# Bug: When batch crafting half of the liquid ingredients may be lost?

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/bug-when-batch-crafting-half-of-the-liquid-ingredients-may-be-lost/21723>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [October 20, 2019, 3:23pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/bug-when-batch-crafting-half-of-the-liquid-ingredients-may-be-lost/21723 "2019-10-20T15:23:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Paul\_Blay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/paul_blay/32/6803_2.png) [@Paul\_Blay](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Paul_Blay)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 3:23pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/bug-when-batch-crafting-half-of-the-liquid-ingredients-may-be-lost/21723/1 "2019-10-20T15:23:13Z")

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I’ve seen this a few times, haven’t narrowed down exactly what is happening, but basically I go to craft something with (it says) all the ingredients necessary but then it says actually I need more \_\_\_\_. It looks like if the recipe says 2 salt water then it actually takes 3. Note that I’m not getting the “You mess up and lose X% progress” message. Here I’m trying to craft two antiseptic powder.

 ![crafting](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/2X/8/8724fc3bf90ad9bece7e149497b4eb350e4dddca.png)

> <https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/issues/34897>
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> Describe the bug
> On a number of occasions batch crafting attempts have failed with a debug error saying that crafting with insufficient...