# The Bunker **URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/the-bunker/6.md?page=15 [Latest](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/tags.md) **Page:** 16 --- ## [Game goals: thoughts on keeping it fresh and tingly](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/game-goals-thoughts-on-keeping-it-fresh-and-tingly/26634)
**Author:** [@nigromancer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/nigromancer)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/game-goals-thoughts-on-keeping-it-fresh-and-tingly/26634 "2021-07-23T16:49:55Z")
Calling all greybeards and hardbitten veterans! This topic has been broached before but perhaps not for a while nor since the current new release. After rising to 18+ stats, installing many great cbms and mutating into … --- ## [Where do you even find surgeons?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-do-you-even-find-surgeons/26058)
**Author:** [@Bio](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Bio)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2021, 5:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-do-you-even-find-surgeons/26058 "2021-03-12T17:39:39Z")
In all my playthroughs I have never once found a surgeon to install my bionics. Where on earth do you find them? --- ## [What zombies give CBMs?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-zombies-give-cbms/26713)
**Author:** [@hydroplatypus](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/hydroplatypus)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-zombies-give-cbms/26713 "2021-07-22T15:40:54Z")
It looks like the game has recently been updated to account for bionics not being native to the cataclysm world, with bionic spawns being changed. Any idea what zombies now have the ability to drop CBMs when harvested? I… --- ## [Shock Absorber vs Military Composite](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/shock-absorber-vs-military-composite/20395)
**Author:** [@duhuh](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/duhuh)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2021, 3:18pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/shock-absorber-vs-military-composite/20395 "2021-07-22T15:18:58Z")
Does “Shock Absorber” do anything special to protect the interior of my vehicle? Is “Military Composite Armor Plating” always better than “Shock Absorber”? Shock Absorber has durability 1500, weight 49.7, and damage 10… --- ## [Zombie scientists no longer dropping id cards?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/zombie-scientists-no-longer-dropping-id-cards/26719)
**Author:** [@logros13](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/logros13)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2021, 4:04pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/zombie-scientists-no-longer-dropping-id-cards/26719 "2021-07-21T16:04:05Z")
So i have just cleared and entire subway lab (and killed all the scientists that implies) and not seen a single science id card drop. have i just been incredibly unlucky or has this changed (or is bugged)? --- ## [So Long And Thanks For all The (Fried) Fish](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fried-fish/25932)
**Author:** [@M1nks](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/M1nks)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 4:11am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fried-fish/25932 "2021-07-20T04:11:39Z")
I have missed the Batter Fried Fish recipe from CDDA for a while now. I’m not sure if it has been taken out of the game for good or if it was removed in the updates that I happen to have installed but so far as I rememb… --- ## [Did Underbarrel grenade launchers was removed?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/did-underbarrel-grenade-launchers-was-removed/26709)
**Author:** [@Vinicius](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Vinicius)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 1:34am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/did-underbarrel-grenade-launchers-was-removed/26709 "2021-07-20T01:34:21Z")
Hello everyone, it have some time that i don’t play this amazing game (since danny) and now im playing stable Ellison. My quick question is, are grenade launchers, and it’s under-barrel counterparts, removed from the gam… --- ## [Savescum story (or at least what I imagine it to be)](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/savescum-story-or-at-least-what-i-imagine-it-to-be/26687)
**Author:** [@JohnKihan](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/JohnKihan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 3:19am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/savescum-story-or-at-least-what-i-imagine-it-to-be/26687 "2021-07-19T03:19:33Z")
Savescum Deja Vu Ben Johnson is one of the select few that have survived the initial wave of the cataclysm. Now he is residing in a basement of a house on the outskirt of a city. Being alone and bored, he decided to sta… --- ## [How to seal a bottle tightly?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-seal-a-bottle-tightly/26705)
**Author:** [@GrEnKa](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/GrEnKa)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2021, 11:46pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-seal-a-bottle-tightly/26705 "2021-07-18T23:46:12Z")
Need help with bottles. For example, I made myself fruit juice and poured it into bottles, how to seal them tightly so that the product does not spoil? --- ## [Faction Camp Expansion Deforestation](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/faction-camp-expansion-deforestation/26697)
**Author:** [@Gilliph](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Gilliph)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2021, 7:20am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/faction-camp-expansion-deforestation/26697 "2021-07-18T07:20:42Z")
So simply put, If I wanted to build a faction camp within a evac shelter; Would it be recommended to only build one with fields surrounding it, or could I build one with forests/roads/swamps surrounding it, A still be ab… --- ## [What are the long term results of newer lore?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-are-the-long-term-results-of-newer-lore/26659)
