T23:30:10Z")
What does the different stats affect in game. Is this wiki page still valid? http://www.wiki.cataclysmdda.com/index.php?title=Stats One thing I think is missing is that strength affects what bows you are able to use. I… --- ## [Power Armor does not need power?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/power-armor-does-not-need-power/7432)
**Author:** [@limbo696](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/limbo696)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2014, 4:23pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/power-armor-does-not-need-power/7432 "2014-09-30T16:23:43Z")
I’m new to the game and I found a (1) basic power armor suit and (2) light power armor helmet. Anyway, I have been able to wear the armor and go on a complete zombie rampage through town with seeming invincibility due t… --- ## [Spreading the word](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/spreading-the-word/7454)
**Author:** [@edave](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/edave)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2014, 4:30pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/spreading-the-word/7454 "2014-09-28T16:30:54Z")
Love this game. Got back into it after Jef Major’s latest series. So much so I asked “Ask A Zombie” a question and got retweeted to 14,500 people. Success! https://twitter.com/realAskAZombie/status/515257064193789952 S… --- ## [Cataclysm is losing its charm for me, send help](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-is-losing-its-charm-for-me-send-help/7437)
**Author:** [@chefvordivask](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/chefvordivask)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2014, 8:20am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cataclysm-is-losing-its-charm-for-me-send-help/7437 "2014-09-28T08:20:12Z")
At this point, all I do is choose the template I always choose, load up a world, smash windows, loot the houses, then run from zombies and just continuously move, only ever stopping to loot mansions and gas stations, and… --- ## [So... Spike Pits](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/so-spike-pits/7465)
**Author:** [@Shockus\_Brutus\_of\_De](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Shockus_Brutus_of_De)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2014, 8:11am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/so-spike-pits/7465 "2014-09-28T08:11:57Z")
Hi… Anyways. I’ve been watching some LP’s and trying to play along, and in one of these LP’s, one by Aavak, I got the strategy of circling my Evac Shelter with Spiked Pits, so that I don’t have to go hunting all the tim… --- ## [How do you repair metal weapons?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-you-repair-metal-weapons/7447)
**Author:** [@SteelBlueWolf](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/SteelBlueWolf)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2014, 9:32am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-you-repair-metal-weapons/7447 "2014-09-25T09:32:05Z")
What equipment does it take to repair a metal weapon? My trusty combat knife is dented now and I’m worried it will fall apart soon but repairing it has proven difficult. Does it need a forge? --- ## [Tazer a bit too powerful?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tazer-a-bit-too-powerful/7435)
**Author:** [@sradac](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/sradac)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2014, 4:25pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/tazer-a-bit-too-powerful/7435 "2014-09-24T16:25:22Z")
So, I love the mall security profession. 0 points, telescoping baton, and it starts with a damn tazer. Tazers are sooo good. Its kind of nuts. In my most recent game I had a whole bunch of giant ants in my evac shelt… --- ## [So...how often does this happen?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/so-how-often-does-this-happen/7395)
**Author:** [@sradac](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/sradac)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2014, 12:53pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/so-how-often-does-this-happen/7395 "2014-09-23T12:53:07Z")
I just created a fresh world and character in the latest experimental (0.A-2122) and went downstairs into my evac shelter. I was greeted by a decayed zombie and…this: \[image\] Bug? Stupidly lucky? Or does it happen oft… --- ## [Just out of curiosity](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/just-out-of-curiosity/7408)
**Author:** [@madoobler\_sauce](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/madoobler_sauce)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/just-out-of-curiosity/7408 "2014-09-22T14:41:01Z")
do Granades actually do anything other than make noise? Kinda seems like they amount to a whole lotta nothing. --- ## [Getting a car...and survivour squads scavenging?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/getting-a-car-and-survivour-squads-scavenging/7405)
**Author:** [@anon5075822](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/anon5075822)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/getting-a-car-and-survivour-squads-scavenging/7405 "2014-09-21T19:38:32Z")
its been my second month my guys a bionic and has a tail…My biggest trouble now is getting a car…Any help…Every car i find i put gas and it it says the engine no work…Thi is the 7th car and im getting pissed. Any help? A… --- ## [NPC Questline (possible spoilers maybe?)](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-questline-possible-spoilers-maybe/7389)
**Author:** [@Wyzack](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Wyzack)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2014, 7:13pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-questline-possible-spoilers-maybe/7389 "2014-09-21T19:13:25Z")
So i have been doing missions for an NPC friend of mine, fist killing a jabberwock, then some zombies and then a master. Then she told me to get her friend in a nearby cabin. I went there, talked to him, and now he is fo… --- ## [Bandit Camps](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/bandit-camps/7409)
**Author:** [@Frostwood](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Frostwood)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2014, 10:57am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/bandit-camps/7409 "2014-09-21T10:57:44Z")
Anyone got any tips for taking them on? They seem to be death traps, with tantalizing loot. --- ## [Guys help how do I car](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/guys-help-how-do-i-car/7359)
**Author:** [@madoobler\_sauce](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/madoobler_sauce)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2014, 1:10am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/guys-help-how-do-i-car/7359 "2014-09-21T01:10:52Z")
Allrighty so I haven’t really played all that much since 0.8 and I’m just now getting back into cata, and I can’t figure out how to actually start driving the car. I can turn the engine on, but I can’t make it go anywher… --- ## [Thanks RNG](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/thanks-rng/7401)
**Author:** [@vsirl005](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/vsirl005)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/thanks-rng/7401 "2014-09-20T21:05:44Z")
So, using experiemental build coded “900f26d” I booted up a Mall cop spawn scenario. First thing that happens, game informs me that the spawn scenario cannot be intiated “Okay, that’s fine” I say to myself, and accept th… --- ## [Difficult starts](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/difficult-starts/7285)
