# Combat Log and how to view

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/combat-log-and-how-to-view/19140>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [March 9, 2019, 4:09pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/combat-log-and-how-to-view/19140 "2019-03-09T16:09:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Damnit-Jenkins](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/damnit-jenkins/32/4323_2.png) [@Damnit-Jenkins](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Damnit-Jenkins)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 4:09pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/combat-log-and-how-to-view/19140/1 "2019-03-09T16:09:19Z")

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Hey this might be a weird question, but is there a way to view the combat log outside of the game or while I’m playing? Often I will see something scroll by too fast and I have no idea wtf just happened.

For example I was raiding on my new toon and as I was running away from a bunch of Zs I saw something in the combat log that said “Oh my leg!” and then my log filled with “You hear a thump from the S x5” and the ever present “The travois collides with the underbrush”.

I wanted to go back in the combat log tofigure out if an NPC died or if it was a mi-go, but I couldn’t figure out how.

Is there a way to open the log file to check or perhaps run a "tail -f " on the log?

Thanks

~D

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**Author:** ![crazykiddeath](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/crazykiddeath/32/5709_2.png) [@crazykiddeath](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/crazykiddeath)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/combat-log-and-how-to-view/19140/2 "2019-03-09T16:12:52Z")

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shift + P might be what you are looking for

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**Author:** ![QuietCoyote](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/quietcoyote/32/6451_2.png) [@QuietCoyote](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/QuietCoyote)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 5:00pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/combat-log-and-how-to-view/19140/3 "2019-03-09T17:00:43Z")

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Oh yeah, I’m sure you know, but Mi-goes like to spew out random words incoherently. They are usually the last words of their victims.  
(Nice, finally figured out how to blur spoilers, figures I’m just dumb)

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**Author:** ![Damnit-Jenkins](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/damnit-jenkins/32/4323_2.png) [@Damnit-Jenkins](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Damnit-Jenkins)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 10:22pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/combat-log-and-how-to-view/19140/4 "2019-03-09T22:22:00Z")

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> [@crazykiddeath](#):
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> shift + P might be what you are looking for

Yes. This is 95% of what I wanted and will do nicely.

Any idea where the file is kept out of game?

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**Author:** ![QuietCoyote](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/quietcoyote/32/6451_2.png) [@QuietCoyote](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/QuietCoyote)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2019, 4:17am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/combat-log-and-how-to-view/19140/5 "2019-03-10T04:17:25Z")

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You could screenshot it? Lol, that’s about the best I have for that.

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**Author:** ![Damnit-Jenkins](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/damnit-jenkins/32/4323_2.png) [@Damnit-Jenkins](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Damnit-Jenkins)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2019, 6:55pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/combat-log-and-how-to-view/19140/6 "2019-03-10T18:55:43Z")

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> [@QuietCoyote](#):
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> You could screenshot it? Lol, that’s about the best I have for that.

It’s hard to experiment and figure things out when the combat log is only 10 or so lines on my screen. I was sort of hoping there would just be a massive log that I could parse to figure out what I did to kill certain mobs. Also, sometimes there is just random weird messages that show up and disappear. I don’t get to play all the time, so it would be nice to refresh my memory every so often.

Shift P works for now. I just have to remember its a finite log.

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**Author:** ![Mantar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mantar/32/42_2.png) [@Mantar](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mantar)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2019, 6:58pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/combat-log-and-how-to-view/19140/7 "2019-03-10T18:58:59Z")

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You’ll find a partial log in your save folder, named #[bunchofgobbledygook].log  
It only records a few major events, however, not every last “you hear footsteps.”