**Author:** [@Medi\_Ding](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Medi_Ding)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2021, 12:00pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/what-are-the-long-term-results-of-newer-lore/26659 "2021-07-13T12:00:21Z")
I saw this thread and how the planet would become unable to sustain life after some decades. I’m wondering if additions made after the thread have changed what will happen in the long term to any degree. For example, is … --- ## [Where is the best place to settle?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-is-the-best-place-to-settle/26271)
**Author:** [@DCHY](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DCHY)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2021, 11:19am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/where-is-the-best-place-to-settle/26271 "2021-07-13T11:19:59Z")
For a certain period of time, I am tormented by the question, where is the best place to settle? which building to capture? live in the city? in a bunker in the middle of a field? or build a mobile home? All this time, m… --- ## [Keeping health up as a carnivore?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/keeping-health-up-as-a-carnivore/25974)
**Author:** [@Zeebie](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zeebie)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2021, 6:47am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/keeping-health-up-as-a-carnivore/25974 "2021-07-13T06:47:26Z")
Thanks to some random mutations I now have the carnivore trait, and combined with my starting trait of lactose intolerance, I am having a very difficult time keeping my health score up - seems like all the healthy foods … --- ## [Good way to level proficiencies](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/good-way-to-level-proficiencies/26667)
**Author:** [@gtgiygus](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/gtgiygus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2021, 1:13am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/good-way-to-level-proficiencies/26667 "2021-07-13T01:13:56Z")
First time messing around in .F, and I am trying to understand the new proficiencies system. Yes, yes, I am a little behind the 8ball on this one, as I have been reading posts complaining about it for awhile. However, … --- ## [Companions and their weapons, how to?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/companions-and-their-weapons-how-to/26635)
**Author:** [@gtgiygus](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/gtgiygus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2021, 12:49pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/companions-and-their-weapons-how-to/26635 "2021-07-09T12:49:15Z")
Never really used companions before, but I got lucky and picked up the shelter one instantly this time. How to get them to use weapons is becoming an issue though. They have a gun, and I have some ammo. If I give th… --- ## ["Blood" for Blood Effigy? (Arcana Mod)](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/blood-for-blood-effigy-arcana-mod/26614)
**Author:** [@Devil\_Bone](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Devil_Bone)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2021, 12:41pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/blood-for-blood-effigy-arcana-mod/26614 "2021-07-09T12:41:27Z")
Im trying to craft the Blood Effigy in the Arcana Mod, I have all of the ingredients and I drained some blood from a living creature’s corpse into a bottle because it says the effigy needs “blood (1)”. I have one unit of… --- ## [Deathmobiles talk](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/deathmobiles-talk/26602)
**Author:** [@anonanon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/anonanon)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2021, 9:02am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/deathmobiles-talk/26602 "2021-07-08T09:02:26Z")
I’d like to hear about your deathmobiles! tell me anything about them but most of all I’d like to know how wide you make them --- ## [Clothing with items destroyed](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/clothing-with-items-destroyed/26621)
**Author:** [@gtgiygus](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/gtgiygus)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2021, 12:44am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/clothing-with-items-destroyed/26621 "2021-07-07T00:44:46Z")
When you are wearing something, like pants, that are destroyed, will the items inside be destroyed as well? Maybe a chance of being destroyed? Or do they just drop to ground? I swear I keep loosing items I know were i… --- ## [Vehicle question (spooilers?)(aftershock?)](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/vehicle-question-spooilers-aftershock/24462)
**Author:** [@anonanon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/anonanon)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2021, 10:27pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/vehicle-question-spooilers-aftershock/24462 "2021-07-06T22:27:52Z")
so I found a helicopter on a hospital roof and in an unrelated place some sort of aeronautics cbm managed to get it installed without too too much fuss so I tried flying and it surprisingly went pretty well the thing is… --- ## [Discussion regarding mod obsolescence](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/discussion-regarding-mod-obsolescence/26594)
**Author:** [@KliPeH](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KliPeH)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2021, 4:13am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/discussion-regarding-mod-obsolescence/26594 "2021-07-06T04:13:05Z")
EDIT #2: This thread is a digression from What is your favorite QOL mod?. It has been split from the main topic by a moderator due to me going offtopic. Feel free to read the main thread for more context. It seems this… --- ## [Is there a point to the Webbing Belt?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-there-a-point-to-the-webbing-belt/25952)
