# Can't remove Power CBMs?
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-remove-power-cbms/23526
**Category:** The Bunker
**Created:** [May 3, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-remove-power-cbms/23526 "2020-05-03T18:36:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@Grimm\_Spector](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Grimm_Spector)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-remove-power-cbms/23526/1 "2020-05-03T18:36:05Z")
Is there a way around this, console or otherwise? Seems silly that I can’t remove a power CBM but I can remove all the others…
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### Author:  [@Junknown](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Junknown)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-remove-power-cbms/23526/2 "2020-05-03T18:58:20Z")
I don’t think there is a way to do that without save editing. But why would you want to remove power storage CBMs anyway? There is no penalty for having them installed.
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### Author:  [@Grimm\_Spector](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Grimm_Spector)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-remove-power-cbms/23526/3 "2020-05-03T19:09:58Z")
There is a penalty to my mana total for having them installed 😛
I’m not sure how to save edit CBMs, any advice?
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### Author:  [@Junknown](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Junknown)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2020, 7:58pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-remove-power-cbms/23526/4 "2020-05-03T19:58:43Z")
Well, there is a simpler solution to your problem than save editing. Bionic power is what reduces mana, not the power storage CBMs themselves. So you could just use up all of your bionic power and not recharge yourself to keep access to all of your mana reserves (may require removing the Joint Torsion Ratchet CBM if you have that installed).
If you think that save editing is the better solution I can tell you how do to do that.
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### Author:  [@Grimm\_Spector](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Grimm_Spector)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2020, 8:02pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-remove-power-cbms/23526/5 "2020-05-03T20:02:58Z")
I am currently micromanaging my power, as I want some benefit of bionics, but not too much mana loss. So save editing might be the best option I think.
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### Author:  [@Junknown](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Junknown)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2020, 8:37pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-remove-power-cbms/23526/6 "2020-05-03T20:37:46Z")
1. Find the file that has your character data in it (it should be the only .sav file located in cdda/save/your\_world\_name/) and back it up in case you wreck your save.
2. Open it in any text editor (any one will do but I recommend notepad++), search for “power\_level” and “max\_power\_level” and set the numbers after them to the amount of bionic power and max bionic power you want.
3. Remember that save editing is hacky and may result in undesirable side effects, use at your own risk.
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### Author:  [@games\_and\_glory](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/games_and_glory)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2020, 10:00am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-remove-power-cbms/23526/7 "2020-07-15T10:00:03Z")
no the penalty is not for max bionic power it is for current bionic power if you drain your power you will NOT have mana issues
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### Author:  [@Valase](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Valase)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2020, 10:05am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-remove-power-cbms/23526/8 "2020-07-15T10:05:58Z")
> [@games\_and\_glory](#):
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> no the penalty is not for max bionic power it is for current bionic power if you drain your power […]
Isn’t that what Junknown stated and Grimm\_Spector explaind why he doesn’t want that?:
> [@Junknown](#):
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> Bionic power is what reduces mana, not the power storage CBMs themselves.
> [@Grimm\_Spector](#):
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> I am currently micromanaging my power, I want some benefit of bionics, but not too much mana loss.
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### Author:  [@games\_and\_glory](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/games_and_glory)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2020, 10:26am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-remove-power-cbms/23526/9 "2020-07-15T10:26:10Z")
yeah, but you can micromanage like that by just not gaining too much bionic power beyond a certain point and also 2 “spells” use bionic power (one of which is "Laze\*) and are more powerful the more you have