# Burnt Items
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/burnt-items/12125
**Category:** The Bunker
**Created:** [June 28, 2016, 11:09pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/burnt-items/12125 "2016-06-28T23:09:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Gnorse](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Gnorse)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2016, 11:09pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/burnt-items/12125/1 "2016-06-28T23:09:20Z")
when set fire to a pile of items , most of them burn but after the fire goes away there might be a few surviving items and most of the time they have a “burnt” prefix
does this affect anything (value,utility?)
also , side question : any good ways to destroy trash since acid isnt destructive anymore
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### Author:  [@BeerBeer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/BeerBeer)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/burnt-items/12125/2 "2016-06-29T00:28:16Z")
[quote=“Gnorse, post:1, topic:12125”]when set fire to a pile of items , most of them burn but after the fire goes away there might be a few surviving items and most of the time they have a “burnt” prefix
does this affect anything (value,utility?)[/quote]
AFAIK no. Used a burnt MP5 for a long time in one game. Its stats were identical (across the board) to a normal MP5 that I found later.
Ways to destroy or lose items:
- delivering them into magma (throwing, dropping… get inventive)
- fire (possibly try bigger fires, they burn hotter)
- nuke, mininuke, or any proper explosive (not 100% sure)
- have Internal Furnace CBM, then eat your junk items
- there are recyclers next to some hardware stores - use them to break down items into materials
- try delivering items into rivers, deep water specifically (out of sight, out of mind, not sure if it works)
- find a sinkhole at a swamp and drop items into one (not sure if it works)
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### Author:  [@X-PLODE](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/X-PLODE)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2016, 2:06am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/burnt-items/12125/3 "2016-06-29T02:06:35Z")
I used to use a burnt rifle as a source of infinite tinder.
Light it up and batch craft, it goes out quick.
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### Author:  [@StopSignal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/StopSignal)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2016, 2:29am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/burnt-items/12125/4 "2016-06-29T02:29:05Z")
[quote=“X-PLODE, post:3, topic:12125”]I used to use a burnt rifle as a source of infinite tinder.
Light it up and batch craft, it goes out quick.[/quote]
I guess it had some parts made of wood? Anyways, that’s weird, haha.
I guess there should be a way to tell the game the “wood” part should be gone after the fire.
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### Author:  [@Zanos](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zanos)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2016, 10:25pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/burnt-items/12125/5 "2016-06-29T22:25:33Z")
As far as I know, it’s only an indicator of how close the item is to being destroyed by fire. “Burnt” for any amount of burn \> 0, and “badly burnt” if it’s at least halfway burnt (and the object has at least 4 volume).
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### Author:  [@Soyweiser](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Soyweiser)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2016, 11:29pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/burnt-items/12125/6 "2016-06-29T23:29:59Z")
So the largest penalty is that the item will burn easier if you get set on fire again?
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### Author:  [@Gnorse](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Gnorse)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/burnt-items/12125/7 "2016-06-30T00:19:47Z")
> [@Soyweiser](#):
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> So the largest penalty is that the item will burn easier if you get set on fire again?
i guess so