**Author:** [@Wayland](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Wayland)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2021, 3:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-there-a-point-to-the-webbing-belt/25952 "2021-07-05T15:32:54Z")
Is there anything useful you can do with the webbing belt? You can’t butcher or disassemble it (I would think you should be able to get a short rope out of it - it’s made of parachute cord, right?) and I don’t think it a… --- ## [The Story of Rey "Bugbear" Kerr, Mall Cop](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-story-of-rey-bugbear-kerr-mall-cop/26085)
**Author:** [@TwinCrows](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TwinCrows)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2021, 4:16am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-story-of-rey-bugbear-kerr-mall-cop/26085 "2021-07-03T04:16:27Z")
Ch. 1Rey ‘Bugbear’ Kerr was a mall cop in Deblois, a little town just northeast of Tunbridge. After his surgery, a quiet life evicting vagrants and bong-smoking teens suited him fine. That was, until the Cataclysm. Co… --- ## [How big of a mistake did I make by overeating mutant food? (version 0.E-3)](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-big-of-a-mistake-did-i-make-by-overeating-mutant-food-version-0-e-3/26579)
**Author:** [@KnightNight](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KnightNight)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2021, 10:05pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-big-of-a-mistake-did-i-make-by-overeating-mutant-food-version-0-e-3/26579 "2021-07-02T22:05:00Z")
I recently started a new character in a new world, and after a week I found some giant cockroaches in the basement of a house. Upon killing them, I remembered that in previous versions mutant meat was edible, and the mor… --- ## [How do I preserve a large amount of meat in under a day?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-preserve-a-large-amount-of-meat-in-under-a-day/26554)
**Author:** [@KliPeH](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KliPeH)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2021, 4:46pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-preserve-a-large-amount-of-meat-in-under-a-day/26554 "2021-07-01T16:46:53Z")
Moved into a new Rural House and found a couple large mutant spiders roaming the forest nearby. Decided to kill them so they don’t disturb any future terraforming work I do. After turning said mutant spiders into fresh m… --- ## [I have no arms yet I must fight](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-have-no-arms-yet-i-must-fight/26540)
**Author:** [@KliPeH](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KliPeH)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2021, 11:06pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/i-have-no-arms-yet-i-must-fight/26540 "2021-06-28T23:06:21Z")
Title is a joke, question is somewhat serious: what options do I have left when I’ve got two broken arms (both in splints) and I’m in immediate danger? I’ve survived for 2 days and racked up 77 kills (all melee) in the p… --- ## [The Story of Reyes Albert, Island Prisoner](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-story-of-reyes-albert-island-prisoner/22974)
**Author:** [@TwinCrows](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TwinCrows)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2021, 7:43pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-story-of-reyes-albert-island-prisoner/22974 "2021-06-29T19:43:09Z")
I’m doing a playthrough where I journal what happens to the character. I was posting this at the ‘What’s Happening in YOUR randomly generated apocalypse? Part 2!’ thread, but the entries were adding up and I was getting … --- ## [Broken Limb Healing Time?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/broken-limb-healing-time/26469)
**Author:** [@Wollwoll](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Wollwoll)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2021, 5:00pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/broken-limb-healing-time/26469 "2021-06-28T17:00:55Z")
My current survivor has a broken arm that has been healing for ten days, and is currently only at “Started Recovery.” I’ve been taking multivitamins regularly, and staying inside, although I did get a bit too close to a … --- ## [Scout perk, Binocs, Telescopic Eyes CBM, etc?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/scout-perk-binocs-telescopic-eyes-cbm-etc/15271)
**Author:** [@hobophobe](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/hobophobe)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2021, 9:51pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/scout-perk-binocs-telescopic-eyes-cbm-etc/15271 "2021-06-25T21:51:52Z")
Do these three things stack in any way, or would you get the exact same overmap view distance with all three as just one? Does Perception effect view distance as well for revealing the overmap? thx :slight\_smile: --- ## [Inventory hotkeys like in old DDA?](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/inventory-hotkeys-like-in-old-dda/26531)
**Author:** [@leafgecko](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/leafgecko)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2021, 5:27am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/inventory-hotkeys-like-in-old-dda/26531 "2021-06-25T05:27:00Z")
I know there was a ‘Auto Inventory Letters’ Option in Option \> Interfaces. I tried set it to ‘Enabled’ instead of ‘Favourite’ and restarted game, but there is still no letter assigned to my item. What I am is expecting … --- ## [Help I made hole in my shelter](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/help-i-made-hole-in-my-shelter/26524)
**Author:** [@mgoerlich](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/mgoerlich)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2021, 4:34am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/help-i-made-hole-in-my-shelter/26524 "2021-06-25T04:34:08Z")
Hello there, I’m new here and new to CDDA. I’ve played a few sessions now and currently I got my longest run. Started in a LMOE Shelter with a lot of perks, mad it myself easy because I needed some success to keep my … [Previous page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/the-bunker/6.md?page=14) [Next page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/c/game-talk/the-bunker/6.md?page=16)