# Creating a new profession

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**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [February 20, 2019, 5:31pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/creating-a-new-profession/18868 "2019-02-20T17:31:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Junknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc348/32.png) [@Junknown](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Junknown)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 6:38pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/creating-a-new-profession/18868/2 "2019-02-20T18:38:52Z")

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Adding new professions isn’t that hard and the rules are pretty simple to figure out, just look at the JSON descriptions of similar professions for a good example on what they should look like. Reading the part in [JSON\_INFO.md](https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/blob/409acf797dfcbb4311a7837277d3f7cdfdf464de/doc/JSON_INFO.md) about professions also provides lots of information if you want to be sure how everything works.

Also, while it doesn’t cover adding new professions the [guide](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/guide-to-adding-new-content-to-cdda-for-first-time-modders/17781) by mlangsdorf is a good place to start if you aren’t already familiar with JSON but wan’t to get into modding (or adding content to the core game).

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