**Author:** [@Nighthawk](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Nighthawk)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2014, 6:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/difficult-starts/7285 "2014-09-20T18:11:59Z")
Anyone else experiencing flurries and absurdly cold weather at the beginning of every single game, despite starting in springtime? Also, holy crap Mi-gos and skeletal dogs right off the bat doing absurd damage and makin… --- ## [Apparently I only have one arm?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/apparently-i-only-have-one-arm/7366)
**Author:** [@ekcolocke](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ekcolocke)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2014, 1:14am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/apparently-i-only-have-one-arm/7366 "2014-09-20T01:14:22Z")
“You cannot wield a self bow with only one arm.” I don’t recall losing an arm, it shows both arms as having full health, and I can’t find anything in the @ character menu about it. I know I was also previously able to u… --- ## [Spontaneous combustion?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/spontaneous-combustion/7375)
**Author:** [@Chaz\_the\_Zuniga](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Chaz_the_Zuniga)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2014, 11:17pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/spontaneous-combustion/7375 "2014-09-19T23:17:11Z")
I was driving my megatank looterbike when it exploded, and the fireball nearly tookout half the town, How? Why? --- ## [Any good Let's Play videos where the player survives a long time/](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/any-good-lets-play-videos-where-the-player-survives-a-long-time/7276)
**Author:** [@Beanchilla](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Beanchilla)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2014, 3:16am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/any-good-lets-play-videos-where-the-player-survives-a-long-time/7276 "2014-09-18T03:16:07Z")
I have been playing a lot of this game lately and am getting my butt kicked. I have lasted a few days a couple times but always end up getting chased down by hordes. I’ve learned a lot from watching people play, like th… --- ## [Why am I perpetually feinting?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/why-am-i-perpetually-feinting/7367)
**Author:** [@llyarden](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/llyarden)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2014, 8:06am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/why-am-i-perpetually-feinting/7367 "2014-09-17T08:06:41Z")
So having only just gotten back into this, I had a randomly generated gangster type of person who was fabulously moseying through the wilderness poking all of the things to death with a switchblade. Then I met a skeleta… --- ## [Metabolic Interchange question](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/metabolic-interchange-question/7356)
**Author:** [@Infotater](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Infotater)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2014, 12:10am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/metabolic-interchange-question/7356 "2014-09-16T00:10:07Z")
Does the Expanded Digestive System CBM compliment the Metabolic Interchange CBM when it comes to power/hunger drain? --- ## [Labs are /dangerous/ now](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/labs-are-dangerous-now/7124)
**Author:** [@The\_Lone\_Badger](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/The_Lone_Badger)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/labs-are-dangerous-now/7124 "2014-09-15T15:59:37Z")
Barely made it out of there alive (Had ; torso health). Would’ve been cactus if I’d tried to go melee. It’s the skitterbots that are the main threat I think, because they ignore armour. Bio-operators can be shot down as… --- ## [SD cards](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sd-cards/7308)
**Author:** [@sasarrn](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/sasarrn)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/sd-cards/7308 "2014-09-14T00:09:28Z")
so i read in the latest experimental features post that sd cards can hold useable information. i can’t for the life of me figure out how to use that information. what do i plug the sd cards in to? --- ## [I'm Having Trouble Surviving (long term)](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/im-having-trouble-surviving-long-term/7156)
**Author:** [@Sneak](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sneak)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2014, 7:26pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/im-having-trouble-surviving-long-term/7156 "2014-09-13T19:26:44Z")
Hello everyone, this is my first post. My problem is that I have trouble staying alive. It might have something to do with my insanely low amount of patience, because almost always my game ends while being chased by a m… --- ## [Dogs and cars](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/dogs-and-cars/7260)
**Author:** [@mineforce](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/mineforce)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2014, 4:16am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/dogs-and-cars/7260 "2014-09-13T04:16:14Z")
Anything I can do to stop them from dying when they’re riding with me in the car? Also why am I randomly teleporting. --- ## [Do a Feature Freeze Already!](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/do-a-feature-freeze-already/7330)
**Author:** [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2014, 4:03am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/do-a-feature-freeze-already/7330 "2014-09-13T04:03:55Z")
You’ll never get the next release stabilized if you keep shoveling electric hulks and dildos into the build. This is what the milestone page for 0.B looks like \[spoiler\]\[image\]\[/spoiler\] --- ## [A history of Cataclysm development from 2010 to yesterday](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-history-of-cataclysm-development-from-2010-to-yesterday/7287)
**Author:** [@Narc](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Narc)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-history-of-cataclysm-development-from-2010-to-yesterday/7287 "2014-09-11T17:59:06Z")
How do, folks, Yesterday evening, Shoes came by the IRC and pointed us to a video made by OpenXCom team showing off their project’s development history, built out of the data in their revision control history and using … --- ## [In Praise of "boring" Architecture](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/in-praise-of-boring-architecture/7313)
**Author:** [@flaede](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/flaede)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2014, 9:43pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/in-praise-of-boring-architecture/7313 "2014-09-10T21:43:28Z")
Looking around, I haven’t really seen much comment about the sheer variety of buildings now. I’m not talking the new big features like Power Stations, more the basic variety. Like side-by-sides with signs for house-num… --- ## [Head Encumberment / coverage](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/head-encumberment-coverage/7309)
**Author:** [@flaede](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/flaede)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2014, 2:10pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/head-encumberment-coverage/7309 "2014-09-10T14:10:30Z")
So is there any real reason to switch to an Army Helmet from roller-girl (-bird-lizard)'s starting “Skid Lid”? It has significantly more encumberment than the army helmet, but I don’t even know what that affects on the h… [Previous page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/the-bunker/6.md?page=119) [Next page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/the-bunker/6.md?page=121)