# Can someone add funeral pyres?

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-someone-add-funeral-pyres/3314>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [October 1, 2013, 1:22pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-someone-add-funeral-pyres/3314 "2013-10-01T13:22:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![Paquito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d9b06d/32.png) [@Paquito](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Paquito)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 1:22pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-someone-add-funeral-pyres/3314/1 "2013-10-01T13:22:57Z")

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It’s always sad to come across the slain body of one of my former characters. A few versions ago, I tried dumping a bunch of 2X4s, skewers, and alcohol on the body in an attempt to cremate it, but I was left with just a slightly smoldering body. It would have been nice to be able to build a funeral pyre 🙂

That said, I haven’t tried this again in recent versions, where it’s been easier to build raging fires. Would a raging fire properly cremate a body?

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**Author:** ![John\_Candlebury](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/john_candlebury/32/6437_2.png) [@John\_Candlebury](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/John_Candlebury)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 1:24pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-someone-add-funeral-pyres/3314/2 "2013-10-01T13:24:54Z")

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Yes it could, and to get that raging fire starting, just continue to apply your lighter to the fire.

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**Author:** ![An0n3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/an0n3/32/2257_2.png) [@An0n3](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/An0n3)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 1:53pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-someone-add-funeral-pyres/3314/3 "2013-10-01T13:53:11Z")

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If you surround the body with burnables, not just the tile that it’s in, it should burn better.

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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:** [October 1, 2013, 6:17pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-someone-add-funeral-pyres/3314/4 "2013-10-01T18:17:39Z")

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The first suggestion is an unintended outcome\*, ans will stop working at some point, the second suggestion is legit 😉

\*I think “exploit” is a bit too hard a term to use for it.

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**Author:** ![John\_Candlebury](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/john_candlebury/32/6437_2.png) [@John\_Candlebury](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/John_Candlebury)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 6:21pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-someone-add-funeral-pyres/3314/5 "2013-10-01T18:21:26Z")

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\*Player JOHN\_C has been degraded to exploiter

NOOOOOO00000000000!!!

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**Author:** ![An0n3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/an0n3/32/2257_2.png) [@An0n3](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/An0n3)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-someone-add-funeral-pyres/3314/6 "2013-10-01T18:27:00Z")

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SHUN HE

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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:** [October 1, 2013, 7:21pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-someone-add-funeral-pyres/3314/7 "2013-10-01T19:21:47Z")

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[quote=“John Candlebury, post:5, topic:3314”]\*Player JOHN\_C has been degraded to exploiter

NOOOOOO00000000000!!![/quote]

Made my day.

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**Author:** ![ArgusTheCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@ArgusTheCat](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ArgusTheCat)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 6:50am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-someone-add-funeral-pyres/3314/8 "2013-10-03T06:50:20Z")

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You know what might be a good idea to build off of this? After NPCs are implemented, I assume that it will be possible to make friends with them. If a good friend of yours dies, you take a big hit to morale that decays very slowly over time.

However, giving them a nice Viking funeral will speed up the decay, and more quickly get you back into the groove.

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**Author:** ![Moddan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/67e7ee/32.png) [@Moddan](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Moddan)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 10:32am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-someone-add-funeral-pyres/3314/9 "2013-10-03T10:32:38Z")

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If butchering ever becomes a physically stressing, time consuming and in case of zombies maybe even mood affecting action, it might be nice to have the option to pile them up with gasoline/wood for a nice fire.