# Brown coloured items in crafting recipe

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/brown-coloured-items-in-crafting-recipe/2086>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [July 3, 2013, 2:14pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/brown-coloured-items-in-crafting-recipe/2086 "2013-07-03T14:14:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![noname1208](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/noname1208/32/23_2.png) [@noname1208](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/noname1208)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 2:14pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/brown-coloured-items-in-crafting-recipe/2086/1 "2013-07-03T14:14:58Z")

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I’m sorry if this has already been asked but I couldn’t seem to find any details on this.

Green means you have it  
Red means you don’t  
Brown…??

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**Author:** ![StopSignal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/stopsignal/32/1923_2.png) [@StopSignal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/StopSignal)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 3:52pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/brown-coloured-items-in-crafting-recipe/2086/2 "2013-07-03T15:52:33Z")

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I think brown means you can craft that item, but i dont know.

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**Author:** ![kevin.granade](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kevin.granade/32/1316_2.png) [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/brown-coloured-items-in-crafting-recipe/2086/3 "2013-07-03T15:54:59Z")

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Brown means you need the item both as a tool and as a component, but you only have one, for example to make pebbles you need a rock to smash and something to smash it with (for example, another rock), so if you only have one rock it’ll show up as brown.

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**Author:** ![StopSignal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/stopsignal/32/1923_2.png) [@StopSignal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/StopSignal)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 3:58pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/brown-coloured-items-in-crafting-recipe/2086/4 "2013-07-03T15:58:34Z")

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You saved my life.

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**Author:** ![KWilt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c5a1d2/32.png) [@KWilt](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KWilt)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/brown-coloured-items-in-crafting-recipe/2086/5 "2013-07-03T16:50:37Z")

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In general, I believe it’s actually that you have all the components, but not the necessary tools.

Ran into this when I kept trying to craft arrows at the beginning of the game, but couldn’t figure out why it was brown. Turns out, I’d forgotten that you need a hammer.

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**Author:** ![noname1208](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/noname1208/32/23_2.png) [@noname1208](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/noname1208)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/brown-coloured-items-in-crafting-recipe/2086/6 "2013-07-03T18:25:50Z")

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Thank you. That really helps.